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the rise of the 'bin chicken', a totem for modern Australia

  • Written by: Paul Allatson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
the rise of the 'bin chicken', a totem for modern AustraliaThe majestic White Ibis. Shutterstock.comthe rise of the 'bin chicken', a totem for modern AustraliaA t-shirt with an ibis motif.Courtesy Michelle Andersen

In just a few decades, the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) has made itself at home in many of Australia’s coastal and inland cities. And aside from the feathered birds we see daily (often foraging amongst garbage), representations of...

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Put unused and 'lazy' land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis

  • Written by: Matthew Palm, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Research Network, University of Melbourne
Put unused and 'lazy' land to work to ease the affordable housing crisisGetting more out of 'lazy' land, such as this community housing built over a Port Phillip City Council-owned car park, is a key strategy to reduce the shortage of affordable housing.CIty of Port Phillip

Greater Melbourne officially became home to 5 million people last month – that’s almost 90% of the state’s population. This...

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Prisoners need drug and alcohol treatments but AA programs aren't the answer

  • Written by: Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer in Criminal Law, RMIT University
Prisoners need drug and alcohol treatments but AA programs aren't the answerAround half of prisoners have a substance dependence.Karanik yimpat/Shutterstock

Prisons and drug use are closely linked. Two-thirds of Australian prisoners report using illicit drugs in the 12 months before they entered prison, compared with 12% of the general population in the previous 12 months. Around half of prisoners are likely to meet the...

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  1. We've got apps and radars – but can ants predict rain?
  2. Morrison ticks the boxes but can't hide the dysfunction
  3. Dutton and former Border Force chief trade accusations in au pair affair
  4. when is a colonoscopy necessary?
  5. the assassination of John F. Kennedy
  6. Morrison's return to surplus built on the back of higher tax – Parliamentary Budget Office
  7. Coal does not have an economic future in Australia
  8. why there's more to duelling than what's seen on our screens
  9. A fresh opportunity to get regulation and engagement right – the case of synthetic biology
  10. When it comes to violent brawls, does Victoria need more 'force'?
  11. Media Files: Spotlight's Walter V. Robinson and the Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson on covering clergy abuse
  12. Local councils put affordable housing supply in the too hard basket
  13. what you should know about teeth whitening
  14. How Australia measures up against UN targets
  15. Retiring at 70 was an idea well ahead of its time
  16. Australia is not on track to reach 2030 Paris target (but the potential is there)
  17. oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction
  18. Why it's time to end the policy limbo threatening Australian children's TV
  19. Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
  20. To fix higher education funding, we also need to fix vocational education
  21. Nike's courageous new ad campaign mixing racial politics with sport will be vindicated
  22. Chelsea Manning and the rise of 'big data' whistleblowing in the digital age
  23. Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
  24. how leadership ideologies drive anxiety in academia
  25. Young people want sex education and religion shouldn't get in the way
  26. science will lie at the heart of our decisions
  27. First Nations dancers are stepping into the void left by Australia's politicians
  28. Dementia patients' thinking ability may get worse in winter and early spring
  29. The synthetic biology revolution is now – here's what that means
  30. Morrison does about-face on age pension eligibility rising to 70
  31. Why Australia should invest in paying early childhood educators a liveable wage
  32. The new and more efficient payments system means new and more efficient payments fraud. Here's how to prepare
  33. do we have to poo every day?
  34. making progress, could do better on inequality and climate
  35. How unearthing Queensland's 'native police' camps gives us a window onto colonial violence
  36. Our urban environment doesn't only reflect poverty, it amplifies it
  37. Gender inequalities in science won't self-correct: it's time for action
  38. Judith Troeth on the Liberal party's woman problem and asylum seekers
  39. A nostalgic journey through the evolution of web design
  40. Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet's
  41. Explainer: can you copyright furniture?
  42. How will Indigenous people be compensated for lost native title rights? The High Court will soon decide
  43. with more families in apartments, such attitudes are changing
  44. How to co-parent after divorce
  45. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  46. Can we learn from the past in tackling witchcraft-related violence today?
  47. Introducing land rent, the ACT's excellent idea for making houses cheaper
  48. Facebook's new video 'Watch' option enters an already crowded market
  49. Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer says Liberals were "subject to threats" in leadership battle
  50. To whack the CFMMEU, Morrison needs first to get the right stick

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