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Let’s abandon NAPLAN – we can do better

  • Written by: Nan Bahr, Pro Vice Chancellor (Students)/ Dean of Education, Southern Cross University

NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review, many education experts are calling the Future of NAPLAN into question. In this series, the experts look at options for removing, replacing, rethinking or resuming NAPLAN.


The National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy sounds like it ought to improve literacy and numeracy. But it...

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There are no age restrictions for gambling in video games, despite potential risks to children

  • Written by: Joshua Krook, Doctoral Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide
There are no age restrictions for gambling in video games, despite potential risks to childrenGambling via mobile devices or mobile games has remained largely unregulated in Australia.Shutterstock

According to a 2018 report by Digital Australia, 97% of Australian households with children have at least one device for playing video games. More than 60% of households have five or more devices.

Since the early 2000s, the boom in mobile...

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How Indonesia is dealing with the new threat posed by returning Islamic State fighters

  • Written by: Joshua Roose, Director, Institute for Religion, Politics and Society, Australian Catholic University

It was no coincidence that Sunday’s suicide attacks on three Catholic churches in Indonesia came as Muslims began the holy month of Ramadan.

For the observant, this is a time of charity, introspection, renewal and closeness to God. For Islamic State, however, Ramadan has become a strategic time in which to strike, inspired by the Battle of...

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Acupuncture during IVF doesn't increase chances of having a baby

  • Written by: Caroline Smith, Professor Clinical Research, Western Sydney University
Acupuncture during IVF doesn't increase chances of having a babyAcupuncture might alleviate stress for women undertaking IVF. from www.shutterstock.com

Acupuncture has become a frequently used treatment prior to and during in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). Women hope it will increase their chances of having a baby, but also provide support with reducing stress, and feeling relaxed and well while undergoing...

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  1. Why we can't just throw more regulation at the ethical issues raised by the banking royal commission
  2. Council wants 'English first' policy on shop signs – what does it mean for multicultural Australia?
  3. Spotify removing R. Kelly's songs is a sign of a worrying trend towards censorship
  4. election promises and real-life tests
  5. 'I would like to know why man lions have manes and lady lions don't'
  6. Labor would deliver bigger surpluses than the Coalition: Bowen
  7. Kelly O'Dwyer seeks to turn one Liberal woman's loss into gains for others
  8. How an Australian scientist tried to stop the US plan to monopolise the nuclear arms race
  9. As the details emerge on Australia's new space agency, we (might) finally have lift-off
  10. Labor has equal best Newspoll budget result, gains in Ipsos, but trails in Longman
  11. To get conservative climate contrarians to really listen, try speaking their language
  12. women need to know about the link between the pill and depression
  13. The ethics of 'securitising' Australian cyberspace
  14. How the Bible helped shape Australian culture
  15. Australia's shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues
  16. Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLAN
  17. What it's like to be a 'black economy' worker
  18. There is extra funding for aged care in the budget, but not enough to meet demand
  19. Polish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artist
  20. Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition
  21. Why rural Australia is facing a volunteer crisis
  22. A history of the marsupial lion
  23. Small sats are vital to Australia's space industry – and they won't be space junk
  24. If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
  25. Going Down finds hilarious satire in migrant identity
  26. How information warfare in cyberspace threatens our freedom
  27. 94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviour
  28. what should I eat to improve my skin?
  29. Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political change
  30. could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?
  31. will the banking royal commission push down property prices?
  32. a short history of the contraceptive pill
  33. No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of years
  34. Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yes
  35. Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea
  36. Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
  37. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  38. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  39. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  40. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  41. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  42. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work
  43. A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
  44. Why the internet alone can't be blamed for radicalisation
  45. Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
  46. what is burnout and what can we do about it?
  47. Michelle Grattan on the 2018 budget, tax cuts and the citizenship crisis
  48. Malaysians celebrate the return of Mahathir and hope for a brighter future
  49. For Timor-Leste, another election and hopes for an end to crippling deadlock
  50. Shorten gives Turnbull a character-forming task on tax

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