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Drinking water study raises health concerns for New Zealanders

  • Written by: Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Drinking water study raises health concerns for New ZealandersA study of drinking water sourced from groundwater in areas of intensive farming and horticulture found nitrate levels are already high and rising.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Last year, a Danish study reported a link between nitrate in drinking water and the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer. This finding could have important...

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Higher English entry standards for international students won't necessarily translate to success

  • Written by: Sally Baker, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
Higher English entry standards for international students won't necessarily translate to successA number on a standardised test is not enough to make sure international students succeed – they need ongoing support even if they have a basic grasp of English.www.shutterstock.com

For some time, lowering standards and inadequate English language proficiency have dominated discussions about international students in Australia. Studies show...

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We're awarding the Order of Australia to the wrong people

  • Written by: Nicholas Gruen, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney

It’s almost Australia Day and hundreds of us are in line for an award.

Sadly, as unpublished research by my firm Lateral Economics reveals, many will get it for little more than doing their job. And the higher the job’s status, the higher the award.

Governors General, High Court Justices and Vice Chancellors of major universities would...

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New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia Day

  • Written by: Darren Pennay, Campus Visitor, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia DayIt may be that the fortnight or so surrounding Australia Day is evolving into an annual season in which some of the deepest paradoxes of Australian identity play out in public.AAP/Glenn Campbell

In the cultural warfare over whether January 26 should be retained as Australia Day, survey results are deployed like guided missiles. But what do...

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  1. Why people born between 1966 and 1994 are at greater risk of measles – and what to do about it
  2. Mary Jane Cain, land rights activist, matriarch and community builder
  3. The stubborn high-pressure system behind Australia's record heatwaves
  4. To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now
  5. Australia's trade history really is something to celebrate
  6. Liberals stir the culture war pot but who's listening?
  7. is rain better than tap water for plants?
  8. what does the law say?
  9. My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?
  10. New research reveals how the marriage equality debate damaged LGBT Australians' mental health
  11. How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity
  12. Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madness
  13. When to seek help after taking a pill
  14. Here's how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry
  15. 'Growth' of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn't
  16. why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy
  17. How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline
  18. Record US government shutdown harms Trump's ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll
  19. Henrietta Baird's The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance
  20. why the government's James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation
  21. Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card
  22. How does ecstasy kill?
  23. here's how to throw your stuff out
  24. Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas
  25. how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
  26. lessons from Australia’s first e-scooter sharing trial
  27. a biomechanics expert explains how
  28. the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power
  29. Morrison's Gilmore candidate is the man who's been everywhere
  30. How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality
  31. Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again
  32. Why we don't know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
  33. Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
  34. Curious Kids: how is water made?
  35. What's behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?
  36. How to identify, understand and teach gifted children
  37. The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas
  38. Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
  39. How moving house changes you
  40. Guide to the classics: Wide Sargasso Sea
  41. Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging
  42. As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it
  43. Frydenberg warns of economic waves ahead
  44. advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movement
  45. Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and body
  46. A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it
  47. Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?
  48. why do spiders have hairy legs?
  49. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  50. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender

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Every excavation project in Australia — from a backyard deck footing to a multi-storey commercial bu...

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