Floods are a costly part of Australian life, which means we need to get better at predicting exactly when - and how severely - they are likely to strike in the future.
Bushfires were the most common disaster in New South Wales over the past decade.
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Businesses are trying to set up procedures to help whistleblowers, but better guidance, incentives and regulation are still needed, new research finds.
Hillary Clinton: she has been shamed by women as every kind of bad feminist.
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Initial experience indicates that private security companies can provide a beneficial service to victims of family violence, but there are still concerns that need to be addressed.
Medical law in Australia is based on the principle of patient autonomy.
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The law should allow greater communication between health professionals, families and carers even if this impacts on patients’ rights of confidentiality.
Governments must move away from seeing education solely as an economic benefit.
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Massive expansion of the education system has created new problems, and left old ones unresolved.
Racism, political agenda of Jakarta governor opponents in the upcoming gubernatorial race, and discontent from the urban poor over Purnama’s policy on forced evictions all factor in the protest turnout in addition to religious motives.
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The reality of the November 4 rally in Jakarta is much more complex than growing Islamic radicalism in Indonesia.
Charitable organisations need support in a number of areas from government and other stakeholders in order to measure and improve on their work.
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Community organisations are trying to measure their impact but lack the funding and data availability to do it properly, new research finds.
Asylum seekers at the Manus Regional Processing Centre in Papa New Guinea, one of Australia’s two offshore immigration detention facilities.
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Across Europe anti immigration political leaders are turning to Australia for inspiration on how to reduce the number of people seeking asylum in their countries.
For a long time it was thought during exercise there would be a reduction in blood flow to the diaphragm in favour of supplying blood and oxygen to the working limb muscles.
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Our immune system protects us but when it comes to some mosquito-borne disease, it can work against us. What are the implications for the development of a Zika virus vaccine?
Analysis shows single parents who are welfare recipients have a financial incentive to seek work.
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Despite media reports that single parents might find relying on welfare payments more appealing than working, analysis shows they are better off working and more than half in Australia are.
Australia’s 2013 ‘angry’ summer was characterised by heatwaves and major bushfires. Such a summer will be normal by 2035.
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Archaeologists found thousands of objects in a remote Australian cave which shows Aborigines made it inland some 10,000 years earlier than first thought. So what did they find?
The Art Gallery of NSW’s summer blockbuster sparkles with famous names, including Picasso, Matisse, Turner and Rodin. But for all of its trumpeting of risk and daring, it remains essentially a rather puritanical exercise.
QUT student Calum Thwaites arrives at the Federal Court in Brisbane.
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Corruption is a political tool is China and it all depends on where you stand, as to who’s to blame. One thing is for sure- Western standards don’t apply.
Why is criticism so often associated with killjoy negativity? It can convey joy as well as discrimination.
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