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What’s ahead for education policy in 2018

  • Written by: Megan O'Connell, Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
What’s ahead for education policy in 2018Funding dominated the schooling space in 2017, with both sides of politics debating whose funding package benefited which schools the most, and little attention paid to how the money is best spent.Shutterstock

As we see each year, funding is likely to dominate the headlines as major reforms across the early childhood, school, Vocational Education...

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Startup investors don't get the same tax breaks with crowd-funding

  • Written by: Stephen Graw, Emeritus professor, James Cook University
Startup investors don't get the same tax breaks with crowd-fundingThe new way of getting investors involved through crowdfunding will be treated just like any normal share issue — without any special tax offsets, write-offs or capital gains tax relief at all.www.shutterstock.com

New crowd-sourced funding legislation for startups is meant to provide incentives for investors - but it doesn’t quite...

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The next Full Moon brings a lunar eclipse, but is it a Super Blood Blue Moon as well? That depends...

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria
The next Full Moon brings a lunar eclipse, but is it a Super Blood Blue Moon as well? That depends...Changing colours of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, Mt Buffalo National Park, June 16, 2011.Phil Hart, Author provided

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, January 31, and Australia is in the perfect position to see it. But it’s also being called many other lunar things, from a Blood Moon to a Blue Moon and a Super Moon.

So...

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The ties that (still) bind: the enduring tendrils of the British Empire

  • Written by: Julianne Schultz, Founding Editor of Griffith REVIEW; Professor, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
The ties that (still) bind: the enduring tendrils of the British EmpireThe Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast will set the scene for a year of challenges for this grouping of nations.AAP

This piece is republished with permission from Commonwealth Now, the 59th edition of Griffith Review. Articles are a little longer than most published on The Conversation, presenting an in-depth analysis on the relevance of the...

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  5. How 'slow science' can improve the way we do and interpret research
  6. Award to Michelle Simmons reflects strategic importance of quantum physics for Australia
  7. Biomining the elements of the future
  8. Why the difficult person at work probably isn't a psychopath
  9. 'I didn't know that world existed': how lesbian women found a life in the armed forces
  10. The elephant in the planning scheme: how cities still work around the dominance of parking space
  11. Tasmania the first test in an election-laden year
  12. Full response from Sherry Sufi for a FactCheck on native title
  13. FactCheck: can native title 'only exist if Australia was settled, not invaded'?
  14. Strong US economy boosts Trump's ratings, as Democrats shut down government for three days
  15. Vital Signs: what the Davos meeting is good for
  16. A modern and united Australia must shift its national day from January 26
  17. How to have a better conversation about Australia Day
  18. Sustainable shopping: how to stay green when buying white goods
  19. 11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs
  20. Essays On Air: Why libraries can and must change
  21. Guilty about that afternoon nap? Don't be. It's good for you.
  22. Back to school blues: how to help your child with shyness
  23. Scrapping pre-approval of medicine ads will put consumers at risk
  24. Pointing to the scoreboard: how Indigenous hip hop keeps talking to white Australia
  25. Farewell Ursula Le Guin – the One who walked away from Omelas
  26. Mofo at MONA: operatic bodies, experimental encounters and expanded horizons
  27. A model for an Australian republic that can unite republicans and win a referendum
  28. Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang is not dying
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