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Declining sport viewership shows why we should keep it on free TV

  • Written by: Heath McDonald, Professor of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
imageThe women's Australian Open final had fewer viewers than the year before.AAP/Lynn Bo Bo

Declining television viewership for sporting events might suggest that those of us who heralded sport as a potential saviour of traditional broadcast media had it all wrong.

In Australia, ratings for the recent one-day cricket matches were dire and the...

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Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive

  • Written by: Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne

You’ve probably heard about El Niño, the climate system that brings dry and often hotter weather to Australia over summer.

You might also know that climate change is likely to intensify drought conditions, which is one of the reasons climate scientists keep talking about the desperate need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the...

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The world is watching Australia’s decline in schools education. We know how to fix it, but the parents must listen

  • Written by: John Hattie, Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
imageThe progress a student makes in a year needs to be more important than test scores.Julian Smith/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;...

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Australia on the move: how GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion

  • Written by: Chris Rizos, Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UNSW
imageUp a bit, right a bit -- Australia is always on the move.Shutterstock/Jayjune

Nothing on the Earth’s solid surface is static because all land is moving very slowly due to continental drift. This very slow movement affects everything around you in the same way so you can’t tell it is happening, unless you are able to very accurately...

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  1. From clean cut kids to Christian comics to Riverdale: the Archiverse revolution
  2. If we are reaching neoliberal capitalism's end days, what comes next?
  3. Newspoll shows Coalition trailing 46-54% at start of new parliamentary session
  4. Snapchat's IPO filing does nothing to justify its US $25 billion valuation
  5. Three ingredients for running a successful environmental campaign
  6. Joe Hockey lobbies Trump's right-hand men over refugee deal
  7. WA Newspoll: 54-46 to Labor with One Nation at 13%
  8. High Court confirms Rod Culleton is not a senator – so what happens next?
  9. Joyous, comic and grim: the best new Indigenous playwrights
  10. How storytelling drives finance and economics
  11. Eight podcasts to get between your ears this year
  12. Maybe moderate drinking isn't so good for you after all
  13. Vital Signs: time to shift the goalposts on investor lending again?
  14. University vice chancellors say Trump order threatens global research
  15. To resist Trump’s tyranny, just don’t comply
  16. Will the diplomatic aggravation and reputational damage to Turnbull and Australia have been worth it?
  17. Growth of women’s football has been a 100-year revolution – it didn't happen overnight
  18. The legal minefield of 3D printed guns
  19. How do you know if your child is ready to start school?
  20. Hard work, not 'Confucian' mentality, underpins Chinese success overseas
  21. Friday essay: trace fossils – the silence of Ediacara, the shadow of uranium.
  22. ADHD: claims we're diagnosing immature behaviour make it worse for those affected
  23. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull should walk away from the refugee deal
  24. New coal plants wouldn't be clean, and would cost billions in taxpayer subsidies
  25. The government is right to fund energy storage: a 100% renewable grid is within reach
  26. Sensible reform to finance affordable housing deserves cross-party support
  27. Turnbull's $1.75 million donation is bad news for Australian democracy
  28. Turnbull’s energy game-changer
  29. Do vegetarians live longer? Probably, but not because they're vegetarian
  30. US embassy says refugee deal stands, but Trump casts new doubt in tweet
  31. Finding flow: learning Ruby on the job
  32. Why do we need a phonics test for six-year-olds?
  33. Make housing affordable and cut road congestion all at once? Here's a way
  34. What's the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?
  35. Educating Australia – why our schools aren't improving
  36. Work hour limits need to change for better mental health and gender equality
  37. Hugh Mackay: the state of the nation starts in your street
  38. Fornication, fluids and faeces: the intimate life of the French court
  39. Dietary guidelines don't work. Here's how to fix them
  40. Why we can't spin a silken yarn as strong as a spider can
  41. Turnbull's right: we need cheap, clean and reliable power – here's how
  42. Turnbull finally reveals his Liberal donation was $1.75 million
  43. Turnbull's energy policy vision: heavy on direction, light on action
  44. Sobering health stats in latest Productivity Commission report
  45. Turnbull believes in timely disclosure of donations – just not his
  46. When the drugs don’t work: how we can turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance
  47. Enough with the Doctor Who gender debate – it's time
  48. Interactive: a snapshot of political donations in Australia for 2015-16
  49. Why, only now, are we finding out who the biggest donors in an election year were?
  50. What has Turnbull agreed to do for Trump?

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