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Opinion: We don’t need banks teaching kids about money. Schools have it covered
The Victorian government this week announced it would ban all banking schemes from operating in public schools from 2021.

Opinion: ‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited
In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects she’d found while browsing our new radio astronomical data.

Opinion: Custodians of Antarctica: how 5 gateway cities are embracing the icy continent
Antarctica Day celebrates the icy continent and its unique governance system. It’s the anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty’s adoption on December 1 1959.

Opinion: ‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful
In 2019, US President Donald Trump declared “space is the new war-fighting domain”. This followed the creation of the US Space Force and a commitment to “American dominance” in outer space.

Opinion: Kylie Moore-Gilbert is one of hundreds of victims of state attacks on academic freedom
Australian academic Kylie-Moore Gilbert is finally free and back home. The Melbourne university academic was unjustly deprived of her liberties for 804 days for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Grant to accelerate tech entrepreneurs in Western Sydney
Western Sydney University’s Launch Pad Technology Business Incubator has been awarded a $250,000 grant to drive the development of technology-based start-up companies in Western Sydney.
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