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The Turkish government is accusing the Gülen movement of being behind the recent coup attempt, but there are reasons to doubt the claim.
Italians still want to migrate to Australia, but are encountering job exploitation.
The film Bastille Day – featuring a CIA agent trying to avert a terror attack in Paris – has been withdrawn from French cinemas after the tragedy in Nice. But what are we to make of Hollywood’s fondness for these kinds of stories?
A perfect storm ‘Perfect storm’ and ‘endless crisis’ are not phrases that easily come to mind as you sit atop the Areopagus Hill, just West of the Acropolis, and watch the orange sun disappear improbably…
Many guidelines offered to GPs are based on evidence unrelated to general practice. Studies show doctors tend to ignore these guidelines which can pose a risk to patients’ health.
The return of One Nation to parliament threatens to install expertise denialism and conspiracy theory in the heart of Australian democracy.
Why is it that when a woman talks, she is more likely to be understood as excessively vocal, irritating, or a nag as compared with when a man speaks? Eddie McGuire recently joked about drowning journalist…
A hundred years ago today, the Battle of the Somme began. This conflict, in which a million men died in order to move the front lines about six miles, spelled the end of courage as a cornerstone of masculine identity.
Writers are vital to today’s increasingly story-driven video games. Readers are active players and everything in the game – from the environment to the rules – can shape the narrative.
Playing football demands full-contact physicality. How does celebrating women playing elite level football impact the way gender and sexuality is perceived, experienced and made possible?
The day after the horrific Orlando massacre, the highest-trending topic on Facebook was the appearance of Meg Ryan’s face at the Tony Awards. Like Renee Zellweger before her, the perception that Ryan has…
Not only is the Australian Christian Lobby losing relevance, it has had to appeal to Bill Shorten to pay attention to the group in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Whether gendered toys are creating stereotypes or just playing to boys’ and girls’ innate differences is a vexed question.
Every time there’s a scandal involving political finance, politicians from unaffected parties talk about the public’s outrage. But how much do people actually care?
Who are the major donors to Australia’s big political parties? And what are the rules around disclosure at state and federal level?
The cultures of silence and denial that surround child sexualised behaviours mean that adults often lack the information they need to respond appropriately.
Serious policy focus on Indigenous affairs has been notably absent during the early weeks of the long election campaign.
The SBS documentary DNA Nation tracks three people on their ‘individual genetic journey’. But for Indigenous Australians in particular, genetic testing is a can of worms - politically, ethically and technically.
Eating cows and sheep is unsustainable. Here are some better alternatives.
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Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, Deakin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Anthropology, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Cyber Risk and Policy, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Economics, Deakin University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Film, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate - School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
