By Ashmitaa Thiruselvam, Social Media Cadet, The Conversation
On questioning the nation’s strategic concerns about China, becoming a non-aligned nation and AI reducing total working hours: an edited selection of your views.
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By Elizabeth Ellison, Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow in Oceanography , Australian National University
Laura Cimoli, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Thousands of metres below the ocean’s surface, there are tiny waves moving through the water.
Much like breaking waves at the beach, these small waves within the ocean must eventually break. When they do, they create turbulence and mixing, similar to what you feel from a big wave breaking on the beach.
This might seem far removed from your everyday life. In fact, for a long time scientists have assumed this deep ocean turbulence only mattered over long time scales – that is, centuries…
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By Bikesh Raj Upreti, Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Federico Iannacci, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Many of world football’s brightest names took the field over the weekend, as the quarter finals of the FIFA men’s World Cup played out. But for many fans, the heroics of the likes of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland were overshadowed by the actions of a surprising character: the referee.
Two contentious decisions marred England’s 2–1 win over Norway: one that disallowed a Norwegian goal due to an earlier foul, and another that allowed an English goal…
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By Anam Bilgrami, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
One Nation thinks adding photo ID to your Medicare card will stop fraud up to $3 billion a year. Here’s why this doesn’t stack up.
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By James C. Beaufils, Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Todd Fernando, Paul Ramsay Fellow, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney
The real test is not whether governments can remove children faster. It’s whether they can invest enough that fewer children need to be removed at all.
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By Danielle Einstein, Adjunct Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
When phone use starts to affect our mood or interfere with relationships, it’s a sign our habits have crossed the line from healthy to unhealthy.
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By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
It might feel strange to talk about being able to trade water as a financial asset, in the same way as company shares or bonds. But water is big business.
Australia leads the world on the size, extent and adoption of formal water markets, especially in our largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin.
The impacts of climate change are already…
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By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
Mia Jessurun, Associate, Disability Program, Grattan Institute
Molly Chapman, Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
No other Australian health industry group gets to negotiate its own funding behind closed doors, with no public evidence to justify the decisions.
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By Kit Prendergast, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pollination Ecology, University of Southern Queensland; Curtin University
Pollinators – including bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and some nectar-loving birds – are a cornerstone of our natural environment.
By helping plants reproduce, they keep our ecosystems healthy and ensure we can grow vital food crops.
But climate change threatens the very survival of these hard-working animals.
Previous research has focused…
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By Ben Gray, Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago
Introduced under urgency this month, the government’s latest proposed law change would increase the health minister’s powers to interfere in the work of medical registration authorities.
The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Bill aims to “align health workforce regulation with patient needs […] and government priorities”.
This follows Health Minister…
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