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Eight things that should be included in screen guidelines for students

  • Written by: Brendon Hyndman, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Postgraduate Studies in Education, Charles Sturt University
Eight things that should be included in screen guidelines for studentsCurrent guidelines state students aged five to 18 shouldn't be spending more than two hours per day engaged in electronic media for entertainmentShutterstock

One of the biggest issues modern schools and parents have to encounter is how to manage students’ electronic use. With this in mind, national sedentary behaviour guidelines from the...

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Melbourne Airport is going to be as busy as Heathrow, so why the argument about one train line?

  • Written by: Ian Woodcock, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University

Public discussion of rail links to airports has been narrowly focused on the idea of a single line and where to run it. In Melbourne, the politics of this debate has so far prevented a railway from being built, because it is not possible for one line to meet all of the landside access needs of the airport. The issue of rail access for a new...

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How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win blurs lines between classical music and pop

  • Written by: Scott Davie, Piano tutor and Lecturer, Sydney Conservatorium Music, University of Sydney
How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win blurs lines between classical music and popKendrick Lamar in the music video for HumbleScreenshot from Youtube

The awarding of the 2018 Pulitzer Music Prize to Kendrick Lamar for his album DAMN. has attracted considerable controversy. The American rapper edged out the young Michael Gilbertson, who wrote a string quartet in a traditional format, and Ted Hearne, who created a modernist...

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Fracking can cause social stress in nearby areas: new research

  • Written by: Will Rifkin, Chair in Applied Regional Economics and Director, Hunter Research Foundation Centre, University of Newcastle
Fracking can cause social stress in nearby areas: new researchCoal seam gas extraction has increased social stress in Darling Downs. University of Queensland, Author provided

The question of opening the Northern Territory and South Australia to fracking has re-ignited concerns about environmental and health impacts.

Receiving less attention are the social and economic changes affecting nearby rural...

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  1. From pancakes to soccer balls, new study shows how galaxies change shape as they age
  2. Despite living amongst plants with large seeds, extinct giant moa dispersed only tiny seeds
  3. Abbott suggests sacking bank regulators as ASIC feels the heat
  4. Media reporting on women in the military is preserving a male dominated culture
  5. Australian governments don't work with each other and it's holding back regional economies in trouble
  6. is there an optimal time of day to work out?
  7. We asked five experts: is walking enough exercise?
  8. Big businesses who give shareholders tax credits pay more tax: study
  9. What happens in our bodies when we sleep?
  10. science and emotion are not only compatible, they're inseparable
  11. Why we need to review how we test for teacher quality
  12. Being a property investor or house hunter makes Sydneysiders more supportive of foreign investment
  13. In ancient Mesopotamia, sex among the gods shook heaven and earth
  14. The causes of paedophilia and child sexual abuse are more complex than the public believes
  15. the surprising benefits of predators
  16. Shorten puts heat on government over bank victim compensation, as Coalition gets better poll news
  17. Michelle Grattan on the banking royal commission
  18. Federal government sets sights on August approval for National Energy Guarantee
  19. Migration is slowing Australia's rate of ageing, but not necessarily in the regions
  20. Class action against Facebook over facial recognition could pave the way for further lawsuits
  21. New study says the gender gap in science could take generations to fix
  22. Mind the gap – does age difference in relationships matter?
  23. how financial loss can have catastrophic effects
  24. the politics of the US family sitcom, and why Roseanne rocks
  25. To reduce inequality in Australian schools, make them less socially segregated
  26. the calm before the storm in US-China trade
  27. Australian millennials' incomes have grown more than baby boomers and millennials in other countries
  28. How does a city get to be 'smart'? This is how Tel Aviv did it
  29. Yes, Syria's Assad regime is brutal. But the retaliatory air strikes are illegal and partisan
  30. tap water is best, but what bottle should you drink it from?
  31. What might appear to be common sense is not always based on scientific evidence
  32. Shorten calls for suspension of sheep exports pending review's results
  33. Government's misjudgement on banking royal commission comes back to bite it
  34. Heavy penalties are on the table for banks caught lying and taking fees for no service
  35. Why you should talk to your children about Cambridge Analytica
  36. easy solutions to a hard problem
  37. We cannot rely morally on 'deterrence' to justify our harsh refugee policies
  38. can baby wipes cause childhood food allergies?
  39. NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS is now on its mission to search for new worlds
  40. Why treehouses are all the rage in children's books
  41. Tech giants are battling it out to supply the global internet
  42. Israel Folau's comments remind us homophobia and transphobia are ever present in Australian sport
  43. A closer look at business cases raises questions about 'priority' national infrastructure projects
  44. Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traits
  45. warning sign or cause for panic?
  46. Why you should read China's vast, 18th century novel, Dream of the Red Chamber
  47. How the 2016 bleaching altered the shape of the northern Great Barrier Reef
  48. Ban Middle East sheep trade, says Liberal MP Jason Wood
  49. Lowering the HELP repayment threshold is an easy target, but not the one we should aim for
  50. The shipping sector is finally on board in the fight against climate change

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