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Charities in Australia can be political. They can advocate and lobby to further their charitable purposes. But they can’t be party-political.
The Federal Court has narrowed the definition of what can be deemed “personal information” in any data stored about you.
After Christmas, and the Boxing Day sales, it seems like a good time to ask: what is the purpose of all this consumption?
It’s a long, hot summer’s day and you’re looking forward to an ice cream. But within seconds of your first bite, you feel a headache coming on: a brain freeze. What’s going on?
Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics.
A handful of our business economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
Meteor showers, eclipses, epic space missions and more, 2017 will be worth looking up for.
Many children are living in low-income families that struggle to pay the rent to keep a roof over their heads. Unaffordable housing is fuelling childhood poverty, so where is the policy response?
National governments do not, and should not, behave like a private household.
Change Agents: The push to legalise medicinal cannabis
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In 2016 three Australian states and the Commonwealth passed laws to legalise the growing of medicinal cannabis. It was an extraordinary result for a campaign that struggled for decades to gain traction.
If you think the internet has changed your life, brace yourself for the next digital innovation that’s set to transform our world.
Revelations of sexual abuse in the making of Last Tango in Paris give the film ‘the air of a snuff piece’. Film scholars must reassess the work – there is no place for revering artistic achievement over human suffering.
Changes to construction material requirements from negotiations on the ABCC will give Australian steelmakers a chance to step-up.
From Wonder Woman to Doctor Strange, superheroes are at peak popularity. As political orthodoxies across the world fall away, these flawed, but good-hearted characters speak to modern anxieties.
The banks could have used their collective bargaining power not only against Apple for Apple Pay but also stall the adoption of mobile payments in Australia.
Cyber safety can mean a different thing for those living in remote Indigenous communities, and it needs to be managed carefully.
Fuel-less rockets, Thanksgiving space-treats and threading an interplanetary needle, space never gets dull.
Exposure therapy, where people face their feared social situations, is one treatment that can be used to treat social anxiety. So how does it work?
New research finds higher property prices are associated with higher household income and spending inequality.
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Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Social Economics and Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral research fellow at Swinburne University Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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FinTech Capability Lead | Senior Lecturer, Emerging Technologies and FinTech, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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University Distinguished Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Systems Science and Sustainable Urbanism, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology
