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Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading

  • Written by: Sue Thomson, Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and readingThe latest OECD PISA results show Australia is doing worse than last time in science and maths.from shutterstock.com

Australian 15-year-old reading scores are way below those of their peers in ten countries – including Singapore, Estonia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Korea and Poland.

And around 41% of Australian 15 year olds have failed to meet...

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a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our times

  • Written by: Brigid Maher, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, La Trobe University
a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our timesA holm oak: the longer Cosimo spends in the trees, the greater his identification with the natural world.Wikimedia Commons

In our series, Guide to the classics, experts explain key works of literature.

Many young children have flirted with the notion of escaping, once and for all, those stifling rules and obligations invoked at dinnertime: eat your...

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Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years

  • Written by: Elisa Bayraktarov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland

Australia’s threatened birds declined by nearly 60% on average over 30 years, according to new research that reveals the true impact on native wildlife of habitat loss, introduced pests, and other human-caused pressures.

Alarmingly, migratory shorebirds have declined by 72%. Many of these species inhabit our mudflats and coasts on their...

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How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundaries

  • Written by: Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington
How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundariesA New Zealand pizza chain deceived customers by offering plant-based meat without telling them - but it did so out of concerns for the environment.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Earlier this year, the New Zealand-based pizza chain Hell Pizza offered a limited-edition “Burger Pizza”. Its customers weren’t told that the...

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