By Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
National hasn’t achieved two of its three big fiscal policy promises from the previous election. Thursday’s budget will be a hard sell.
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By Kimberley O'Sullivan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Govt top-ups help households to keep warm over winter. But rising power prices are creating an urgent need for longer-term energy solutions.
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By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
This is not a story of journalists talking and writing about journalists. It is a story about the functioning of Australian democracy.
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By Silvia Montaña-Niño, Lecturer, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
Global society makes billions of images and uploads hundreds of thousands of hours of video on the internet every day.
The problem is, some of this content is misleading or downright wrong. And when it’s in visual form, it can be particularly convincing.
Take the Met Gala that happened earlier this month in New York. While photographers…
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By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
In nations as far apart as Australia, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, this is how a historic court decision could make it easier for unions to go on strike in future.
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By Susan Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy), University of the Sunshine Coast
Gregory Nash, Senior Lecturer, Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
School leavers used to have one main chance to get into university – by finishing their Year 12 exams with certain marks. This situation has changed.
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By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University
Pokémon cards emerged from Japan’s love affair with collectables – but creator Satoshi Tajiri had a vision for global conquest.
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By Mahima Kalla, Digital Health Transformation Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Feby Savira, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
Kara Burns, Digital Health Program Manager at the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, The University of Melbourne
Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Senior Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health| Superstar of STEM| Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne
Sometimes you can’t wait wait until 9am or Monday morning to see a doctor or access health care. Here are your options.
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By Karen Hands, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
Ginna Brock, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing & Publishing, University of the Sunshine Coast
Jane Frank, Lecturer in Communication, University of the Sunshine Coast
Online platforms like Reddit and Wattpad let writers test their skills for an audience – and provide a testing ground for Hollywood, too, through likes and upvotes.
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By Mani Naiker, Associate Professor in Chemistry, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia
Joel Johnson, Researcher, Food Chemistry, CQUniversity Australia
You might know to steer clear of green potatoes and rhubarb leaves. That’s because they produce toxins that can make humans sick.
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