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how to stop your bathers flooding the oceans with plastic

  • Written by: Natalie Welden, Research Associate: Marine Pollution / Ecotoxicology / Microplastics, University of Portsmouth
how to stop your bathers flooding the oceans with plasticSustainable swimwear shopping means that you don't have to worry about the sea soaking in plastic from your bathers while you soak in the sun!www.shutterstock.com

Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Our Sustainable Shopping series asks experts to provide...

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Child protection report lacks crucial national detail on abuse in out-of-home care

  • Written by: Katherine McFarlane, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Law & Justice, Charles Sturt University
Child protection report lacks crucial national detail on abuse in out-of-home careAround 40% of children in out-of-home care have been there for five years or more.www.shutterstock.com

UNDER EMBARGO TIL FRI MORN, PLS DO NOT PUBLISH YET

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report showing that one in 32 Australian children received child protection services in 2016-17, with 74% being repeat clients.

The...

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We need to support more men to become primary teachers

  • Written by: Dr Ian Davis SFHEA, Lecturer - Scholarship of Learning and Teaching, Queensland University of Technology
We need to support more men to become primary teachersCurrently, only 10% of teachers in primary education are male.Shutterstock

Australia is facing a crisis within primary education: there will not be enough teachers to educate the booming population of children coming through.

A report commissioned by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) predicts we will need 443 more primary...

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The one thing holding back an RBA rate cut

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: what is the new normal for economic growth? And why the RBA is still waiting to raise rates.

In a...

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  4. who was Mary Magdalene? Debunking the myth of the penitent prostitute
  5. Bill Shorten is buffeted by the politics of Adani
  6. Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  7. Brett Dean's Hamlet demonstrates the power of opera as an art form
  8. Leopards in a city park in India may help lower human injuries and deaths from stray dog bites
  9. how the language you speak influences your willingness to take climate action
  10. Enjoyment of reading, not mechanics of reading, can improve literacy for boys
  11. RBA research shows that zoning restrictions are driving up housing prices
  12. If sugar is so bad for us, why is the sugar in fruit OK?
  13. The off-topic Conversation #155
  14. Using 'she' and 'he' reinforces gender roles and discrimination of women
  15. The NRL’s unrivalled equality means back-to-back premierships are very rare
  16. Why aren't Australia's environment laws preventing widespread land clearing?
  17. To achieve gender equality, we must first tackle our unconscious biases
  18. The buzz from your smartphone won't stop mosquito bites
  19. Why social media are more like chocolate than cigarettes
  20. Sexism needs to be challenged in schools, not just workplaces
  21. What writers and publishers must learn from the Deadly Woman Blues fiasco
  22. wildness, art and biophilic design
  23. How the government can pay for its proposed company tax cuts
  24. the "X factor" in the South Australian election
  25. Australia and Timor Leste settle maritime boundary after 45 years of bickering
  26. why supermarkets are moving away from price
  27. Virtual power plants are in vogue, but they can be like taking a sledgehammer to a nut
  28. Phenibut, online drug markets and the limits of law enforcement
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  30. which type of sugar is best?
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  34. why Bill Shorten is not a socialist
  35. Controversial artist Elizabeth Durack gave us a sensitive insight into the lives of Papuan women
  36. Child tooth decay is on the rise, but few are brushing their teeth enough or seeing the dentist
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  42. Why the gun debate needs to move away from simplistic ideas of 'good' and 'bad'
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