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how to ensure we value wildlife properly

  • Written by: Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University
how to ensure we value wildlife properlyBotswana's elephants are officially an economic asset.Ian Sewell/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environment, on which the health of the economy (and everything else) ultimately depends.

Most countries...

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Australian prime minister foreshadows cut to 'migration settings'

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

Scott Morrison has flagged the Australian government will respond to public pressure and cut the immigration cap, saying he has heard “loud and clear” the protests of Australians about overcrowding in the biggest cities.

“They are saying: Enough, enough, enough. The roads are clogged, the buses and trains are full. The schools are...

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As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfireThe APEC forum in Port Moresby may come to be seen as a pivotal moment when the US reasserted itself in the Pacific region.AAP/EPA/Mast Irham

Port Moresby may not be Yalta, nor, it might be said, is it Potsdam. But for a moment at the weekend the steamy out-of-the-way Papua New Guinea capital found itself at the intersection of great power...

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women 'over-invest' in workplace capabilities

  • Written by: Leonora Risse, Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University
women 'over-invest' in workplace capabilitiesExisting evidence points to women's greater accumulation of credentials being due to implicit biases woven throughout workplace dynamics.Shutterstock

It took a Nobel Prize before Canadian physicist Donna Strickland got promoted to a full professorship. As anecdotal evidence that women have to prove themselves even more than men to earn a job...

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  1. Women targeted with $109 million to promote "economic security"
  2. Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it's middle Australia that is underinsured
  3. Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it's not enough to heal a sick culture
  4. busting a common wellness myth
  5. Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy
  6. Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint
  7. What about a Jerusalem consulate as a Morrison escape hatch?
  8. Lowy Institute's Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018
  9. Rock Bang is a highly charged fusion of music, theatre, and circus
  10. After APEC, US-China tensions leave 'cooperation' in the cold
  11. why women get PMS and why some are more affected
  12. How do remote controls work?
  13. One year on from Royal Commission findings on Northern Territory child detention: what has changed?
  14. that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed
  15. the scandals, sloganeering and key issues to watch
  16. Violence towards women in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 evokes toxic masculinity
  17. Rethinking what it means to be Australian through art
  18. How to talk to your child about their school report
  19. anti-fungal creams or tablets don't always work for vaginal itch
  20. For Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to solve our transport woes, some things need to change
  21. Why predicting the weather and climate is even harder for Australia’s rainy northern neighbours
  22. The royal commission is about to grill the chiefs of the big four banks. Here's why soon they mightn't exist
  23. Confiscate their super. If it works for sports stars, it could work for bankers
  24. Shorten would need non-Green crossbench to pass bills in Senate: Australia Institute
  25. 47% say prioritise cutting power bills: Ipsos
  26. The Brexit mess could lead to a break-up of a no longer United Kingdom
  27. It's the right time to review the world's chemical weapons convention
  28. Logging must stop in Melbourne's biggest water supply catchment
  29. How digital media blur the border between Australia and China
  30. do hangover cures actually work?
  31. Evidence of aliens? What to make of research and reporting on 'Oumuamua, our visitor from space
  32. Frydenberg lashes out at Malaysia's prime minister for anti-Semitism
  33. Labor's two-step plan for a vote on becoming a republic has some precedents
  34. Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?
  35. Man who burnt his wife alive gets at least 27 years' jail, but not life
  36. Government to provide more funds for prosecuting bank crime
  37. Omega-3 supplements in pregnancy reduce the risk of premature birth
  38. Why you like coffee, and I choose tea – it's in the genes
  39. bad for them and the planet
  40. turning up the level of civilisation
  41. How Australia's NRA-inspired gun lobby is trying to chip away at gun control laws, state by state
  42. A tip for bankers ahead of the royal commission: be more like doctors
  43. why the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is so important for keeping Antarctica frozen
  44. Morrison government brings back memories of McMahon days
  45. Why early diagnosis of autism should lead to early intervention
  46. Derryn Hinch on a national ICAC and the Victorian election
  47. There's no need for the 'Chicago principles' in Australian universities to protect freedom of speech
  48. Yes, a WhatsApp message could be subject to FOI – but you'd have to find it first
  49. Marriage has changed dramatically throughout history, but gender inequalities remain
  50. Toilets of the future must be designed with people in mind, not technology

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