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It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure
The new series of Australian banknotes are not a designer's dream but they are the strongest yet in terms of preventing counterfeiting.
A medically supervised injection facility matters for Victoria – and for more inclusive mental health support
The parliamentary inquiry into establishing an injecting room in Victoria has failed to make any recommendations. This is despite finding drug use is at crisis levels in the area.
Three reasons why pacemakers are vulnerable to hacking
Pacemakers are Internet of Things devices for the human body, but they're still not particularly secure.
How shopping centres are changing to fight online shopping
Retailers and shopping centre operators need to entice customers to stores, leading to some interesting experiments.
Change Agents: Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia briefly stopped Japanese whaling
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia won a case against Japan's whaling activities at the International Court of Justice.
What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains
Businesses can use their purchasing power to change the actions of their suppliers and help to eradicate slavery - both in Australia and across the world.
From Charlottesville to Nazi Germany, sometimes monuments have to fall
The violence sparked by the removal of Confederate statues in the US shows the ideas that collect around historical monuments. Sometimes it's better to remove them; yet they can be an important way of remembering trauma.
A short history of the office
The history of the office illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work's physical spaces respond to cultural, technological and social forces.
How we can reduce dependency on opioid painkillers in rural and regional Australia
Dependency on opioid painkillers reflects what we already know about life in the small towns of Australia - people tend to have poorer health.
A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback
The location of a dinosaur find on a remote Queensland sheep station was lost for almost 80 years. But the site was rediscovered, and details are now emerging about the make up of the new dinosaur.
Explainer: Matt Canavan and the process of obtaining Italian citizenship
Matt Canavan was seemingly able to obtain Italian citizenship without being born or spending any time in Italy.
The Great Galactic Recession
In the early Universe torrents of infalling gas outpace the ability of young galaxies to raise their demand of forming new stars to meet the supply, the result is a recession for the galactic economy.
Step by step, we’re tackling gender equity in Australian astronomy
Efforts to reduce the gender gap and encourage more women in Australian astronomy have been rewarded this week.
Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can’t be a burden on the health system
Selecting immigrants on points is likely to result in them being healthy, or at least healthy enough for them not to put much strain on our exhausted health systems.
Community sector offers a solid platform for fair social housing
Concerns about the privatisation of public housing estates should not blind us to the benefits of the transfer of public housing to the not-for-profit community housing sector.
Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming ‘one-punch’ laws
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
The latest 2016 Census data assesses what the national home ownership and rental rates are and how these vary location. It also gives us a picture of mortgage and rental costs.
The ATM celebrates 50 years but we’re using it less
ATMs will need to evolve to remain relevant, perhaps taking on other services entirely.
Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
A government fund to support quality journalism – while remaining strictly independent – could help produce stories in the public interest.
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Master of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Dean of Science, Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Statistics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing Studies, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
