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Meet Michele Bullock, first woman Governor of Reserve Bank of Australia

The big question facing the bank at the moment is how high to lift interest rates to reign in inflation and bring it back towards the RBA’s 2–3% target band.

Does teaching profession need a major overhaul?

How students learn, effective pedagogy, classroom management, and culturally and contextually responsive teaching are central to all teacher education programs in Australia.

The reason behind rumours of a coup in Fiji

The 2013 Constitution, imposed by a decree, ensures that the military remains the guardian of the constitution and tensions between the military and the government have been brewing.

Australia’s new approach to tackling fake news on digital platforms

Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland released a draft exposure bill to step up Australia’s fight against harmful online mis- and disinformation

With aspirations of 1.4 billion, India shoots for Moon with launch of Chandrayaan-3

The rover is equipped with advanced instruments to analyse the Moon's composition, map its terrain, and study the presence of water ice and other resources

Spherical meteor fragments found in Pacific Ocean may have come from an alien spaceship

The meteor’s official name is CNEOS 20140108, and is also referred to as IM1 (for interstellar meteor).

New findings show a direct causal relationship between unemployment and suicide

Unemployment and underemployment in the 13 years from 2004 to 2016 directly resulted in more than 3,000 Australians dying by suicide – an average of 230 a year.

Research tracks young Australians’ precarious work and study lives after Year 12

The new report includes a survey of more than 1,000 young people who were in Year 12 in late 2020 and 33 interviews with some of these survey respondents.

‘Ayothi’ – A film full of human values, touching emotions

‘Ayothi’ is a Tamil film but 70% dialogues are in Hindi. It is full of human values and touching emotions, is an astonishing creation in today’s artificial era.

A small highland community at forefront of conservation efforts in Fiji

“The Drawa community stood at the forefront of environmental preservation by embracing the Nakau methodology.”

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Auckland mayor apologises after calling Indian-origin staffer ‘Muslim terrorist’, community says it is ‘very unfortunate’

However, the apology drew further scrutiny after the mayor referenced respect for the Sikh community, despite the staff member not being Sikh.

Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health

Children have huge imaginations and use these to turn rocks into spaceships, tables into forts or pens into fairies
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