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FactCheck: is Australia below the international average when it comes to school funding?

  • Written by: Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute

Australia is slightly below average when it comes to international funding for our schools. – Tanya Plibersek, shadow minister for education, speaking to journalists, January 29, 2017.

Current school funding arrangements run out at the end of this year, and schools need to know what will replace them. So this year we can expect to hear...

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Is there a crisis in public education?

  • Written by: Jessica Gerrard, Senior Lecturer in Education, Equity and Politics, University of Melbourne
imageChildren's needs are not always catered for in the public school system .Paul Miller/AAP

In this series we’ll explore how to improve schools in Australia. Some of the most prominent experts in the sector tackle key questions, including why we are not seeing much progress; whether we are assessing children in the most effective way; why...

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Guide to the classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Written by: Joy McEntee, Lecturer, University of Adelaide
imageThe 1998 film adaption of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, starring Johnny Depp as Hunter S Thompson, introduced millions of new fans to the world of gonzo journalism.Fear and Loathing LLC

American journalist Hunter S Thompson is a mythical figure, partly by his own design, and partly, perversely, against his wishes. Norman Mailer called him...

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How drones can help fight the war on shark attacks

  • Written by: Brendan Kelaher, Associate Professor of Marine Science and Management, Southern Cross University

Following an unprecedented series of shark attacks off Australian beaches, the need to find practical solutions is intensifying.

Aerial drones could be an important tool for reducing risk of shark attacks on our beaches within the coming years. Here’s how it would work. Drones would fly autonomously over beaches continuously scanning for...

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  1. Plea to politicians on energy: stop the brawling
  2. One Nation has now been 'normalised' in the Liberals’ firmament of political players
  3. Queensland Galaxy: One Nation surges to 23%
  4. Fed up with bad relationships? Then why not marry yourself?
  5. Is NBN Co's CEO right that Australians aren't interested in ultra-fast broadband?
  6. Increased private health insurance premiums don't mean increased value
  7. Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine
  8. Australia Post salary scandal highlights our nation's growing wage inequality
  9. Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia?
  10. New deal on torture a step in the right direction for Australia's human rights law
  11. Abbott hasn't convinced own electors on Senate curb
  12. South Australia's gambling tax highlights the regulatory mess of online betting
  13. Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals
  14. Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability
  15. Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution
  16. Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options
  17. Delving through settlers' diaries can reveal Australia's colonial-era climate
  18. How to find success as a woman in science
  19. Vital Signs: the case of the missing investment
  20. Back to school – understanding challenges faced by Indigenous children
  21. FactCheck: are bulk-billing rates falling, or at record levels?
  22. Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires
  23. Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon
  24. Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
  25. Fifty Shades Darker: an abusive fairy tale that robs women of sexual freedom
  26. Australia's innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at how
  27. Stop focusing on 'the problem' in Indigenous education, and start looking at learning opportunities
  28. God bless the footy: dissent and distractions
  29. Omnibus welfare bill shows the always-tricky politics of budget savings
  30. Unusual conditions: delusional infestation with insects or spiders
  31. Bernardi split is symptomatic of a fractured political system, here and abroad
  32. The Rise of Islamo-Christian Civilization
  33. Australian government challenged to advocate for its citizen on death row in Thailand
  34. From banned to international glory, women's football has sown a rich field for the future
  35. Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather
  36. A wolf in dogs' clothing? Why dingoes may not be Australian wildlife's saviours
  37. Kurt Gödel: from loopholes and dictators to the incompleteness theorems
  38. How to get quality teachers in disadvantaged schools – and keep them there
  39. What's behind the rise in shareholder class actions
  40. Female genital mutilation is hurting Australian girls and we must work together to stamp it out
  41. Twitter tries to tackle abuse as research shows that most of us can be trolls online
  42. Turnbull's rant about Shorten a treat for the troops but will it play with the public?
  43. Indonesia should support interfaith community programs to help Myanmar end ethnic violence
  44. The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
  45. We've all heard about postnatal depression, but what about antenatal depression?
  46. Humans are driving a new burst of evolution including possibly our own
  47. Prize fight over live-streamed sport will go on long after the final bell sounds
  48. Trump triggers overdue policy debate
  49. Playing is not coaching: why so many sporting greats struggle as coaches
  50. Inspiring to speak out - two physicists who changed the world

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