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More money may be pouring into women’s sport, but there's still a dearth of female coaches

  • Written by: Fraser Carson, Lecturer In Sport Coaching, Deakin University
More money may be pouring into women’s sport, but there's still a dearth of female coachesAdelaide's Bec Goddard (centre) is one of just two female senior coaches in the AFLW.AAP/Dan Peled

Participation in women’s sport has grown exponentially in recent years. There are 80,000 more females playing Australian rules football in 2017; females now account for 30% of all participants. And there are now 1,690 dedicated female teams...

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Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-making

  • Written by: Gavin Moodie, Adjunct professor, RMIT University
Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-makingEmployers’ changing demands for workers with higher education raises legitimate questions about how suitable current higher education is as preparation for employment.Shutterstock

This article is part of a series exploring ideas for reforming higher education in Australia. We asked academics to analyse overseas models, innovative ways forward...

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Why do people get the hiccups and how do you get rid of them?

  • Written by: Emma Beckett, Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Molecular Nutrition), School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
Why do people get the hiccups and how do you get rid of them?Hiccups might be a way to train breathing muscles and our hiccup reflex might actually come from our amphibian ancestors. Mami Kempe / The Conversation, CC BY-ND

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome –...

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The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

After Barnaby Joyce’s demise as Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader, and his replacement by Michael McCormack, we might wonder what the junior Coalition partner’s leadership change means for Australia’s climate policy.

Perhaps the answer is “not a great deal”, given the apparent similarity between the two...

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  5. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic nominees – and why Call Me By Your Name is the standout
  6. Border Force chief Roman Quaedvlieg's future decided 'in weeks': Porter
  7. Why New Zealand should not explore for more natural gas reserves
  8. Bringing pleasure into the discussion about sexting among teens
  9. Why do people intentionally injure themselves?
  10. The Conversation articles engage readers and have practical uses in the real world
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  12. Smart electricity meters are here, but more is needed to make them useful to customers
  13. the facts on shark bites and shark numbers
  14. Bugs and allergies in pregnancy linked to child developmental disorders, like autism and ADHD
  15. How universities can make graduates employable with connections to industry
  16. From the space-race to filial tensions, The Far Side of the Moon explores reconcilation
  17. What Australia can learn from Fiji in reducing the working poor
  18. How a three-decade remaking of the city revived the buzz of 'Marvellous Melbourne'
  19. Why blockchain challenges conventional thinking about intellectual property
  20. McCormack has tough task to match Barnaby Joyce's 2016 electoral gold standard
  21. Peter Dutton on balancing interests in home affairs
  22. phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdoses
  23. An education research institute won't take politics out of the classroom
  24. Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business
  25. Australia's Winter Olympics results suggest we might need a new measure of success
  26. Liberals likely to win Tasmanian election, while federal Labor's poll lead widens
  27. Under McCormack, the Nationals need to accept they are a minority and preserve their independence
  28. McCormack wins Nationals leadership after token challenge by Christensen
  29. Curious Kids: Is x-ray vision possible?
  30. As Tasmania looks likely to have minority government, the Greens must decide how to play their hand
  31. Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund is almost empty. It shouldn't be refilled
  32. Fewer alcohol-related visits to inner Sydney emergency room since 'lockout laws' introduced
  33. Apartment residents need better protection from secondhand smoke
  34. Stars for sale, but no, you can't really buy an official star name to remember someone
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  36. Shattered Nationals meet to chart their post-Barnaby course
  37. Barnaby Joyce: the story of an unlikely rise and a self-inflicted fall
  38. Arming teachers will only make US school shootings worse
  39. Children with facial difference have a lot to teach us about body image
  40. Barnaby Joyce succumbs to pressure and will go to backbench
  41. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's 'week off'
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  43. Blaming immigrants for unemployment, lower wages and high house prices is too simplistic
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