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Mould levels seen at Nauru detention centre are enough to cause serious health problems

  • Written by: Michael Taylor, Adjunct academic, Flinders University
Mould levels seen at Nauru detention centre are enough to cause serious health problems

A series of recent reports by The Guardian have revealed refugees, asylum seekers and staff at the Nauru processing centre have been exposed to a mould problem of “epic proportions”.

The fungal growth in housing and working areas has reportedly led to some staff describing ongoing health effects including cognitive impairment and...

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a 24-hour lesson in the gendered performance of intimacy

  • Written by: Annamarie Jagose, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
a 24-hour lesson in the gendered performance of intimacyNat Randall on stage and screen in The Second Woman.The Second Woman

The idea that femininity is a social performance, while masculinity simply sets the co-ordinates for the social, explains why so many classic melodramas turn on the figure of the actress, such as Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve (1950), Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of...

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freezing university funding is out of step with the views of most Australians

  • Written by: Margaret Gardner, President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University
freezing university funding is out of step with the views of most AustraliansThere is also strong public understanding of the benefits that flow from research undertaken in partnership between universities and other organisations.Shutterstock

This longer read is an edited excerpt from a speech given by Margaret Gardner at the National Press Club in Canberra.

When Australia decided in 2009 to uncap university places,...

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How art merges with maths to explore continuity, change and exotic states

  • Written by: Tom Lee, Lecturer, Faculty of Design and Architecture Building, University of Technology Sydney
How art merges with maths to explore continuity, change and exotic statesThe adaptable form of pleated and folded textiles provides a real world view of the mathematical field of topology. Kate Scardifield, Author provided

Imagine you could turn a hollow sphere completely inside out - without making a hole, without cutting the material, without making any creases.

If you could ever do such a thing, it would rely on a...

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  4. The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story
  5. Here's what happens to aid projects when the money dries up and the spotlight fades
  6. Five biases create problems with share bikes – here's what we can do to counter them
  7. Women in rural workplaces struggle against the 'boys club' that leads to harassment
  8. NBN faces irrelevance in cities as competitors build faster, cheaper alternatives
  9. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic nominees – and why Call Me By Your Name is the standout
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  12. Bringing pleasure into the discussion about sexting among teens
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  14. The Conversation articles engage readers and have practical uses in the real world
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  20. From the space-race to filial tensions, The Far Side of the Moon explores reconcilation
  21. What Australia can learn from Fiji in reducing the working poor
  22. How a three-decade remaking of the city revived the buzz of 'Marvellous Melbourne'
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  24. McCormack has tough task to match Barnaby Joyce's 2016 electoral gold standard
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  26. phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdoses
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  28. Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business
  29. Australia's Winter Olympics results suggest we might need a new measure of success
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  31. Under McCormack, the Nationals need to accept they are a minority and preserve their independence
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  34. As Tasmania looks likely to have minority government, the Greens must decide how to play their hand
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  40. Shattered Nationals meet to chart their post-Barnaby course
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