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How Anzac Day came to occupy a sacred place in Australians' hearts

  • Written by: Carolyn Holbrook, Alfred Deakin Research Fellow, Deakin University
imageAustralians are deeply attached to the cluster of beliefs and traditions we call the 'Anzac legend'.Shutterstock

Australia is spending the extraordinary amount of A$562 million commemorating the centenary of the first world war between 2014 and 2018 — far more than any other nation, including the major combatants. This is compelling proof we...

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Discovered in WWI, bacterial viruses may be our allies in a post-antibiotic age

  • Written by: Jeremy J. Barr, Lecturer in School of Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Monash University
imageMany in the Western Front contracted haemorrhagic dysentery.Wellcome Library, London

As we again reflect on the sacrifices our Anzac soldiers, nurses and doctors made during the first world war, another centenary goes by unnoticed by most Australians.

It celebrates a scientific discovery made behind the Western Front, one that might soon affect the...

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English language bar for citizenship likely to further disadvantage refugees

  • Written by: Sally Baker, Research Associate, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education, University of Newcastle
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed tougher language requirements for new citizenship applicants.Lukas Coch/AAP

Citizenship applicants will need to demonstrate a higher level of English proficiency if the government’s proposed changes to the Australian citizenship test go ahead.

Applicants will be required to reach the equivalent of...

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How our addiction to safety could lead to another financial crisis

  • Written by: Hammad Siddiqi, Research Fellow in Financial Economics, The University of Queensland

Research shows that the human brain is biased in favour of making safe choices. This is part of the drive behind “securitisation”, where the financial sector turns risky debt into “safe” debt by pooling assets together or carving out the safe bits.

But this debt may not be as safe as we think. And as individual traders load...

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