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We won’t solve the teacher shortage until we answer these 4 questions

There are already several national and state policy moves to try to address the shortage and its potential causes.

Hobart’s new stadium can only make Tasmania’s housing crisis worse

In 2022, eight AFL men’s games were played in Tasmania – four at Bellerive, four at UTAS Stadium in Launceston. A local AFL team will play 11 home games.

King Charles’ accession shows how much British monarchy has changed

The accession of Charles to the throne is not only politically significant, but also carries religious importance.

The brave women who resisted the Nazis through non-violence

Some women were pacifists, such as SOE radio operator Noor Inayat Khan who came from Indian Muslim royalty, and would be shot in Dachau concentration camp.

The Dalai Lama and his joking tongue

In the interest of children, while we must not normalize ‘sucking the tongue’, we must not also commit the crime of penalizing the innocent and normalizing contextual ignorance. 

Research on 2,400 languages shows nearly half the world’s language diversity is at risk

We’re losing languages, we’re losing language diversity, and unless we do something, these windows into our collective history will close.

How Australian women fought germs, fired shells and took on gender norms in war

These jobs were a clear break from the expected role of women at the time.

The Australian War Memorial must deal properly with the frontier wars

When the war memorial opened in 1941, it was already apparent that a new world war would need to be recognised.

Can you beat bank by paying $1 a day extra on your mortgage? Here’s how compound interest really works

To minimise the amount of compound interest you pay, there is one effective strategy.

Do we need to change the way universities assess students?

We know ChatGPT can write material that is good enough to pass exams.

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Fiji urged to block online pornography as authorities link explicit content to child sexual abuse

The proposal was raised during a recent community consultation in Nasoso, Nadi, where residents and police argued that stronger internet restrictions could help protect vulnerable children from sexual abuse within their own homes.

Premier Ben Carroll promises ‘exhaustive’ royal commission into corruption and violence across Victoria

He promised terms of reference broad enough to examine conduct across the entire construction system rather than focusing only on the Construction

Darwin woman charged after alleged misuse of government role to access millions in NDIS funds

Investigators allege the business received more than $28 million in National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) funding since 2019, with around $18 million of those claims identified as potentially suspicious.
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