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Research shows the importance of parents reading with children – even after children can read

  • Written by: Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Murdoch University
imageResearch has typically found that shared reading experiences are highly beneficial for young people.Shutterstock/Alfira

Many of us will be able to recall the enjoyment of shared reading: being read to and sharing reading with our parents. However, my research has found that of the 997 Year 4 and Year 6 respondents at 24 schools who took part in the...

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Monumental errors: how Australia can fix its racist colonial statues

  • Written by: Bruce Charles Scates, Professor of History, Australian National University
imageAboriginal dancers from Pinjarra perform at the unveiling of the counter-memorial in Esplanade Park, Fremantle, April 9 1994. Courtesy Bruce Scates

War memorials are a feature of the Australian landscape. Obelisk and arch, broken pillar and stone statue remind us of the crippling loss a young nation faced in campaigns overseas. But where are the...

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Personal boundaries can be lost in translation for Chinese professionals in Australia

  • Written by: xiaoyan Liang, Sessional Lecturer/Teaching Associate, PhD student, Department of Management, Monash University, Monash University
imageCultural misunderstandings can leave immigrant professionals feeling overwhelmed and burned out.www.shutterstock.com

The Chinese proverb – “the fish does not know the existence of water until it is taken out of it” – will resonate with some Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace. Significant cultural differences...

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Digging for dirt in the digital age: the trouble with journalism and doxing

  • Written by: Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
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Even before the march in Charlottesville turned violent, images of white supremacist demonstrators were posted on social media along with requests to identify them.

Many were named by Twitter and Facebook sleuths, complete with details of where they lived and worked. Some have reportedly lost their jobs or “gone into hiding”, while...

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  7. Was embracing the market a necessary evil for Labour and Labor?
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  12. Australians can be denied life insurance based on genetic test results, and there is little protection
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  14. Business Briefing: the 'get rich quick scheme' influencing what you buy
  15. Vital Signs: don't expect much from the central bankers at Jackson Hole
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  17. Finkel's Clean Energy Target plan 'better than nothing': economists poll
  18. Written in stone: the world's first trigonometry revealed in an ancient Babylonian tablet
  19. Getting serious on roads reform is one way our political leaders can get back on track
  20. Grattan on Friday: A No vote in marriage ballot would be a humiliation for Turnbull
  21. Explainer: what exactly must companies disclose to investors?
  22. High Court sets dual citizenship hearings for October
  23. Legalising same-sex marriage will help reduce high rates of suicide among young people in Australia
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  25. The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
  26. Terminator 2 in 3D reminds us what we've still to learn about AI and robotics
  27. Ethnic religious communities may be the 'No' campaign's secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
  28. The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
  29. Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence
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  32. What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
  33. Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
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  39. The Rape of Lucretia: a deconstructed tale of civic and personal virtue
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  44. To Christians arguing 'no' on marriage equality: the Bible is not decisive
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  46. When the Bullin shrieked: Aboriginal memories of volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago
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