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Editor's note
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Why aren’t our schools improving? It’s a question that is asked again and again. But we do know why, and we do have ideas for how to improve the sector. In our new series, based on essays from a new book, Educating Australia: Challenges for the Decade Ahead, we’ll explore and offer ideas for improving outcomes in areas such as assessment, teacher retention, disengaged students, and many others.
And more than 40% of Australian employees are working more hours a week than the national standard 38. A new study shows our culture of working longer is not only bad for mental health but it also exacerbates gender inequality.
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Claire Shaw
Education Editor
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Top story
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New evidence-based methods of teaching and learning are being taken up very slowly.
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Tom Bentley, RMIT University; Glenn C. Savage, University of Melbourne
Despite significant reform agendas over the past decade, no real progress in outcomes has been achieved.
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Business + Economy
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Huong Dinh, Australian National University; Jennifer Welsh, Australian National University; Lyndall Strazdins, Australian National University
Australia needs to tackle the widespread belief that it's fair or feasible for people to work long hours without compromising either their health or gender equality.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation
The federal government is still trying to convince senate crossbenchers to pass a company tax cut but tax experts and economists dispute all of its supposed benefits.
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Politics + Society
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Hugh Mackay, Charles Sturt University
Australia is a place that prides itself on the fair go. And yet, all is clearly not well.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Under political pressure Malcolm Turnbull has finally put a figure of $1.75 million on his donation to the Liberals' re-election.
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Michael Courts, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation
Check out our interactives showing the total donations to Australia’s major parties in 2015-16, who the biggest donors to the parties were, and how donations to parties have changed in recent years.
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Yee-Fui Ng, RMIT University
Disclosures add to transparency. They allow us to follow the money and scrutinise who has made large donations. But mere disclosure does not remedy the inequity in Australia’s current system.
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Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology Sydney
Neither Galaxy Research nor the Institute of Public Affairs think-tank discussed the most interesting data they garnered from polling on free speech and reform to Section 18C.
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Arts + Culture
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Susan Broomhall, University of Western Australia
TV shows such as Versailles and Reign dwell on sex. But the French royals were preoccupied with life's intimate moments, from bodily emissions to the crowds that gathered to watch the queen give birth.
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Liz Giuffre, University of Technology Sydney
In a universe of infinite possibility, why is Doctor Who always a man? Peter Capaldi's forthcoming retirement from the role means it's surely time to hand the sonic screwdriver over to a woman.
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Health + Medicine
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Duane Mellor, University of Canberra; Cathy Knight-Agarwal, University of Canberra
Dietary guidelines fail to change our eating habits. So, how can we make them more relevant?
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Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
The latest Productivity Commission health report reveals some serious problems with out-of-pocket health expenses as well as disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health.
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Roisin McMahon, Griffith University; Maurizio Labbate, University of Technology Sydney
We need a concentrated and coordinated effort by government and scientists if we're to stave off the threat of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
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Science + Technology
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Sean Blamires, UNSW Australia
Spider silk is strong stuff and could be used to manufacture ultra tough ropes and cables, and better sutures in medicine. If only we could find a way to make the stuff.
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Environment + Energy
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Chris Dunstan, University of Technology Sydney
Fossil fuel advocates claim only coal and gas can deliver cheap and reliable energy, and renewables are synonymous with sustainability. But demand management can solve all three problems.
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Tony Wood, Grattan Institute
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has set out a strong vision for Australia's energy policy, but there are many challenges ahead.
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