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Last week, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) issued an information paper comparing the capital ratios of Australian banks against 98 international competitors, noting that the largest…
Scientists seek out drugs to cure what ails us but we now know that some common medications affect our moral capacity. Since it’s happening already, the question is, should we be worried?
Data from all over the globe suggest that bees are in decline, and we may lose a lot more than honey if bees are unable to cope with the changing climate and increasing demand for agricultural land.
Conduct risk is the hipster of the regulatory world. Whereas Credit risk is solid and sensible and Market risk is sharp-suited and dodgy, Conduct risk harks back to gentler times, when traditional values…
Online infrastructure and business are becoming increasingly important, as is our need to focus research efforts on securing them from cyber-attack.
The discrepancy between cover designs for Lolita – published 60 years ago – and the themes of the novel are stark. But that hasn’t stopped hundreds of designers trying to get it right.
China’s formal climate target shows that the world’s largest greenhouse emitter is determined to green its economy on an unprecedented scale - and that it can bring the rest of the world along for the ride.
Historically, donors were told it was best they were anonymous, while recipients were told it was best not to tell their child.
David Leyonhjelm’s parliamentary inquiry into what he calls “the nanny state” reflects a view of human beings as essentially independent individuals. But that’s not kind of society most of us want.
Fresh details have emerged of a 2012 case of an Australian couple who were delivered twins via a commercial surrogacy arrangement in India, but brought only one twin home. Does Australia have obligations to ensure the other twin’s welfare?
As investors and unsecured creditors remain in limbo over the collapse of financial services group BBY, where were the regulators?
Universities’ pursuit of stable income streams means they are corrupting the reason they exist in the first place.
Jailing bankers for failing to uphold an ethical code is possible - it’s simply a matter of enforcing current laws.
Women coming out of jail require forms of assistance that are not simply directed at technologies for prevention or elimination of recidivism, but rather that are focused on health and well-being.
Without the Custody Notification Service in NSW, deaths of Indigenous people in police custody will almost certainly increase, along with the over-representation of Indigenous people in prison.
What if you could grow biofuels on land nobody wants, using just seawater and sunlight, and produce food at the same time?
Recent regulator outrage about the state of banking culture overlooks the fact regulators often look the other way.
Metrics are changing the way research is conducted and funded, and for the worse. They need to be radically revised to measure genuine scientific output.
The coast alongside the Great Barrier Reef is home to ports, farms, holiday resorts, and more than a million people. It all puts pressure on the Reef, and it’s time for some firms plans to manage it.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Politics and Law, Macquarie University
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Research Project Director at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Literature and Creative Writing, Macquarie University
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
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Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
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Associate Dean Research Training and Performance, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
