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The Coral Sea: an ocean jewel that needs more protection

  • Written by: Bob Pressey, Professor and Program Leader, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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The federal government is considering changes to Australia’s marine reserves to implement a national system. This week The Conversation is looking at the science behind marine reserves and how to protect our oceans.

Off Australia’s northeastern coastline, extending eastwards from the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef, is a vast...

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Why do we still hand out honorary academic titles?

  • Written by: Hannah Forsyth, Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
imageIs it time to do away with honorary titles?Dan Himbrechts/AAP

There was a big kerfuffle at Sydney University last week, when former Prime Minister John Howard was awarded an honorary doctorate.

Some people feel that handing out doctorates to people who do not earn them devalues the degrees people do earn. In the case of John Howard, some argued...

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A Chinese firm could buy Twitter in the coming wave of cross-border tech acquisitions

  • Written by: Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAlibaba Founder and CEO, Jack Ma meeting with David Cameron the then UK Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street during his visit to London in October 2015. number10gov/flickr, CC BY-NC

As the financial media speculates about Twitter being acquired by Salesforce, Alphabet (formerly Google) or even Apple, companies outside the Californian tech scene...

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Taking Indigenous languages online: can they be seen, heard and saved?

  • Written by: Greg Dickson, Postdoctoral Fellow (Linguistics), The University of Queensland
imageA billabong on SBS website My Grandmother's Lingo, which takes viewers on an interactive journey through the Marra language.My Grandmother's Lingo

With our digital world dominated by English, minority and endangered languages struggle to be seen and heard. A new interactive documentary launched online today by SBS, My Grandmother’s Lingo,...

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  1. With that ring, I thee judge: why the law should not allow exceptions on marriage equality
  2. Boys should also get the HPV vaccine to protect themselves from oral and genital cancers
  3. Bitter row between George Brandis and Solicitor-General flares
  4. Virtual reality film Collisions is part disaster movie, part travelogue and completely immersive
  5. Happy 30th anniversary to .au domains – what comes next?
  6. Bath bullies, bacteria and battlegrounds: the secret world of bird baths
  7. Better academic support for students may help lower university attrition rates
  8. New laws on bankers behaving badly don't matter in light of ASIC inaction
  9. From Presidents to Proxies: Examining the VP Stoush
  10. Placing a cap on teaching degrees doesn't guarantee better teachers
  11. Google's new gadgets are part of the me-too competition between the tech giants
  12. To stop domestic violence, we need to change perpetrators' behaviour
  13. How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?
  14. Who won today's vice-presidential debate? Does it matter?
  15. Review: Bugs on the Menu at the Environmental Film Festival
  16. Weekly Dose: metformin, the diabetes drug developed from French lilac
  17. FactCheck: Is suicide one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia?
  18. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the new VET student loan scheme
  19. Lockerbie experience is no model for the effective prosecution of MH17 bombers
  20. Banks make millions in delaying interest rate cuts
  21. Business Briefing: Trusting business to take care of your data
  22. Trimming the excess: how cutting down on junk food could help save the environment
  23. Lessons from South Australia's blackout: we need to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change
  24. Philanthropic foundations cost taxpayers – and so should be made accountable
  25. US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?
  26. Mellow yellow? The mood and cognitive effects of curcumin from turmeric
  27. Opening doors and minds: the Open House phenomenon
  28. New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers
  29. Bank inquiry won't take royal commission off the political agenda
  30. AFL and NRL grand final TV ratings show codes still rely on their traditional heartlands
  31. Big four bank chiefs face parliamentary committee: experts react
  32. The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale
  33. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  34. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  35. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  36. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  37. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  38. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  39. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  40. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  41. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  42. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  43. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  44. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  45. Why health implants should have open source code
  46. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  47. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
  48. Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
  49. How to Think About 1.5 Degrees
  50. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?

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