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Our oceans are out of balance – can we learn some tips from feng shui?

  • Written by: Katherine Dafforn, Senior Research Associate in Marine Ecology, UNSW Australia
imageWe've filled our oceans with concrete. Sea wall image from www.shutterstock.com

Feng shui is the ancient Chinese philosophy of rearranging built structures in the environment to generate qi or “energy”. But it may have increasing relevance for when, where and how we build into our oceans.

This month 1,500 delegates from 80 countries...

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Supporting students with autism in the classroom: what teachers need to know

  • Written by: Beth Saggers, Senior Lecturer - Education and autism , Queensland University of Technology
imageStudents with autism often need to take a break from the demands of the classroom. from www.shutterstock.com

In our series, Better Teachers, we’ll explore how to improve teacher education in Australia. We’ll look at what the evidence says on a range of themes including how to raise the status of the profession and measure and improve...

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Company results wrap: is the resources downturn structural or cyclical?

  • Written by: John Rolfe, Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia

Companies have finished reporting results for the financial year so it’s time to take stock of how the different business sectors of Australia are fairing. In our company results wrap series we take a step back from the short-term focus of quarterly profit and loss statements and examine what big picture factors are at play.


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We're all at risk from scary medicine side effects, but we have to weigh the risks with the benefits

  • Written by: Greg Kyle, Professor of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology
imageWhen should we be warned about drug side effects, and when would it just be deterring us from taking a beneficial medicine for little risk?from www.shutterstock.com.au

Media reports have emerged of psychotic episodes in children brought about by a common asthma medication, Singulair. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which approves and...

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  1. Coaches are teachers of sport, but there's a lot to learn from the classroom
  2. Dastyari forced off frontbench
  3. Business Briefing: disrupted companies will need to think global to survive
  4. When parents disagree with doctors on a child's treatment, who should have the final say?
  5. Love in the time of racism: 'Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms' explores the politics of romance
  6. What is soft power? Hint: it's not footing Sam Dastyari's bills
  7. Weekly Dose: penicillin, the mould that saves millions of lives
  8. We really must talk about gas
  9. Dastyari resigns, but will Labor's proposals fix the political donations system?
  10. Full response from the Productivity Commission
  11. FactCheck: has education spending gone up while student achievement has stalled or declined?
  12. How can we fix Australia's Indonesia anxiety?
  13. Brandis diaries case shows how Freedom of Information has been deliberately neglected
  14. A brief history of the Paralympic Games: from post-WWII rehabilitation to mega sport event
  15. Pacific pariah: how Australia’s love of coal has left it out in the diplomatic cold
  16. Company results wrap: energy companies are facing disruption
  17. By 2030, 'no Australian child will be living in poverty' – why can't we promise that?
  18. Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia: 40 international and Australian experts
  19. Speaking with: Juan Francisco Salazar about colonising Antarctica and Mars
  20. To a modern audience, Othello is simply another story of domestic abuse
  21. Both statins and a Mediterranean-style diet can help ward off heart disease and stroke
  22. You can't eat with us! When the working class meet high-end cooking shows
  23. Government review supports Australia's marine reserves – now it’s time to move on
  24. Explainer: how the Paralympics classification system keeps things fair
  25. Australia must heed the lessons of ‘hybrid warfare’ to avoid falling behind on the battlefield
  26. How happiness improves business results
  27. Please can we give up on complementary, alternative and 'integrative therapies' now?
  28. Apple and Ireland are betting on 'Nation Inc' and a world of shareholder citizens
  29. China’s G20 summit was big on show, but short on substance
  30. Company results wrap: news publishers are transforming, but into what?
  31. Sydney property market spreads price shocks to other capital cities
  32. NT royal commission is the cost of failing to meet international standards on torture
  33. Vitamin D may protect against severe asthma attacks and hospitalisation
  34. Improving teaching in rural schools - we need to stop borrowing approaches from overseas
  35. The ethical and cultural case for culling Australia's mountain horses
  36. With energy, ideas and cheek to spare, Richard Neville was the boy of OZ
  37. Extinction alert: saving the world from a deadly asteroid impact
  38. Company results wrap: retail sales flat, but some retailers buck the trend
  39. FactCheck Q A: is $30 billion spent every year on 500,000 Indigenous people in Australia?
  40. Absurdist, poignant slapstick – plus a brass band – in En Avant, Marche!
  41. US-China ratification of Paris Agreement ramps up the pressure on Australia
  42. Can, or should, we save ARENA?
  43. Brazil ousting demonstrates the new coup rocking Latin America
  44. Health Check: is it bad to regularly sleep wearing earplugs?
  45. Protected areas are helping save our favourite animals – but let's not forget the others
  46. If the TPP dies, Australia has other game changing trade options
  47. Paranoid politics: how does Donald Trump get away with it?
  48. Habitat III: the biggest conference you’ve probably never heard of
  49. New Grattan research shows what is at stake in the superannuation debate
  50. Vital Signs: all eyes on the central bankers

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Designing Eco-Friendly Custom Water Bottles for Your Next Event

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The Business Case for Choosing Australian Fabricators Over Imported Alternatives

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