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 S50Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react   Findings from an extensive review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been released with ideas on how to transform it. Led by co-chairs Bruce Bonyhady and Lisa Paul, the review heard from around 10,000 people before making 26 recommendations with 139 supporting actions. Presenting their findings, co-chairs wrote: We must return to the principle that NDIS eligibility is based first and foremost on functional impairment rather than medical diagnosis.
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S38A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?  Cabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white with black dots on its wings: females have a pair of black spots and males a single spot on each forewing. But their velvety green caterpillars are ravenous beasts on brassicas – the plant family that includes common vegetable crops such as cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, kale and bok choy. The species was accidentally introduced into Melbourne in 1929 from Europe. Since then, cabbage whites have spread all over Australia, finally reaching Perth in 1943.
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S2What Is Psychological Safety?  What exactly is psychological safety? It’s a term that’s used a lot but is often misunderstood. In this piece, the author answers the following questions with input from Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, who coined the phrase “team psychological safety”: 1) What is psychological safety? 2) Why is psychological safety important? 3) How has the idea evolved? 4) How do you know if your team has it? 5) How do you create psychological safety? 6) What are common misconceptions?
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S39What is needle spiking, and how can I protect myself?  Last week two young Australian women spoke candidly to the ABC about being sexually assaulted while on holidays. The alleged incidents occurred in Greece in 2022 and in Hawaii in 2019.Both women described common symptoms of being drugged, including being unable to move or speak, blurred vision, lack of coordination and memory loss.
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S37The Boy and the Heron is an autobiographical reflection by Hayao Miyazaki in the twilight of his life  Much about Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, remained a mystery until its premiere in Japanese theatres on July 14. The title Kimi tachi wa do ikiruka, or How do you live?, was revealed in 2017. (The Boy and the Heron is the English title.) No trailer was produced for a Japanese audience and there were no announcements regarding the film’s plot, voice actors or production team. The involvement of Joe Hisaishi, who has been composing music for Miyazaki’s films since Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), was confirmed on July 4, a mere 10 days prior to the film release.
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S6250 Years Ago, a Legendary Director Made a Surreal Sci-Fi Movie That Still Resonates Today  The most important science fiction trilogy ever made has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, one director released a trio of incredible movies that pushed the limits of the genre, and it all started with his best-known work: a far-out story of humans trapped as pets on a planet ruled by giant blue aliens — and their struggle to resist their oppressors and reclaim their freedom.Fantastic Planet is legendary French animator René Laloux’s magnum opus. The 1973 film is a kaleidoscope of beautiful trippy imagery, all wrapped up in a potent allegory that’s still relevant 50 years after its release.
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S46CSIS sexual assault allegations highlight the need for external oversight  The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has launched a third-party workplace assessment of its British Columbia office after serious allegations of sexual assault, bullying and intimidation were recently made public. Whistleblowers raised allegations involving a senior officer who has been removed from the workplace.In response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the allegations are “devastating” and “absolutely unacceptable” and that the government was following up “very directly” on these issues.
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S59The Post-Civil War Precedent for the Trump Trials  Donald Trump may be the first former President to be indicted for a crime, but he is not the first to lead an insurrection and then attempt to dodge the consequences. More than a hundred and fifty years ago, the U.S. government set out to try Jefferson Davis, the former President of the Confederacy, for treason. Those efforts failed. In this week’s New Yorker, Jill Lepore, a staff writer at the magazine and a historian at Harvard, writes an essay about the lasting consequences of that failure. There are many parallels between our current moment and the post-Civil War reunification era: the thorniness of prosecuting politicians, the fear of inciting more political violence, and questions about how best to move a bitterly divided country forward. Lepore joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the historical lessons of Jefferson Davis and the legal efforts to kick Trump off the ballot using the disqualification clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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S47Creative bureacracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government  Heavyweight international players from the OECD to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations have in recent years prescribed “innovation” as a solution for the many challenges city governments face.Innovation is a notoriously slippery term. For city government it generally involves deliberately questioning how things are done, leading to new and hopefully better ways of working. Innovation is meant to help resolve the world’s thorniest public policy challenges — from housing affordability to the climate crisis — but also to make cities more liveable through more effective, responsive and efficient city government.
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S55Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on making the NDIS fit for purpose  Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services, has released the review of the NDIS, which recommends sweeping changes to the scheme. The reforms to come will see the states take up much of the responsibility for providing services for people with more minor issues, especially children with developmental delays.Shorten joined the podcast to talk about the way ahead for a scheme that has run off the rails and become financially unsustainable.
