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Does your child struggle with spelling? This might help

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
Does your child struggle with spelling? This might helpEnglish spelling is not an illogical burden there to make life difficult for our children.www.shutterstock.com

English spelling has a reputation for being illogical and chaotic. What’s going on with yacht, and why the W in two? There are a thousand other “but why?” questions our children ask about English spelling.

“English...

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now it's younger Australians moving out of the big cities

  • Written by: Lisa Denny, Research Fellow - Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania
now it's younger Australians moving out of the big citiesMany younger seachangers are moving to less populated places like Carlton Beach, Tasmania.Author's Photo, Author provided

No longer pegged as one of the retirement villages of Australia, recent demographic data and interest in Tasmania suggest a change in the air. The seachange phenomenon, once linked to retirees, now involves younger groups,...

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Modern Art from The Hermitage showcases the French gems of two great merchant collectors

  • Written by: Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW Australia. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, UNSW
Modern Art from The Hermitage showcases the French gems of two great merchant collectorsPaul Signac, 'Leaving the Port of Marseille' 1906/7 oil on canvas, 46 x 55.2 cm, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Inv GE 6524. Photo: © The State Hermitage Museum 2018, Vladimir Terebenin.

The first corner of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ summer blockbuster Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage is dominated by three...

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How biomethane can help turn gas into a renewable energy source

  • Written by: Bernadette McCabe, Associate Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland
How biomethane can help turn gas into a renewable energy sourceAre there greener pastures ahead for gas?Shutterstock.com

Australia’s report card on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions is not exactly glowing, but there are ample opportunities to get it on track during this period of rapid change in the energy sector. Greater use of renewable electricity sources like wind and solar are playing a large...

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  1. The Senate is set to approve it, but what exactly is the Trans Pacific Partnership?
  2. Conservatives may come to regret stirring hornets' nest of religious freedom
  3. Turnbull did not suggest ABC sack journalists: report
  4. Australians care about animals – but we don't buy ethical meat
  5. For the sake of our retirement savings, it's time to reform the investment management boys' club
  6. A new take on An Enemy of the People fizzes with contemporary relevance
  7. the new eugenics is the same as the old, just in fancier clothes
  8. Labor slips in Newspoll, but gains in Ipsos, in Wentworth and in Victoria
  9. VR technology gives new meaning to ‘holidaying at home’. But is it really a substitute for travel?
  10. Local film and TV content makes up just 1.6% of Netflix’s Australian catalogue
  11. gene therapy is still in its infancy but the future looks promising
  12. Big firms voice lack of faith in 'cumbersome' and 'impractical' Emissions Reduction Fund
  13. All eyes on November's G20 meeting as tensions between China and the US ratchet up
  14. Four fundamental principles for upholding freedom of speech on campus
  15. why do some dogs get ‘snow nose’ in winter?
  16. Is it time to move beyond the limits of 'built environment' thinking?
  17. Coalition trails 47-53% in Newspoll, as Ipsos finds 74% oppose law discriminating against gay students and teachers
  18. We need to know more about charities to be sure they are helping their cause, not themselves
  19. Leek orchids are beautiful, endangered and we have no idea how to grow them
  20. Michelle Grattan on the contest in Wentworth, the Religious Freedom report leak and fast-tracking tax cuts
  21. Australia's screen industry is letting down carers
  22. Five in a row - the planets align in the night sky
  23. World politics explainer: the Russian revolution
  24. You may not like reality TV but How 'Mad' Are You? rightly tests our assumptions about mental illness
  25. Farmers' climate denial begins to wane as reality bites
  26. Focusing on people at 'high risk' of suicide has failed as a suicide prevention strategy
  27. On gender and sexuality, Scott Morrison's 'blind spot' may come from reading the Bible too literally
  28. where are the female academics on film?
  29. Newsflash. For most, energy remains affordable
  30. Archaeology can help us prepare for climates ahead – not just look back
  31. we have to start creating our low-carbon future today
  32. Amazon has lifted its wages, but the implications aren't as good as you might think
  33. Malcolm Turnbull is gone but son Alex keeps the climate faith
  34. We need more carbon in our soil to help Australian farmers through the drought
  35. Why some kids are more prone to dental decay
  36. a new vision of the Apollo 11 mission to set foot on the Moon
  37. the customer reviews most likely to influence purchasing decisions
  38. Debussy’s only opera, Pélleas and Mélisande
  39. Why police and prosecutors don't always disclose evidence in criminal trials
  40. World politics explainer: the end of Apartheid
  41. Guardian Australia's Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics
  42. New research shows how Australia's newsrooms are failing minority communities
  43. A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place
  44. You can't 'erase' bad memories, but you can learn ways to cope with them
  45. Why block subjects might not be best for university student learning
  46. More 'bright' fast radio bursts revealed, but where do they all come from?
  47. The informal water markets of Bangalore are a view of the future
  48. Discrimination debate will distress many gay school students
  49. Ruddock report constrains, not expands, federal religious exemptions
  50. Politics podcast: The battle for Wentworth

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