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The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) released its reasons in Hicks v Australia on February 16, 2016, in which it found that Australia had breached David Hicks’ right to be free from arbitrary detention…
People who require the services of a surrogate to be able to have a child are going offshore because the only surrogacy permitted in Australia is altruistic surrogacy.
Bill Shorten has decided to go big (and early) on policy, but will it pay off?
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In recent months the opposition has been on the policy front foot, but it’s a risky strategy that has had mixed success for both major parties.
If a state-owned port is sold at a higher price with competition restrictions, consumers will pay higher prices in the future because of these restrictions.
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State governments are now seeking to maximise the price of privatised assets by adding sale terms that restrict competition for the future private owners. That amounts to a hidden tax on consumers.
The best way to remove the potency from an “offensive” word is to use it frequently.
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Five months into his prime ministership, it is difficult to know what Malcolm Turnbull really stands for, and his government risks paralysis as a result.
Tim Wilson has announced he is stepping down as human rights commissioner to contest the Liberal preselection for Goldstein.
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There’s more than the GST to consider when seeking revenue from tax.
A team effort: Dr David Reitze, of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, shows the merging of two black holes that led to the detection of gravitational waves.
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The discovery of gravitational waves involved a team of more than 1,000 scientists from across the globe, including Australia. So how does such an international collaboration work?
Lettres chiffrées d'Henri IV à Jacques Bongars.
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Comment dégoûter le public de la science, et, encore plus fort, s’arranger pour se perdre soi-même dans sa démonstration laborieuse et jargoneuse ? Suivez les conseils de Michael J. I. Brown.
Girls star Lena Dunham suffers from endometriosis, a condition that affects one out of every ten women of menstruating age.
EPA/Peter Foley
We must try harder to explore what causes endometriosis and not reinforce theories that imply fault on a woman’s part, or are shaped by old ideas about women’s roles and bodies.
Even if Zika sometimes causes pregnant mothers to have babies with microcephaly, this does not necessarily mean every infected mother would have an affected baby.
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Despite all the hype around Zika, crucial questions remain unanswered. How great is the risk that infection during pregnancy would result in a baby with microcephaly? And what can be done to prevent this?
Far from being stretched, rail resources at Port Botany appear distinctly under-utilised.
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It’s full steam ahead for bringing vast increases in farming to northern Australia. In fact, probably too fast to adequately consider the environmental impacts.
Parachuting in a new CEO is not always a quick fix for saving distressed firms.
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As a country that claims to uphold the human rights of all – including those before the law – Australia should take notice of international practice when it comes to life imprisonment.
Respiratory Allergy Stream member, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University