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S32How agriculture can make the most of one of the world's biggest carbon stocks, soil  It’s right under our feet. We barely notice as we go about our lives, yet it is nothing less than the largest carbon repository among all of Earth’s ecosystems. This distinction is awarded neither to forests, nor to the atmosphere, but to our soils. There are around 2,400 billion tons of carbon in the first two metres below ground, which is three times as much as in the atmosphere.In our era of climate disruption, there is much to be learned from soil’s impressive capacity for carbon storage. While soils on their own cannot drastically reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, they can still play a substantial role by keeping sizeable stocks of carbon underground, as well as through the restoration of degraded lands. Today, a number of farming practices are helping trap more carbon below the ground. Here’s how.
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S41Oh, Christmas tree: The economics of the US holiday tree industry  Christmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the multibillion-dollar business of selling Christmas trees. The U.S. Christmas tree industry is so large, it even has two dueling trade groups: one that supports natural trees and the other, artificial.We are two business school professors whose students asked us to explain the economic impact of the winter holidays. In the holiday spirit of sharing, we’re giving you some facts to discuss while trimming your tree.
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S63The Best Tomb Raider Game of the Past Decade Is Back on Game Pass  The 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider helped bring Lara Croft back into the spotlight, giving players an exciting new take on the character. That was the point, it was supposed to breathe new life into a classical icon. But despite its fresh take, much of the game didn’t feel like Tomb Raider. This version of Lara Croft lacked some of her adventurous charm.Luckily, 2015’s Rise of the Tomb Raider — the second entry in the reboot trilogy — kept what worked from its predecessor, while folding in some of the fun of the older games. Now that it is back on Game Pass, it is the perfect time to revisit the best Lara Croft game of the past decade.
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S29Why dimming the Sun would be an effective tool in the fight against climate change  Warming of this magnitude would devastate vulnerable communities and ecosystems around the world. It’s time we consider something radically new that could stop climate change in its tracks.After powerful volcanic eruptions, like Tambora (Indonesia) in 1815 and Pinatubo (Philippines) in 1991, global temperatures dip for a few years. Major eruptions create a hazy layer of microscopic particles in the upper atmosphere that last for several years, dimming the Sun temporarily. We could copy this effect to fight climate change.
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S40S43Here's how much your holiday dinner will cost this year  The holiday season is fast approaching and Canadians of all backgrounds are gearing up to celebrate by sharing food with loved ones. For many, traditional Christmas foods like turkey are front and centre, with vegetable dishes playing supporting roles. But as the demographic makeup of Canada changes, so too does the Christmas table, with many choosing plant-based alternatives or creating a hybrid holiday with traditional meals from home countries.
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S455 expert tips on how to look after your baby in a heatwave  Karleen Gribble is project lead on the Australian Breastfeeding Association's Community Protection for Infants and Young Children in Bushfire Emergencies Project and is an Australian Breastfeeding Association Educator and Counsellor. Karleen is also on the steering committee of the international interagency collaboration the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Core Group and has been involved in the development of international guidance and training on infant and young child feeding in emergencies for over a decade. Michelle Hamrosi is the community engagement officer on the Australian Breastfeeding Association's Community Protection for Infants and Young Children in Bushfire Emergencies Project. Michelle is also a general practitioner and an international board certified lactation consultant. Michelle volunteers as a breastfeeding counsellor and group leader for the Australian Breastfeeding Association Eurobodalla group. She is also a member of Doctors for the Environment, Climate and Health Alliance and Australian Parents for Climate Action.
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S66This Science-Backed Secret Ingredient Will Create A Better Espresso Shot  An extra step in your espresso-pulling practice could brew a richer, more efficient shot, a new study shows. Published today in the journal Matter, the research examines how static electricity meddles with grinding espresso beans, as well as how moisture thwarts its wasteful effects. The work, done by researchers in Oregon and Korea, demonstrates how to harness material science when making your favorite beverage.
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S53S42How to encourage China to become a law-abiding member of the rules-based international order  Like many nations, China’s relationship to the rules-based international order has often featured a selective adherence to those rules and a focus on its own interests, sometimes resulting in violating international laws when they’re at odds with Chinese goals.But China has the ability and opportunity to transform into a law-abiding member of the rules-based international system, which is founded on relationships among states and through international institutions and frameworks, with shared rules and agreements on behaviour.
