‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling?

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Australias school system and whether it is doing its job is often under the microscope from politicians, experts and parents. The most recent NAPLAN results in 2024 triggered a wave of heated discussions after about one...

The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement

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After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australias private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast...

NZ Budget 2025: science investment must increase as a proportion of GDP for NZ to innovate and compete

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A lack of strategy and research funding by both the current and previous governments has been well documented, most comprehensively in the first report by the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG), released late last...

AI is now used for audio description. But it should be accurate and actually useful for people with low vision

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Chansom Pantip/Shutterstock Since the recent explosion of widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI), it now seems that a new AI tool emerges every week. With varying success, AI offers solutions for...

Australian para sport has issues everywhere – here’s what must be fixed ahead of the Brisbane Paralympics

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Bratislav Kostic/Shutterstock Australias underwhelming performance at the 2024 Paris Paralympics has raised serious questions about how well our adaptive sport system is working. The Paris games returned our lowest medal...

What’s the difference between skim milk and light milk?

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bodnar.photo/Shutterstock If youre browsing the supermarket fridge for reduced-fat milk, its easy to be confused by the many different types. You can find options labelled skim, skimmed, skinny, no fat, extra light, lite,...

Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted

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Tung Cheung/Shutterstock A recent study has found a 50% decline in the use of semicolons over the last two decades. The decline accelerates a longterm trend: In 1781, British literature featured a semicolon roughly every...