As the deadline for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program draws near, opposition to any such deal is gathering momentum.
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The Abbott government’s efforts to amend its data retention bill amid concerns about journalists protecting their sources is still a worry. And others should be concerned too, including MP.
The defeat of the Abbott government’s higher education reform package in the Senate adds another line to its long list of policy failures.
Social media entrepreneur Belle Gibson is not the first to be accused of fabricating a personal recovery story for public consumption. So what responsibility do publishers have in such cases?
The six finalists of the Stella Prize, announced yesterday, include three authors who have been shortlisted based on their first major works of fiction. That’s definitely something to celebrate.
When their populations explode, killing koalas is sometimes the only way to reduce their suffering. But why do some places have too many koalas?
There is a lot of evidence showing that changing people’s drinking hours and consumption patterns reduces violence and hospital admissions.
The Abbott government has announced 54 schools will receive funding for security guards and CCTV cameras in an attempt to prevent possible terror attacks. But where is the line between protection and privacy invasion?
If machines run by artificial intelligence take over the world it’s only because we programmed them to do so. So how can fuzzy logic help us prevent that?
Our study found that 8% of the 1,684 elite Australian athletes we surveyed said they had used at least one of six illicit drugs – including ecstasy, cocaine and cocaine – over the previous year.
As the Australian government pushes on with its data retention bill there are still questions about what safeguards and protections are in place, and a look at similar moves that have failed overseas.
Who is the “typical” or “average” consumer? Is there such a thing? What do they look like? How do they make decisions? Am I an average (or perhaps a below average) consumer? It’s something that comes up…
In the tradition of the classic food-binging film Super Size Me, comes a public self-experiment showing eating too much sugar and highly-processed foods is not so good for us. But is it any good?
Changes to our foreign investment regime are more tinkering around the edges than true reform.
What are we really looking at when we watch a screen? There’s more to it than Gogglebox. Advances in eye-tracking technology are transforming how we understand film and TV spectatorship.
Adult and child fans of Dr Seuss are set for a treat in July with the publication of a lost manuscript, What Pet Should I Get? Why is it that the works of the American author have such broad appeal?
Recently one of my Masters students, a filmmaker from the Czech Republic, told me his friends back at home were completely baffled that he was in Australia studying creative writing. You were either creative…
By now you’ve likely heard about psychiatrist and columnist Tanveer Ahmed’s recent opinion piece in The Australian in which he effectively blamed radical feminism for domestic violence. Others have explained…
Australia holds many world records, including the world’s longest fence, the dingo fence. At 5,531 km, the dingo barrier fence stretches from eastern Queensland all the way to the South Australian coastline…
Humans are thought to be able to taste five qualities but technological advances combined with sophisticated research means we can now test for more subtle tastes we haven’t known about. In a paper we…
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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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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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Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, 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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Senior Lecturer, Film, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate - School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
