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The deadly violence in Port Moresby has several triggers – but deeper answers can be found in the city’s history.
Here’s why a healthy balance of microbes is important for astronauts when they travel to Mars and beyond.
Our food environments are designed in ways that often lead us to reach for unhealthy foods rather than healthy options.
The tournament has proven to be very resilient throughout its history, but its greatest challenges may lie ahead.
Invasive species such as deer, pigs and rabbits might help boost native predator populations.
Pilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.
What do professional readers choose to read on holiday? The answers include romance fiction, science-fiction classics, a French detective, Japanese assassins … and War and Peace.
Don’t believe the hype about products claiming they can help you live longer. Here are five lifestyle changes to prioritise instead.
Australians are good at accumulating savings for retirement but they are not so good at mapping out the best way to spend their savings once they retire.
Legally binding deals struck with landholders can help protect and restore the environment over the long term.
The new $100 million Blackrock peacekeeping training facility in Fiji has high ambitions, but will need Australia’s ongoing support to succeed.
The technology may be here sooner than we think. But we have so much to discuss first.
The twist in this season of The Bachelors? One is a virgin. What does this say about how society – and reality television – frames virginity?
By 1933, women were increasingly wearing pants but, as one letter to the editor complained, ‘women look far from attractive in them’.
Political Zionism underpins the country we today call Israel. It’s a political movement that’s evolved over time. So what is the history of Zionism, and what has that evolution looked like?
After a rocky few years, there’s a huge trust deficit between players and Netball Australia. This must be overcome to secure the sport’s future.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
In Rinaldo, Pinchgut Opera deliver a rare synergy of historical and contemporary elements.
Despite our best intentions, most of us rarely read the fine print and simply agree to terms and conditions while ignoring the consequences.
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, 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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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Economics, 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
