Former Vice President of NSW Farmers and NFF, John Crosby, remembers his friend and mentor Michael Tooth, as doing his best work in the background.
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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Your Tutor Armidale says with the right support, every learner can thrive. This Dyslexia Awareness Month, they’re spreading understanding and offering personalised, evidence-based tutoring that helps build confidence and literacy skills.
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Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer
Indigenous Australians face a stark challenge: with a median age at death of just 63, around four years below pension eligibility, many never live long enough to claim the age pension, exposing deep retirement inequities.
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Why isn’t Australia securing its critical research?
UQ’s Dr Brendan Walker-Munro raises some questions about Australia lack of research security that has us left out of a new global network.
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We need fewer councils
RK Crosby argues that half the New England councils are too small to exist. Cue outrage… now.
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Being on the right side of now
New England Greens member Elizabeth O’Hara argues that on Jillian Segal, antisemitism, and the Palestinian cause, it’s not a matter of being on the right side of history; it’s a matter of being on the right side of NOW.
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What happens when student feedback is racist
Two indigenous academics say nothing prepares you for seeing anonymous comments regarding Indigenous peoples, our knowledges, and histories, dragged through a system that was never built for or by us.
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What do you think: Will Labor fix higher education?
The recent federal election victory of the Albanese Labor government, which secured a larger majority in parliament, presents a unique opportunity to implement meaningful reforms in Australian higher education.
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Social media takes over news sites as main source of news as trust falls
A major global survey reveals that social media has overtaken news sites as Australians’ main source of news amid falling trust in news, growing concern over misinformation, and rising news avoidance.
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Dopamine can make it hard to put down our phone or abandon the online shopping cart. Here’s why
Ever find yourself unable to stop scrolling through your phone, chasing that next funny video or interesting post?