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Why port privatisation plans are in deep water around the country

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imageThe Port of Melbourne Corporation is reportedly seeking to increase rents to container stevedore DP World, by 700%.AAP/David Crosling

Recent plans the privatise a number of Australian ports have become very messy. In Victoria both sides of government were committed to privatising the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC), intending to use the...

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Scary king cricket is a beautiful example of evolution at its best

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imageA member of the King Cricket family, aka the Parktown prawn, is found across the southern hemisphere.Lourens Durand/Shutterstock

South Africa’s notorious Parktown prawn gets its name from the leafy Johannesburg suburb where it has flourished and spread since migrating to the city from the moist eastern forests of the country’s lowveld es...

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When there's meaning in mathematical mistakes

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imageTeachers can learn a great deal from their pupils' mistakes in maths.From www.shutterstock.com

A grade one learner is enjoying school tremendously, but one day she comes home unhappy. Her mother asks why she is so upset and the child replies: “First my teacher told me that 3+3 = 6, then she told me that 4+2 = 6 and then she told me that 5+1 =...

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  2. South Africa is failing to address malnutrition in its older people
  3. Risks vs rewards: why people with HIV volunteer for 'cure' research
  4. Human rights don’t matter in our public debate – but they should
  5. Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?
  6. FactCheck: is Australia legally obliged to look after children abandoned after commercial surrogacy?
  7. Karenzi Karake arrest is just more international hypocrisy over Rwanda
  8. Tories are backing the wrong horses when it comes to energy
  9. Mirror, mirror: reflections on race and the visage of higher education in America
  10. Tackling housing unaffordability: a 10-point national plan
  11. BBY failure shows why David Murray was right about regulation
  12. The Killing Season exposes multiple truths, but little honesty
  13. Happiness and the art of care and conversation on the cancer ward
  14. Why universities should get rid of PowerPoint and why they won't
  15. Political warfare on climate could leave national security at risk
  16. One day my end will come – kids don't need happily ever afters
  17. Inside Out shows well-being isn't just about chasing happiness
  18. Nikki Haley's call to take down Confederate flag reveals ongoing shift in GOP strategy
  19. The pope plays his trump card: teaching the power of moral actions
  20. Why Congress should keep the imperiled Export-Import Bank
  21. How we found signs of 'recent' running water on Mars
  22. More debt might just be the medicine Greece needs
  23. Atheism must be about more than just not believing in god
  24. Annual upgrade? How your mobile contract is really costing the earth
  25. How Michael Gove is changing the tune on justice reform
  26. The divide is growing between what employers and ministers want students to study
  27. Abbott releases federalism paper after Labor ramps up scare attack
  28. What needs to be done to keep child marriages trending down
  29. Who cares if Taylor Swift gets paid? Not many
  30. Ashraf Ghani is running out of fans – and this latest Taliban attack won't help
  31. Immigration reform will starve NHS of healthcare workers
  32. How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads
  33. Q A controversy plays into hands of ABC's government critics
  34. Scottish income tax control threatens big trouble across UK
  35. Solar fuels: how planes and cars could be powered by the sun
  36. Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
  37. The ground exhales: reducing agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions
  38. Should female faculty get bonus points to correct for gender bias in student evaluations?
  39. I Stand With Peter Singer
  40. There are better ways to combat piracy than blocking websites
  41. Sculpture by the Sea is thriving – on the coast of Denmark
  42. How much does wind energy cost? Debunking the myths
  43. Is space tourism travelling faster than space law?
  44. Will head transplants create an entirely new person?
  45. Helping people with type 1 diabetes exercise safely – new findings
  46. First Hispanic poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera signals a new direction for US literature
  47. Scrapping maintenance grants would be final nail in coffin of publicly funded higher education
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