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Fancy an e-change? How people are escaping city congestion and living costs by working remotely

  • Written by: Andrew Glover, Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
Fancy an e-change? How people are escaping city congestion and living costs by working remotelyDigital communications technology means many high-skill workers don't need to be in the office to do their jobs.MJTH/Shutterstock

Many Australians have longed to live outside the city. The treechange and seachange movements – migration from urban areas to rural and coastal towns – have been responsible for much of the population growth...

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Keen IT students can improve their marks when given a chance to learn from their mistakes

  • Written by: Muneera Bano, Lecturer Software Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Keen IT students can improve their marks when given a chance to learn from their mistakesWe need to reflect on our mistakes and learn from them if we're to improve our chances of success.Shutterstock/patpitchaya

From a very young age, we are conditioned to learn to succeed by avoiding failures or mistakes.

Our traditional education system is built largely on examination that marks down students for their mistakes in any assessed work....

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Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies

  • Written by: Clinton Fernandes, Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW
Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companiesMost of Australia's biggest companies are majority-owned by US investors.www.shutterstock.com

The attention being given to possible covert influence being exercised by China in Australia shouldn’t distract us from recognising that very overt foreign influence now occurs through investment.

Read more: Inside China's vast influence...

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Liu defends herself after concerns about her Chinese associations

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Liberal member for Chisholm, Gladys Liu, has strongly proclaimed her loyalty to Australia and her support for the government’s policy on China, amid a row over her record of past associations with organisations with links to the Chinese Communist party.

Liu issued a statement following a politically disastrous interview with Sky on...

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  1. Independent MP Helen Haines on using 'soft power'
  2. Brian Toohey's Secret warns against Australia being 'joined at the hip' with US
  3. The Joker’s origin story comes at a perfect moment: clowns define our times
  4. Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?
  5. Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?
  6. Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government
  7. Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse
  8. Forensic science isn't 'reliable' or 'unreliable' – it depends on the questions you're trying to answer
  9. Australia's political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform
  10. Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality
  11. Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw
  12. We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism
  13. regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact
  14. why companies should let their workers join the climate strike
  15. Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent will not vote for government's mandatory sentencing legislation
  16. what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to
  17. Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires
  18. How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?
  19. India's moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring
  20. Here's what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancer
  21. Arts education helps school students learn and socialise. We must invest in it
  22. Don't practice 'promiscuous partisanship', former public service commissioner warns bureaucrats
  23. the costs multiply in tropical cities
  24. How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned into the 'turf war' we see today
  25. In Ride Like a Girl, Rachel Griffiths feminises the traditionally male hero's journey
  26. Keep your job options open and don't ditch science when choosing next year's school subjects
  27. why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good
  28. when your favourite programs come back from the dead
  29. Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity
  30. Drugs don't affect job seeking, so let's offer users help rather than take away their payments
  31. New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead
  32. Mark Butler calls for "ruthless" re-examination of Labor policies, including on climate
  33. why does Saturn have rings?
  34. Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof
  35. There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank
  36. People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver it
  37. Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly
  38. Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it
  39. Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
  40. 'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes
  41. Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
  42. how to adopt the science without discriminating
  43. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
  44. Australia has met its renewable energy target. But hold off on the champagne
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
  46. The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here's what it means for Australia
  47. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  48. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  49. two new five-year arts plans
  50. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire

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Sustainability can sound like a huge corporate project, something tied to annual reports, long-term ...

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A lot can change once someone has spent a few years working in the same place. What began as a fixed...

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"How much will it cost to manufacture my product?" is usually the first question a founder asks, a...

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