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Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem)

  • Written by: Jacob Krauss, Graduate Student, UNSW
Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem)Waratah flowers stand out vividly in the bush.Tim J Keegan/Flickr, CC BY-SA

On one of my first field trips as a young student, searching in sweltering September heat for banksia trees in the bush around Sydney, my eye was caught by a flash of remarkable crimson. Trudging over the red dust, we saw the beautiful waratah flower.

The cone-shaped flower...

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Graduates beware, don't fall for that unpaid job advert

  • Written by: Jessica Richards, Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University
Graduates beware, don't fall for that unpaid job advertThey might want you, but are they prepared to pay you?Shutterstock/Brt

Sydney Football Club sparked outrage this week when it advertised for someone to work three to four days a week for nine months, as a volunteer.

The unpaid job, to work as a strength and conditioning assistant, was specifically looking for someone with a degree in human movement,...

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Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others

  • Written by: Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia

The federal government released its draft Religious Discrimination Bill yesterday.

The idea behind the bill is sound: add the protected ground of “religious belief or activity” to existing federal discrimination protections for race, sex, disability and age.


Read more: The government has released its draft religious...

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increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happier

  • Written by: Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happierThere's increasing evidence that encouraging fathers to take paternity leave has positive, perhaps even surprising, results.www.shutterstock.com

“To all the Dads in Australia,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared in his Father’s Day message last year, “keep up the good work, because the kids of our country need the best...

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