The facilities were poor and some inmates were subjected to unsuccessful experimentation with a “vaccine” that used arsenic compounds.
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The lock hospitals inflicted incalculable traumas on Aboriginal people, wrenching them away from families and country.
Young actors give voice to what teenage boys think about porn – how often they watch it, who they watch it with and why.
Sol Rumbl, Ari Maza Long, Sam Salem and Jack Palit in Gonzo. Photo credit Sarah Walke.
Drawing on surveys and group discussions with teenage boys about their use of pornography, Gonzo provides a window into young men’s experiences that’s in equal parts funny, engaging, and confronting.
Networking online might not be so good for your “social capital” overall.
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Spending lots of time on the internet might be good for getting what you want in the short term but it might not work in the long term.
Shifts in our communication infrastructures have reshaped the very possibilities of social order driven by markets and commercial exploitation.
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Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science
Capitalism has become focused on expanding the proportion of social life that is open to data collection and processing – as if the social itself has become the new target of capitalism’s expansion.
Disadvantaged students are more likely to miss school.
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Any new approach to linking welfare payments to attendance must address the flaws of previous trials. It will require the cooperation of schools and the availability of accurate, real-time data.
US bank Wells Fargo was hit with a record fine after sales-driven staff opened thousands of accounts customers never asked for.
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BP’s plans for the Bight say it would take 10 days to begin dispersing an oil spill at source, and 35 days for well-capping equipment to reach the site – making it likely that oil would hit the coast.
A swell of business action is continuing following the Paris climate agreement.
Sexuality, since it is imbued with moral panics, has for a long time been used strategically for political purposes.
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Those opposed to the building of new mosques don’t recognise their long history here, or potential to support Australian ideals. Mosques are part of our suburban landscape and can help overcome fears about Islam.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham is calling for a new education funding model to replace Gonski.
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Instead of a needs-based model, we ended up with an inconsistent patchwork of approaches across Australian states and territories that protected the vested interests of non-government schools.
An intelligence review should include not just policy considerations, but open public debate.
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The federal government’s review of intelligence agencies is important not just for our understanding of their function, but also for a more open public debate about spying and security.
It’s common for presidential candidates to announce their campaigns 18 months or more in advance of election day.
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Global audiences have heard of US election terms like the primaries, the conventions and the Electoral College. But the history and exact meaning of these terms remains a mystery to many.
Even though work hours have been shortened, people increasingly want more time with their family.
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To pay for the increasing costs of climate change Australia should have green bonds that finance projects that help us adapt. However research shows there are barriers to financing these bonds.
Most functions attributed to the soul can be explained by the brain.
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Many people believe they have a soul. But for psychologists, who study behaviour, it is not so much that souls do not exist, it is that there is no need for them.
Western galahs in flight.
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When is a galah not a galah? That depends on which scientific name is attached to the Australian bird. There’s been some confusion over this, which DNA testing has finally solved.
Ben Goldacre says that greater transparency on research findings could increase the public’s faith in essential medicines.
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Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
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Darren Saunders speaks with Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about bad medical research reporting, and how greater transparency in research practices could improve public trust in science and medicine.
Getting around on a bike, a (mostly) fun way to travel green.
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Scott Morrison posted a this-was-mine claim on Facebook after Christian Porter promoted what was received as a fresh approach to welfare reform in his Tuesday speech.
Patients report not being effectively anaesthetised during liposuction procedures to extract stem cells from fat.
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Member of the Climate Council this week returned to one of the areas of the Great Barrier Reef that was worst affected by this year’s coral bleaching. What they found was far from encouraging.