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S23Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise - here's what you can do about it  This article was co-written by Vanda Černohorská as part of the grant project “TIMED: TIMe experience in Europe’s Digital age" (922027/0500) supported by CHANSE and coordinated by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.Technology is supposed to make our lives easier. Smart phones provide a palm-size window to the world, enabling us to do almost anything at the touch of a button. Smart homes look after themselves, and virtual meetings mean that for many, time spent commuting is a thing of the past.
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S57Isabelle Huppert Lives from Scene to Scene  Just north of the city center of Bordeaux, on the bank of the wide, sluggish Garonne River, lies the Cité du Vin, a spectacular museum dedicated to the global history of wine. Opened in 2016 at a cost of eighty million euros, the building has a dazzling exterior, with a tower of what looks like swirling green-gold glass rising above a gleaming coil. When Isabelle Huppert’s car pulled up outside around noon on a recent Monday, she gasped with surprise at the splendor, and hastened toward the entrance to explore.Huppert, who is perhaps France’s most celebrated actor on the stage and the screen, had been based in Bordeaux for about seven weeks, shooting a movie with the director Patricia Mazuy. She and Mazuy first worked together almost a quarter of a century ago, on “Saint-Cyr,” a period drama in which Huppert plays Madame de Maintenon, the secret wife of King Louis XIV. She was nominated for a César Award, the French equivalent of an Oscar—one of sixteen such nominations since her first, in 1976. (She has won twice, most recently for the lead role in Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle,” as a rape victim who develops a consensual sexual relationship with her assailant.) In Mazuy’s new film, tentatively titled “Portraits Trompeurs,” Huppert was cast not as a noble but as a contemporary bourgeois woman. She was co-starring with Hafsia Herzi, a French actress of Tunisian and Algerian descent. “It’s a story about two women whose husbands are in jail, and we come from two different social backgrounds, and we become friends,” Huppert had explained, in fluent English, earlier in the morning when I met her in her trailer on set.
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S49S64With 'Killers of the Flower Moon's Meta Ending, Scorsese Breaks Reality  Killers of the Flower Moon is a beautiful, harrowing film. In terms of sheer craftsmanship and technical artistry, there have been no movies more impressive than it this year. While its depiction of the Native American murders at the center of its story has been and will continue to be discussed and debated as well, there are very few movies this year that feel as if they were made with as much thought and care. Killers of the Flower Moon is, above all else, a deeply thoughtful, contemplative film.Nowhere is that clearer than in its epilogue, which chooses to communicate the fallout of its story in the form of an over-the-top true-crime radio show. The details of William King Hale’s (Robert De Niro) arrest and later release; Ernest Burkhart’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) eventual pardon; and Mollie Kyle’s (Lily Gladstone) death all come accompanied by analog sound effects and performative readings of news reports. The sequence is entrancing and horrifying, and it eventually becomes breathtaking.
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S51If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?  For many of us, dogs are our best friends. But have you wondered what would happen to your dog if we suddenly disappeared? Can domestic dogs make do without people? At least 80% of the world’s one billion or so dogs actually live independent, free-ranging lives – and they offer some clues. Who would our dogs be if we weren’t around to influence and care for them?
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S61Physicists Find Seemingly Impossible Magnets With Just One Pole  Using a diamond needle tipped with a single electron, physicists have found seemingly impossible one-sided magnets swirling along the surface of hematite.The rules of physics (the ones we know of, anyway) say that magnets with just one pole should be impossible. But when tiny particles start doing strange things, they can bend the rules. That’s how physicists recently found magnetic monopoles (bits of magnetic matter with just one pole, instead of the usual two) on the surface of hematite. Eventually, those monopoles may help power faster, more energy-efficient computer memory.
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S69Game Awards 2023 Reveals Five Fascinating New Indie Games  Day of the Devs is now in its 11th year as the premier indie game showcase, organized by developer Double Fine Productions and the iam8bit production team. Its shows differ from most trailer extravaganzas in that they actually give the games room to breathe with long-format looks at gameplay and interviews with developers. For the first time this year, Day of the Devs partnered with The Game Awards to present heaps of indie games, including five world premieres.Here’s a look at all the brand-new indie games announced at Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition.
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S36Guide to the classics: the sophisticated aesthetics of Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book  Jindan Ni is the recipient of Japan Foundation Fellowship (2023-24) and is currently a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Japanese Literature.Over a thousand years ago, a gentlewoman received a precious bundle of fine paper from her beloved Empress Teishi. She decided to write down her thoughts and opinions on anything that “moved and fascinated” her during her service at the Empress’s court.
