Victorian principals will soon be able to expel students for out-of-school behaviour – is this a good idea?

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When does a schools responsibility for student behaviour end? Is it at 3pm when the bell goes? Or does a school still have to respond to harmful behaviour after hours? The Victorian government has announced new powers for...

GPs asking men about their behaviour in relationships could help reduce domestic violence

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Domestic violence is increasing in Australia. A new report shows one in three men have ever made a partner feel frightened or anxious. One in 11 have used physical violence when angry. And one in 50 have used sexual...

The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding 65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art

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In the late 1970s, when I was a fine arts student, the Melbourne University Gallery was just one room in a neo-gothic quadrangle. It wasnt until the mid 1990s that the university commissioned Nonda Katzalidis to design a...

The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain

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The Top End of Australias Northern Territory contains an extensive, awe-inspiring expanse of tropical savanna landscapes. It includes well-known and much-loved regions such as Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land and...

Harvard battle is Trump’s ‘Mao moment’: lessons from China’s state-sanctioned university crackdown

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During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more than a breeding ground for counterrevolutionary bourgeois intellectuals. After...

Virgin Australia is coming back to the share market. Here’s what this new chapter could mean

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It is finally happening. After five years of being a private company, Virgin Australia will relist on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on June 24. The company is expected to raise A$685 million through the initial...

Why the global tax system needs fixing – podcast

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For decades, multinational corporations have used sophisticated strategies to shift profits away from where they do business. As a result, countries around the world lose an estimated US$500 billion annually in unpaid...