With perhaps months stuck at home due to coronavirus, gamblers may be tempted to engage more heavily in online betting. New regulations are urgently needed to restrict online bet sizes and credit card use.
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Small newspapers across Australia are closing or going digital-only in the economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic. This is what we need to do to save them.
Our mobile phone’s location data could be a valuable tool to help track and trace the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The government has the legal power to do it, given what’s at stake.
Biodiversity is often highest in places with human activity. The fishing industry has shown we can often have it both ways: maintain important livelihoods while protecting precious marine life.
Readers often turn to romance fiction in times of uncertainty. Here are five reads for the newbie romance reader, for when you need a story where everything turns out okay in the end.
Powerful owls need old, hollowed-out trees to nest in, but humans keep chopping them down. Now, designers have partnered up with ecologists to build them high tech artificial nests.
Whether you’re home sick or sick of being at home, our 13 experts have picked excellent things you can read, watch, look at or listen to.
The government says it’ll make a fracking ban ‘permanent’, but it can still be overturned by another government in future.
The science behind direct-to-consumer gut microbe testing is in its infancy. Here’s what you need to know if you’ve been tempted to get your microbiome analysed.
You don’t have to be labelled with a mental illness to seek help.
Many Afghans fear the landmark US-Taliban deal will not lead to peace without firm commitments from the Taliban to protect human rights and sever ties with terrorist groups.
You’d thinking flying in a plane would be more dangerous than driving a car. In reality it’s much safer, partly because the aviation industry is heavily regulated. Airlines must stick to strict standards…
These Aussie diggers boost the health of our soils. But up until recently, we didn’t know just how much soil they can turn over (hint: it’s a lot).
To address low conviction rates in child sex abuse cases, reforms were made to allow juries to hear about the past sex crimes of defendants. Not all lawyers agree the changes are good.
Low-income earners, small-business owners and part-time workers are most likely to lose income following a disaster.
Psychological abuse and controlling behaviours can be apparent before perpetrators murder their partners. So let’s take these coercive behaviours more seriously and make them a crime.
Australia is under increasing threat from right-wing terrorism, and to properly combat it we need to understand it and offer better alternatives for those drawn to it.
A new report tells us in the first six months voluntary assisted dying was legal in Victoria, 52 people ended their lives. But the report doesn’t tell us everything we need to know.
We all want to help native animals recover after bushfires, but giving a koala a drink from your water bottle can cause more harm than good. Here are some helpful things you can do.
Social media platforms are increasingly offering mental health support tools to users. The jury is still out on whether it will do any good
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Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Anthropology, Deakin University
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Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Cyber Risk and Policy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Economics, Deakin University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Film, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate - School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
