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how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction

  • Written by: Julia Dehm, Lecturer, La Trobe University
how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destructionRio Tinto's mineral sands mine near Richards Bay, north of Durban. Plans for similar operation in the Xolobeni region south of Durban have been resisted by the local community. Mathias Rittgerott/Rettet den Regenwald, CC BY-NC

Australian companies dominate African mining. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade counts 175 ASX-listed companies o...

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a biomechanics expert explains how

  • Written by: Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100% sure it is wrong. I may have to play more on clay than before, but there aren’t that many options.

So said Rafael Nadal back in 2012 – and several times since – before succumbing to...

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the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power

  • Written by: Julia Kindt, Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to powerAn Attic red-figure kylix from Vulci (Italy), 440-430 BC, depicting King Aigeus in front of the Pythia at the Oracle of Delphi.Wikimedia Commons

In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages.

In a time and place that offered few career opportunities for women, the job of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi stands out. Her...

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  3. Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again
  4. Why we don't know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
  5. Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
  6. Curious Kids: how is water made?
  7. What's behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?
  8. How to identify, understand and teach gifted children
  9. The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas
  10. Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
  11. How moving house changes you
  12. Guide to the classics: Wide Sargasso Sea
  13. Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging
  14. As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it
  15. Frydenberg warns of economic waves ahead
  16. advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movement
  17. Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and body
  18. A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it
  19. Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?
  20. why do spiders have hairy legs?
  21. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  22. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender
  23. Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt
  24. The state of Australia's Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
  25. Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
  26. 100 years later, why don't we commemorate the victims and heroes of "Spanish flu"?
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  28. O'Dwyer's decision turns the spotlight onto Bishop
  29. Deer Woman is a work of immense power and restraint
  30. Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times
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  32. it's too late for the silent generation
  33. What's the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here's everything explained
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  35. Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools
  36. Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
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  38. the power of not being too clear
  39. Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?
  40. should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?
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  42. How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet
  43. In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat
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