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S67Everything We Know About 'GTA 6,' From the Official News to Leaks  Grand Theft Auto VI is probably the most anticipated game ever. And it has been for a very long time. For years, we have had zero official information to go on — and that has finally changed in 2023. We already know quite a bit about GTA6 thanks to some bombshell leaks and reports in the past few years. Rockstar has finally joined the conversation, however, and given the world its first official look at what players can expect from GTA6.Yes! Rockstar announced it would be posting the first trailer for the game on December 5. However, the trailer had to be released a few hours early after the trailer leaked on the internet the night before. The minute-and-a-half trailer confirms a lot of what we had already learned from leaks of the game, including a return to Vice City and dual protagonists. Check it out:
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S52Water crisis in South Africa: damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down  A new report by South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation paints a grim picture of the quality of the country’s drinking water, and its water infrastructure. The Blue Drop Audit Report is meant to ensure that water service authorities are held accountable for providing safe drinking water. The Conversation Africa put questions to water expert Anja du Plessis. The audit report found that the quality of the country’s drinkable water is getting worse. Nearly half (46%) of all water supply systems pose acute human health risks because of bacteria or other pathogens in the drinking water supply.
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S21Why we need a moratorium on eel fishing  All 19 species of Anguillid eels migrate from the sea, where they are born, to the freshwater systems in which they grow. After a period of up to 20 years, they reach maturity and return to the sea to breed and die. These migrations have lent the eel a certain air of mystery over the years, but this has not prevented them from ending up on dinner plates across the world.
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S18Ghana's media treats terrorism as a threat from outside - it overlooks violence at home  In 2022, 43% of all global terrorism deaths occurred in the Sahel – the region south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent. West Africa had recorded 1,800 terrorism attacks as of June 2023, resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths.Coastal west African countries worry about terrorism in the Sahel spilling over into their territories. It is against this backdrop that discussions and commentary about terrorism are taking place in Ghana.
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S17S68Marvel's Most Troubled Movie Might Not Be as Doomed as We Thought  Say what you will about Marvel and its cinematic universe: even when it’s down, it’s not entirely out for the count. The franchise’s recent output has boasted an unprecedented string of disappointments. Still, not all hope is lost, especially as Marvel seems to be earnestly workshopping a new way forward. A lot of that rests on Blade, the long-gestating reboot that will bring Marvel’s resident vampire hunter back to the big screen. It’s been four years since the project was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con, though Marvel’s recent attempts to kickstart production haven’t been nearly as fruitful as anyone expected it to be. Variety recently reported on Blade’s beleaguered development process, culminating in the departure of its first director and five different screenwriters. Mahershala Ali, the actor attached to the titular role since 2019, nearly walked away from the project as well, according to the trade. But Variety’s bombshell piece also mentioned a solution, which includes a revised budget of $100 million, a new director, and a new screenwriter.
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S60Inside the Illegal Cactus Trade  The succulent Dudleya pachyphytum is known as the Cedros Island live-forever. It has also been called the panda bear of plants, on account of being so cute. It has sweet, chubby leaves, is pale, and is powdered as if with confectioner’s sugar, and its shape is most often that of a rose. D. pachyphytum grows slowly, as succulents generally do, and many specimens would fit in your coat pocket. They look like they belong in a Miyazaki film, or, potted, in the window of a cool doughnut shop in Brooklyn. In the wild, D. pachyphytum grows in only one place: the Isla de Cedros, in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, preferring the steep, foggy cliffs in the north. To see a D. pachyphytum in nature, you have to hike twelve miles through mountainous terrain, or you could arrive by boat or helicopter.In May, 2017, at a military checkpoint in northern Baja, a van with a few men in it was inspected and some D. pachyphytum were found. Although it is illegal to take the island’s D. pachyphytum, it was a small amount. Not long afterward, a fifty-five-foot tractor-trailer arrived at the same checkpoint. In it were some five thousand D. pachyphytum. Four men were arrested. It was not an anomalous incident. Another Cedros Island cactus-theft attempt had happened not long before. A year later, thirty plastic containers that arrived by FedEx at the La Paz airport were found to contain multitudes of the cute and rare plants.
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S30Elliott Erwitt: Jewish photographer who fled facism and spread a little joy in a post-WWII world  “Photography has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them,” Elliott Erwitt once said.Erwitt, who was one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century, died on November 30 at the age of 95. In a career spanning more than 70 years, his witty, gentle and beautifully observed images beguiled generations of admirers and propelled him to become one of the best known – and well paid – photographers of the 20th century.
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