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Australia, you have unfinished business. It's time to let our 'fire people' care for this land

  • Written by: David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
Australia, you have unfinished business. It's time to let our 'fire people' care for this landRangers from Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa, conducting cool season burning on Martu Country.Tony Jupp,The Nature Conservancy

Since last summer’s bushfire crisis, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Aboriginal people used landscape burning to sustain...

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No big packed lectures allowed if we're to safely bring uni students back to campus

  • Written by: Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide
No big packed lectures allowed if we're to safely bring uni students back to campusFlickr/Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA

A return to face to face teaching at universities and technical colleges “where possible” is one of the goals of the Morrison government’s three step framework for a COVIDsafe Australia.

A look at the space available for teaching shows some return of students is possible.

But nearly all tiered...

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Morrison government invites unions to dance, but employer groups call the tune

  • Written by: Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University

Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week proposed a new deal in industrial relations, bringing together the government, employers and unions to agree on reforms to create jobs and lift the economy in the post-CIVD-19 pandemic recovery phase.

“"We’ve booked the room, we’ve hired the hall, we’ve got the table ready,” he...

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What COVID-19 means for the people making your clothes

  • Written by: Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
What COVID-19 means for the people making your clothesShutterstock

Workers everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions necessitated by COVID-19.

In Australia, retail and hospitality workers have been particularly hard hit. In other countries, it’s manufacturing workers, hit by disruptions to value and supply chains.

A value chain is the process by which businesses start...

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  1. Morrison wants unions and business to 'put down the weapons' on IR. But real reform will not be easy.
  2. Quality of life in high-density apartments varies. Here are 6 ways to improve it
  3. New Zealand sits on top of the remains of a giant ancient volcanic plume
  4. Rio Tinto just blasted away an ancient Aboriginal site. Here’s why that was allowed
  5. why is type 2 diabetes linked to increased risk of cancer and dementia?
  6. Are thermal cameras a magic bullet for COVID-19 fever detection? There's not enough evidence to know
  7. Warwick Thornton’s The Beach is a delicate conversation with Country
  8. The vaccine we're testing in Australia is based on a flu shot. Here's how it could work against coronavirus
  9. Is it OK to drink coffee while pregnant? We asked 5 experts
  10. Malka Leifer has been ruled fit to stand trial. Will extradition to Australia follow?
  11. Don't stand so close to me – understanding consent can help with those tricky social distancing moments
  12. For First Nations people, coronavirus has meant fewer services, separated families and over-policing: new report
  13. We need good information to make decisions, especially when things go wrong
  14. Public land is being sold exactly where thousands on the waiting list need housing
  15. 'Incel' violence is a form of extremism. It's time we treated it as a security threat
  16. A single mega-project exposes the Morrison government's gas plan as staggering folly
  17. What are the characteristics of strong mental health?
  18. Why flour is still missing from supermarket shelves
  19. 7 tips to help kids feeling anxious about going back to school
  20. Working out at home works for women – so well they might not go back to gyms
  21. why countries don't count emissions from goods they import
  22. Can Scott Morrison achieve industrial relations disarmament?
  23. Celeste Barber's story shows us the power of celebrity fundraising ... and the importance of reading the fine print
  24. what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader
  25. The poorest Australians are twice as likely to die before age 75 as the richest, and the gap is widening
  26. The government says artists should be able to access JobKeeper payments. It's not that simple
  27. Why the coronavirus shouldn't stand in the way of the next wage increase
  28. how media mythbusting can actually make false beliefs stronger
  29. Why Trump's Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians
  30. now he has an election to win and a country to save
  31. If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends
  32. P is for Pandemic: kids' books about coronavirus
  33. public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes
  34. Australian economy must come 'out of ICU': Scott Morrison
  35. Eden-Monaro byelection to be on July 4
  36. Coronavirus lockdown made many of us anxious. But for some people, returning to 'normal' might be scarier
  37. China is taking a risk by getting tough on Hong Kong. Now, the US must decide how to respond
  38. Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork
  39. hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia
  40. High-speed rail on Australia's east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 years
  41. Three years on from Uluru, we must lift the blindfolds of liberalism to make progress
  42. Can't resist splurging in online shopping? Here's why
  43. The problem with arts funding in Australia goes right back to its inception
  44. Coronavirus has changed our sense of place, so together we must re-imagine our cities
  45. JobKeeper $60 billion snafu like your house builder revising quote: Morrison
  46. Beware the 'cauldron of paranoia' as China and the US slide towards a new kind of cold war
  47. Treasury revises JobKeeper's cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility
  48. Internet traffic is growing 25% each year. We created a fingernail-sized chip that can help the NBN keep up
  49. Target's decline is part of a deeper trend
  50. The WHO's coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime

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