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On July 14, 1936, the 147th anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, members of the French Popular Front, the broad progressive coalition against fascism, paraded through Paris. The people’s banners bore…
There is a growing canyon now separating politics as understood and practiced by political authorities from the political practices of everyday people.
As a landowner, can you veto a coal seam gas development? And does the environment minister have the power to say no to coal mines?
Tony Abbott’s Margaret Thatcher Lecture, delivered in London on Tuesday night, provides a fitting epitaph to his government.
Consumers want to eat eggs that are kinder to hens. But with most laying hens bred for cages and not suited to roaming free, it will take farmers a while to catch up and breed happier chooks.
Melbourne’s farms currently supply over 40% of the city’s food. But a growing population and urban sprawl mean by 2050 they’ll supply half as much.
It’s 150 years since an Oxford mathematics don published the most important work of children’s literature and one of the most influential books of all time. The origins of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland…
Asked what was presently vexing him, the bard’s troubled Hamlet replies “words, words, words”. Here as elsewhere, there is method to the disgruntled Prince of Denmark’s feigned madness. “A rose by any…
Experts respond to the reapproval of Adani’s Carmichael mine.
Research has shown that culling koalas could help stop the spread of deadly chlamydia. But how open will Australians be to killing one our favourite animals?
The challenge is to intervene before users hit crisis point. A Hawaii-based program does just this and has achieved substantial reductions in drug use. A similar scheme could work in Australia.
The narrow focus on grades and random employment statistics reflects a very simplistic view of our complex education system.
Much more can be done to protect Australia’s property market from international criminals seeking to wash their proceeds.
Faction Man is a product of Black Inc. From their perspective, Bill Shorten – and his fascination with grimy Labor machine politics – is an alien figure.
With fewer options available to send much-needed money to their family overseas, migrant communities fear severe consequences.
Nearly 40,000 cancers diagnosed in Australia can be prevented if people avoid known risk factors for the disease, according to research published today.
There’s still some way to go before the 12 countries involved can celebrate.
Given the heightened risk of harm, governments should ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under the age of 18 years old.
It’s fascinating to reflect on the different stories that philosophers have told themselves at different times about our profession’s history. For these stories have never ceased to change. “He whose mouth…
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Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, 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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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Economics, 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
