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Are there other honey makers beside bees? Yes, says Manu Saunders, 'paper wasps, including Mexican honey wasps, ants, aphids and scale insects can all produce some kind of honey that have been used by Indigenous communities for food, income and traditional medicine.'
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All of the fresh bananas available in Australia are locally grown. There are no imports because of the threat of pets and disease, but at what cost? As Gigi Foster explains, 'the banana import ban has an estimated total annual welfare cost of about $150 million, which equates to around $250,000 per grower per year'.
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Today Amanda rants on the blurred line between a journalist, commentator and activist.
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Priya Chacko argues that the promoters of the Indo-Pacific concept claim that growing economic and security links are contributing to the integration of the India and Pacific oceans. These promoters see India and Indonesia as the crucial drivers of this strategic system. But is that how they see themselves?
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Survey after survey shows that organised religion in many parts of the world is on the decline. Is this decline marked by the emergence of a new kind of morality? One that Madeline Grant argues is 'characterized by a rigid adherence to politically correct standards, a dismissal of the value of free speech, and the elevation of the principals of identity politics.
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What are the laws around the printing of 3D guns in Australia? As Richard Matthews explains, it is already illegal to manufacture a firearm without a license in Australia and in NSW it is also illegal to process files containing 3D models of firearms.
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How does innovation and invention today compare to the days of people like Thomas Edison and George Washington? Edward Tenner explains that then technology progress 'took painstaking, risky and indirect routes to fruition'. So what's changed ?
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Today Amanda rants on infotainment masquerading as news.
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If you watch police procedural television programs such a Bones, Silent Witness or NCIS, you will know that forensic evidence is more often than not the contributing factor in finding and convicting the bad guy. As Brian Saady explains, in reality things can be very different.
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The Banking Royal Commission is underway and everyday new examples of corporate misconduct and noncompliance are revealed. Might, as Vicky Comino suggests, embedding ASIC regulators in banks and other financial institutions help change this culture of wrongdoing?
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Nearly 40% of Australian households have a dog. More than 40% of those are not walked on a daily basis. Paul McGreevy explains the benefits of walking for both the dog and the human.
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Today Amanda rants on the frustration of television serials.
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UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world are huge tourist attractions. But are they doing more harm than good? Jo Caust explains the dilemma of World Heritage sites and mass tourism.
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How many people do you need to make a good city? This question has been around since Aristotle. He thought balance was the key. Marco Amati says that it's not the size that matters but how you use it
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The relationship between Australia and New Zealand has often been described in familial terms. There are, however, tensions between us right now. Katharine Woolrych explains what they are and what we both need to do to make sure our neighbours in the Pacific don't get caught in the middle of a family spat.
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Today Amanda rants on people who don't understand how policy development works.
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Does media consolidation like the proposed Nine-Fairfax merger and rationalisation threaten the existence of rural newspapers? Ian Willis reminds us of the role the 'local rag' plays in rural communities and that as long as that continues they will not only survive, they will thrive.
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Did you know that 'leave our food as natural as possible' started as a Nazi slogan? Corinna Treitel explains the origins of the slogan and the man behind it.
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The World Bank estimates that 11 million or 43 per cent of the 26 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia are run by women. Naimah Talib explains the problems they face and how they could be overcome to ensure not only success for them but more broadly for Indonesia itself.
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Japan has never been known as an immigration nation but with an ageing population and a lack of skilled workers in the construction, mining, caretaking and food services industries is that about to change? Yunchen Tian explains what's happening to foreign nationals in the Land of the Rising Son.
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