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The Olympics have always been a platform for protest. Banning hand gestures and kneeling ignores their history

It is the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee was quickly out of the blocks with new guidelines regarding athlete protests.


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‘What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?’

Many young people feel undecided about their career pathway. One study found around one in five teenagers were uncertain about a clear career goal.


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Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?

In the past week, the Australian football players union has been pressuring the A-League to make a major change in the sport – shifting to a winter competition, instead of its current spot in the brutal summer.


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Formula 1 says it’s going carbon neutral but fans must demand greater detail on how

When Formula 1 announced late last year that the sport would be carbon neutral by 2030, the organisation’s chief technical officer spoke of the transition to a lower carbon world.


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Babies and toddlers might not know there’s a fire but disasters still take their toll

Thousands of families with babies and toddlers have been affected by Australia’s bushfire disaster. This includes children whose homes have been under direct threat or impacted by severe smoke pollution, or where their parents volunteer or work as fire fighters.


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Strength from perpetual grief: how Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis

How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees & destroying ancestral & totemic plants and animals?


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Aussie scientists need your help keeping track of bees (please)

Bees get a lot of good press. They pollinate our crops and in some cases, make delicious honey. But bees around the world face serious threats, and the public can help protect them.


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For many, a pool swim is an Australian birthright. Let’s make it easier for solo parents to claim it

Not long ago, a mother-of-three was refused entry to a Sydney pool because of its policy of one adult for every child aged under six.



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