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The moral value of wilderness

  • Written by: Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
The moral value of wildernessPause and reflect on what really makes wilderness valuable.John O'Neill/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Let us imagine that humanity has almost died out and only a few people remain. Out of resentment or despair, the survivors cater to their destructive urges by destroying as much of the natural world as they can. They poison rivers and lakes, drop...

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Anthems, 'ranthems', and otherwise loves: nationalism in Australian poetry

  • Written by: Kevin Brophy, Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne
Anthems, 'ranthems', and otherwise loves: nationalism in Australian poetryDorothea MacKellar's My Country, with its paen to a sunburnt landscape, excoriated Australians for their nostalgic love of English 'grey-blue' countryside and English weather.Mark Wassell/flickr, CC BY-NC

A young woman of 23, Dorothea MacKellar (1885-1968), had a poem published in the London Spectator in 1908, titled Core of My Heart. She was the...

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Packaged products may contain more than the label states, including allergens

  • Written by: Katie Allen, Paediatric Allergist and Gastroenterologist, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Packaged products may contain more than the label states, including allergens'May contain traces of nuts' labels aren't always present in foods that could be cross contaminated.from www.shutterstock.com

Our new study has found packaged foods can contain allergens even when there is no listed ingredient or even warning on the label (such as “may contain traces of nuts”).

Paediatricians, allergy/immunology...

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What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing

  • Written by: Chris Martin, Research Fellow, City Housing, UNSW
What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housingOver the past year, there has been a surge of enthusiasm in Australia for developing a sector of large-scale institutional landlords.AAP/David Crosling

When we talk about rental housing in Australia, we often make comparisons with renting overseas. Faced with insecure tenancies and unaffordable home ownership, we sometimes try to envisage European-s...

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