Many of the recommendations of previous inquiries and reviews have yet to be implemented. What we need is a better fire and land management strategy – not another royal commission.
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Far from fading away in the digital age, board games are enjoying a boom time because they are social, challenging and tangible. And designers are using technology to create new ways to play.
Relatively little has changed since the Black Saturday tragedy. It is as though Australia suffers amnesia when it comes to bushfire preparedness.
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Since the second world war, every generation has worried that children are spoilt, cosseted, or being corrupted by new technologies. But, on many measures, today’s children are doing just fine.
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Reading texts by and about diverse Australians will change the ways all young people see themselves and their communities. Here are five such books.
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After analysing posts from 100,000 Twitter users, our research used big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to reveal the hidden personality traits underpinning thousands of jobs.
Earth has only a few chances to avert catastrophic climate change. At the COP25 in Madrid, we blew one of them.
The election means Britain will Leave the European Union by January 31 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, which was blocked by the previous parliament.
Public protests eventually forced the scrapping of some proposed freeways in 1973. Today, we have another round of projects and people are protesting again, with good reason. Government should listen.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Guest Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università di Bologna; University of Essex; The University of Melbourne
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McKenzie Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research assistant, Movember Institute of Men's Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global, Culture and Engagement), The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus professor, History, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Head, Behavioural Neuropharmacology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in History, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne