Australia’s R&D expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product has declined over the past decade.
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Universities can best prepare students by teaching them in ways that reflect the realities of how professionals and the wider community now operate.
In its peace deal with the US, the Taliban ‘pledged’ to prevent al-Qaeda from operating out of Afghanistan. But there are signs the terror group is already there, hiding out of sight.
Our new research found some deals provided an astonishing 90% of the average recommended daily energy intake for adults.
Psychological theory and evidence do not support fear appeals overall.
Sri Lanka is still grappling with the consequences of the cargo ship fire, which dumped tonnes of plastic and hazardous chemicals into the ocean.
To come out of lockdown, health authorities want to see that all cases are linked, and that potentially infectious people are quarantining before they test positive. This still isn’t happening.
As a teacher, an academic cannot use freedom of speech to say something that may directly demean or intimidate a student. But as a researcher, they must have the freedom to pursue the truth.
Although media outlets are including Indigenous voices in their reporting, some continue to exclude Indigenous authors, perspectives, and cultural contexts.
Given the scale of the problem, five years was never enough time to turn things around. Clearly, we must reflect honestly on our successes and failures so far.
For some people, accessing their super early for fertility treatments is their only chance to start or extend their family. And they need better protection.
Universities must meaningfully acknowledge they are sited on unceded First Nations land and Indigenous culture should be recognised in campus design. These steps are vital for reconciliation.
Under the Commonwealth Criminal Code, it’s an offence to use a ‘carriage service’ — which includes phone, videoconferencing or email —for the purposes of conveying ‘suicide related material’.
There’s always an element of ‘hindsight being 20/20’ whenever we’re evaluating a lockdown.
The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
Enabling wildlife to journey across farmlands not only benefits conservation, but also people. It means bees can improve crop pollination, and seed-dispersing birds can help restore ecosystems.
Since COVID hit, many Australians have seen first-hand what shocks to the food system can do.
Journalism has rarely had a fiercer critic, nor a finer practitioner than the longtime writer for The New Yorker, Janet Malcolm, who died last week aged 86.
Unhealthy foods are readily available and heavily marketed to us, especially at supermarkets.
The evidence is clear: a tax on sugary drinks would reduce consumption. All that’s needed is political leadership that prioritises health above the profits.
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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Research fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate in Criminology, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Law as Protection Centre, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Sociology of Religion, Deakin University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
