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Here’s what the court found – and what this means for future legal challenges to vaccine mandates across Australia.
Los esfuerzos para extraditar al fundador de Wikileaks, el australiano Julian Assange, del Reino Unido a Estados Unidos se han prolongado durante años. Esto es lo que ha pasado y lo que podría pasar esta vez en los tribunales.
Efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the US have gone on for years. Here’s what’s been going on and what might happen in court this time.
The most important factor for disease risk is exposure – you actually have to inhale asbestos fibres to be at risk of disease. But asbestos needs to be treated with caution.
First Nations fathers are too often the subject of negative, often untrue stereotypes. We analysed data from around 150 dads about what they needed. Here’s what they said.
It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places.
With the military back on his side and his convictions quashed, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif could return to power in this week’s election.
Manter o aquecimento global abaixo de 1.5° C na comparação com os tempos pré-industriais é uma das metas do Acordo de Paris, e oportunidade que já pode ter passado
Keeping the average global temperature rise below 1.5°C since pre-industrial times is a goal of the 2015 Paris climate deal. New research suggests that opportunity has passed.
Governments all over the world are propping up overfishing. Now scientists have penned an open letter calling on trade ministers to implement stricter regulations against harmful fisheries subsidies.
Paying for your parking via an app promises ease and efficiency. But we are entering a bargain with unclear terms around data privacy and public revenue.
Appointing an anti-slavery commissioner is critical to stamping out abuse of more than 40,000 people in Australia who trapped by forced marriages or controlling employers.
Politica is set in an unnamed town where past is ever present, and the present is barely tolerable in the absence of a hopeful future.
There is a rich history of people really loving frogs. But the history of human-frog relations is long and complicated – and not all of it is nice.
The four Cs – convenience, choice, competitive prices and COVID-19 – will decide the retail battle and how it affects the structure and function of our cities.
Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus.
Rather than asking ‘who is at risk?’ of suicide we should also ask ‘when is a person at risk?’ Our preliminary research shows this has promise.
Science communication has to start with values – and most of the time it does.
Plan your summer reading or catch up on what you missed with The Conversation’s selection of the best books of the year.
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate in literary studies, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia
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Cognitive Psychology Researcher, The University of Western Australia
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Tax Law, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
