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get your coronavirus analysis and advice direct from the experts

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation
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The global coronavirus crisis has presented the world’s leading media outlets with a unique reporting challenge: how to cover a complex and evolving pandemic in a way that is accurate, transparent, up-to-date and does not cause undue alarm. How can this reporting reflect the available information and still be useful enough to...

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Most couples are less satisfied when the woman earns more

  • Written by: Belinda Hewitt, Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne
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Women are now the main earners in about one in four Australian households. This increase in female “breadwinner” households challenges traditional expectations of men and women and their roles in family life.

Our research shows those expectations remain strong, with both men’s and women’s satisfaction with...

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Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence

  • Written by: Melissa Willoughby, PhD Candidate, Justice Health Unit, University of Melbourne
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Violence against women is rarely out of the news in Australia. We are now ten years into the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women (2010-2022), but there is still a long way to go.

Our research shows this is particularly true for women who have been to prison. The considerable challenges and increased risk of violence...

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How dung beetles engineer better ecosystems in Australia

  • Written by: Paul Weston, Senior Research Fellow / EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University

Dung beetles play an important role helping clear up all the dung left by other animals in an environment.

In Australia there are approximately 475 native species of dung beetle.

But there’s a problem. Most of them are adapted to deal with marsupial dung. When British colonisers brought livestock down under, they introduced an entirely new...

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  1. writer and 'queer nomad' Stephen House on the gritty lifestyle of an artist
  2. The deep evolutionary links between monogamy and fatherhood are more complicated than we thought
  3. A solution to cut extreme heat by up to 6 degrees is in our own backyards
  4. When it comes to sick leave, we're not much better prepared for coronavirus than the US
  5. how the art market is suffering from COVID-19
  6. the last five years were the warmest ever recorded
  7. Studying one uni subject in four weeks has benefits – but students risk burnout if it's not done right
  8. Science continues to suggest a link between autism and the gut. Here's why that's important
  9. Coronavirus could spark a revolution in working from home. Are we ready?
  10. In an election year, gun reform has become political in New Zealand and Jacinda Ardern is losing her support
  11. Far-right extremists still threaten New Zealand, a year on from the Christchurch attacks
  12. Morrison government funds 'pop up' testing clinics and tele-consultations in $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package
  13. Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy on COVID-19
  14. The world's best fire management system is in northern Australia, and it's led by Indigenous land managers
  15. a good idea, but technically tricky
  16. To fix the family law system, we need to ask parents what really works
  17. The secret of TikTok's success? Humans are wired to love imitating dance moves
  18. We're innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless?
  19. A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common
  20. new research reveals the factors that matter
  21. Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but 'gender disappointment' is no mental illness
  22. Claire Murray's story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture
  23. You can do it! A 'growth mindset' helps us learn
  24. here's a 10-point plan for avoiding recession
  25. Morrison tells big business to show 'patriotism' as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC
  26. are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent
  27. 'Fever clinics' are opening in Australia for people who think they're infected with the coronavirus. Why?
  28. A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia's summer of extremes
  29. Young men on sexting: it’s normal, but complicated
  30. Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?
  31. All the world's a stage
  32. Next time, we've got to handle emergency donations better
  33. Australia has hundreds of programs to get women into science, but are they working? Time to find out
  34. Morrison government pledges funds to help states with health burden of COVID-19
  35. More 'sports rort' questions for Morrison after Bridget McKenzie speaks out
  36. A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same
  37. COVID-19 death toll estimated to reach 3,900 by next Friday, according to AI modelling
  38. Sexual harassment claims are costly and complex – can this be fixed?
  39. Michelle Grattan on the escalation of coronavirus and the economy
  40. Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis
  41. Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change
  42. More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it
  43. Sure, save furry animals after the bushfires – but our river creatures are suffering too
  44. Which aged care services near you weren't up to scratch in 2019?
  45. How 'Earthships' could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones
  46. Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria's first public execution
  47. Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there's no room for woolly thinking in cyber security
  48. Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?
  49. Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power
  50. When there's nowhere to escape, a bushfire-safe room could be your last resort

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