New research has found talented adolescent female athletes are bullied for their successes by their school peers.
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Children with special needs aren’t necessarily always better in mainstream schools.
Burning some wood waste from native forests will be counted as renewable energy under revisions to the Renewable Energy Target (RET) passed this week.
Should we teach our kids to share their things considering adults don’t share their possessions? Shouldn’t kids be taught not to use things that aren’t theirs? Maybe we should just let them figure things out for themselves.
When accidents happen we need to look at the real cause of why things went wrong instead of just looking for someone to blame.
A re-elected Liberal National government needs to win 10 upper house seats in this year’s NSW election to hold a clear majority. But any fewer than 10, and it may need a Plan B on privatisation.
The way Queensland voters chose to exercise their preferences was crucial in the shock defeat of the state’s first-term conservative government. Could that happen again in this weekend’s NSW election?
Preventing and responding to the hacking epidemic is not a problem for one group or organisation to solve. And what happens in the first 72 hours can make all the difference.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced long-promised changes to the rules for foreign land purchases and ownership in Australia. There are two key changes. First, the Foreign Investment Review Board…
For many years now I’ve taken more than just a passing interest in how students can best position themselves to land a job after obtaining their degree. To assist students in their goal I run “careers…
Queensland appears headed for a hung parliament or even a shock Labor win, with Premier Campbell Newman conceding defeat in his own seat less than three years after leading the Liberal National Party to…
There are again questions over Lance Armstrong’s admissions and apologies following a BBC interview in which the former cyclist and confessed drug cheat admitted he would take performance-enhancing substances…
Crown-of-thorns starfish are one of the biggest threats to the Great Barrier Reef. Since 1985, the Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover, with almost half of this coral loss due to the crown-of-thorns…
This weekend, Queenslanders are being urged to “just vote 1” by the Liberal National government, just as Labor has done in the past. Premier Campbell Newman warned that “wasted votes going to independents…
It’s been a surprisingly muted campaign from the Palmer United Party (PUP) ahead of Queensland’s January 31 poll – and on Sunday, the man who started it all couldn’t even make it to his own party. At the…
Sports-mad Australians are in the middle of a busy summer of world-class sport. We’re currently gripped by football frenzy as the best players in Asia ply their craft in the Asian Cup. The world’s richest…
In the beginning, as far back as we remember, our home islands were not islands at all as they are today. They were part of a peninsula that jutted out from the mainland and we roamed freely throughout…
The European Space Agency made history in November by landing a spacecraft on a comet. However, a furious news debate quickly erupted about the shirt worn by 42-year-old British chief of science for the…
Kids are attracted to, and even excited by, the idea of magic. Why?
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, shielding our children against the coverage of potentially terrifying events can become very difficult. This is especially the case if everyone is talking about it…
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Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Lecturer in Criminology and Justice; Core Member, Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer In Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Science, School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Sessional Academic in International Relations, Political Science and Legal Studies, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Co-leader, Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Clinical Legal Educator/Course Coordinator, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Higher Degree by Research PhD Student, Novel Biopesticides, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast