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Mark! Kick! Tackle! The reality of fast-tracking women into elite AFL

  • Written by: Jade Haycraft, PhD Researcher in AFL talent identification and development, Victoria University

The Australian Rules Football Women’s (AFLW) season is upon us for 2018, and will feature an expanded pool of talented female athletes battling it out on the footy field.

An elite female football competition and career pathway is long overdue. But it’s worth pausing slightly to consider the AFL’s “fast-track” approach...

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Sustainable shopping: take the 'litter' out of glitter

  • Written by: Jennifer Lavers, Research Scientist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Sustainable shopping: take the 'litter' out of glitter

Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Welcome to our Sustainable Shopping series, in which we ask experts to provide easy eco-friendly guides to purchases big and small. Send us your suggestions for future articles here.

Scientists often get a bad rap as...

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Friday essay: the Chauka bird and morality on our Manus Island home

  • Written by: Michelle Nayahamui Rooney, Research Fellow, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Friday essay: the Chauka bird and morality on our Manus Island homeHow will our children view this period in Manus in the future? Michelle Rooney, 2017

The bell rings, school is over. I hear the sea break on the beach. I smell the sea in the wind. I laugh with my schoolmates and jump. Salt water fills my mouth. Chauka calls. I laugh with joy. Like little fish. My brothers and sisters play in the sea.

I catch a...

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Essays On Air: Reading Germaine Greer’s mail

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
Essays On Air: Reading Germaine Greer’s mailFrom the initial avalanche of mail triggered by Germaine Greer's book The Female Eunuch grew a collection of 50 years of letters, emails, faxes, telegrams and newsletters.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

From the initial avalanche of mail triggered by Germaine Greer’s book The Female Eunuch grew a collection of 50 years of...

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