The Modern Slavery Bill before the Senate is touted as 'smart legislation', because it asks for information rather than imposes penalties, but it mightn't be enough.
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A recent study found that half of patients who had therapy to help them cope with painful memories had a relapse four years later. So, is there a way to erase unwanted memories for good?
More than a quarter of commercially available honeys show signs of having been bulked out with cheaper products such as sugar cane and corn syrup, a new analysis shows.
A major exhibition of treasures from ancient Rome presents a distinctly old-fashioned tale of the empire's rise and expansion, which is out of step with contemporary scholarly thinking.
Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying 'more than a million people' in Australia 'cannot speak English well or at all'. Let's look at the numbers.
The Canadian government is currently drafting regulations on plain packaging for cigarettes. Tobacco companies are trying to weaken the regulations via lobbying and misleading PR campaigns.
The candidates most likely to be chosen as independent directors are those good at avoiding tax.
Dud insurance is the tip of the iceberg.
The reverberations of JFK's assassination can still be felt to this day in the paranoid and racialised politics of the American right
Nike has provoked a conservative backlash by using NFL player Colin Kaepernick in its latest campaign. But the move should be applauded.
For twenty years people had been telling me how lucky I was to be in our field of research because “things” were changing for young women. Twenty years later “things” had not changed.
The psychology of revenge and how shame and humiliation can cause chaos in Australian politics.
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Today, we're hearing about a researcher who records birdsong, how tech changes music and why song might help address Indigenous language loss.
We need to hold people accountable for the harms caused by biased discriminatory behaviour.
Melbourne lies at the eastern end of a volcanic province, but when's it going to blow? Understanding the geology of Melbourne and comparing it to Hawaii is really helpful in calculating risk.
We sometimes see memory as a video camera, recording our lives accurately and without bias – but this is a myth. Instead, our childhood memories are intricately shaped by our family and culture.
Unlike the Greek heroes, many Mesopotamian mythical figures have slipped into obscurity. An exception to this is their representation in comics, such as Gilgamesh, who served alongside Captain America as an Avenger.
A body in an Italian museum reveals that Egyptians living 1,500 or more years before the Pharaohs already knew how to preserve bodies.
Researchers found that larger banks are more likely than their smaller peers to experience "operational losses", which includes a failure to meet obligations to clients.
In the 1970s, a young urban planning professor, Dolores Hayden, believed that city design was the key to unlocking patriarchal structures that trapped women in the home. How much has the city changed?
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Senior Lecturer in Roman History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood, Macquarie University
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Professor of Accounting, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University
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Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
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Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
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Associate Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Health Studies, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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PhD candidate, Macquarie University
