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OPINION

Two-thirds of Australian authors are women – do you know how much they earn from their writing?

Book writing is a profession dominated by women, who make up two-thirds of all Australian authors.
INFOTAINMENT

Have you seen the terrible new Australian Christmas film?

You can tell from the character names how hard Christmas Ransom strains to seem Australian.
HEALTH

Are there any ethical problems with sunscreen testing methods?

By Sarah Loughran and Sylvia Urban As summer approaches, we need to start remembering to slip on sun-protective clothing, slop on sunscreen, slap on a...
OPINION

‘Earth’s empty quarter’: many Pacific nations now have falling populations

Just in the past six months, populations have declined in two US territories, American Samoa and the Marshall Islands as well as the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia.
OPINION

Little improvement in minimising sexual harassment in Australian workplaces

A new survey shows 33% of workers were sexually harassed at work in the previous five years – 41% of women and 26% of men.
OPINION

A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch

Currently, children in NSW can start school the year they turn five if their birthday is before July 31, and must be enrolled before they turn six.
OPINION

Here’s how new industrial relations laws could finally end your wage pain

Allowing employers with genuine ongoing enterprise agreements to escape multi-employer bargaining will encourage more genuine agreements.
OPINION

India puts emphasis on education by doubling scholarships for Fiji

With such a young population, capturing the hearts and minds of Fiji's future leaders could pay dividends well into the future.
INNOVATION

Can we expect anyone to be able to go to space one day?

Applicants must have 20/20 vision with blood pressure under 140/90 when seated and a height between 1.49 and 1.93m.
OPINION

How to salvage the true significance of our ancient Swastika

Diwali 2022 came against the backdrop of the banning of Hakenkreuz in Victoria and New South Wales through their respective Nazi Symbol Prohibition Bills.
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NEWS

Knife rampage ends in fatal police shooting after woman stabbed and officers attacked in NSW

“We have had to use lethal force by firing of a firearm, but that was only after multiple attempts to stop this man using a Taser, and there was a direct threat to the police officer’s life.”
IMMIGRATION

“All of you are putrid f…ing dogs”: Alleged racist slurs and spitting at Uber Eats driver by teenage girls at Sydney supermarket as police...

One of the girls is seen throwing a shopping basket towards the woman, continuing the verbal abuse, making offensive gestures and appearing to spit in the direction of the person filming.
POLITICS

Open Mosque Day turns into political flashpoint as Islamic Council of Victoria accused of selective exclusion despite $400,000 taxpayer funding

“Victoria is a place where people of all faiths can and do worship freely. But incitement to harm is not worship, it is hate speech,” he said.
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