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Australia’s disaster management policies are in need of reform. But is a permanent disaster fund the right way to go about it? AAP

It’s time to talk about disaster recovery

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra and R. Roberts, University of Canberra

Disasters are a fact of life. We need to talk about them. Floods, fires, earthquakes and other misadventures will happen in spite of our best plans. Their impact will sometimes be severe simply because…
Researchers have welcomed Tony Abbott’s commitment to protect health and medical research funding from budget cuts. AAP/David Crosling

Research sector welcomes the election but wants a focus on productivity

Charis Palmer, The Conversation

Universities and researchers have broadly welcomed yesterday’s surprise election date announcement, with Universities Australia chief Belinda Robinson saying it was in the national interest to have greater…
Files stored on Mega are useless to anyone who doesn’t have the decryption key. NZN Image/Laura McQuillan

Can Kim Dotcom’s Mega beat the law where Megaupload failed?

Karl Schaffarczyk, University of Canberra

Just 12 months after being arrested for copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering for his involvement with now-defunct cyberlocker Megaupload, and despite facing extradition from New Zealand…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivers a speech outlining Australia’s new National Security Strategy. AAP

Cyber Security Centre planned to target growing threat

Charis Palmer, The Conversation

“The internet must remain open but also secure,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today, flagging plans for the development of a new Cyber Security Centre by the end of the year. Ms Gillard said with…
Many rural residents say plantation forestry is ruining communities; many say otherwise. Who is right? teejaybee/flickr

Do you see what I see? Rural reactions to changing land use

Kathryn Williams, The University of Melbourne and Jacki Schirmer, University of Canberra

Land-use planners and policy-makers often face claims and counter claims regarding the impacts of land-use change. For example, some residents claim wind turbines have crippling health impacts, while others…
The way disaster relief is offered to small businesses and primary producers following natural disasters is cumbersome and inefficient and needs a national approach.

We need a national approach to small business disaster relief

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra and R. Roberts, University of Canberra

When the embers have cooled or the floods have passed, who’s looking after the sustainability of small business in regional Australia? This year’s extreme heat and dry weather have again ensured Australia’s…
Despite having a major impact, Australia’s national bushfire research centre is about to see its federal funding run out. AAP

Call for merit-based funding as bushfire research money runs out

Charis Palmer, The Conversation

Funding to support breakthrough research into fires is due to run out before Australia’s next bushfire season kicks in, despite the research being recognised for its social, environmental and economic…
One of the worst Christmas presents Australia has had. Richard Taylor

Rabbits and biological control: two unexpected Christmas presents

Brian Cooke, University of Canberra

Domesticated rabbits arrived in Australia with the first fleet and some became established as feral populations around colonial settlements as early as the 1830s. However, the situation changed dramatically…
Almost 1.3 million people die each year on the world’s roads, making road accidents the ninth leading cause of death globally. AAP/Joe Castro

Is modern transport making war on the human body?

Cameron Gordon, University of Canberra

We demand and expect our transport systems to to get us where we want, when we want to be there, and as fast as possible. We are, however, human beings with human bodies. And as with any other built system…
ICANN ICANN is the body that defines policies for how the "names and numbers" of the internet should run.

Open Universities Australia makes the cut in .courses domain bid

Charis Palmer, The Conversation

Open Universities Australia has made the list in a lottery draw held by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to help assign new generic top-level domains. Open Universities Australia…
A deregulated pathology services industry is in the sights of the Federal Government. Flickr/joebeone

Questioning the pathology centre goldrush

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra

The Australian Government is looking – very quietly – at pathology payola. Pathology services in Australia are big business, reflecting the shift from the days when your kindly family physician – the one…
“It would appear public and elite athletes are opposed to performance-enhancing drugs.” Sumit

Testimony vs testing: anti-doping is an imperfect science

Stephen Moston, University of Canberra

Unsurprisingly for a year that’s featured major events such as the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as annual fixtures such as the Tour de France, doping in sport has been big news in 2012. So where do…
We are surrounded by energy-dense foods that result in a positive energy balance. lordwikket/Flickr

The obesity epidemic – too much food for thought?

Rachel Davey, University of Canberra

The policies and public health strategies that we have implemented are proving inadequate for controlling the global epidemic of obesity. An effective approach may be for governments to implement radical…
The Federal Government’s overhaul of anti-dumping regime may not effect any significant change but carries the risk of Australia being seen as overly-protectionist.

Anti-dumping Commission no cause to be carried away

Greg Weppner, University of Canberra

It’s hard to get too excited over Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s recent announcement of a radical overhaul of Australia’s Anti-Dumping administration with the proposed creation of a new Dumping Commission…
The roadmap was released after the COAG meeting on Friday December 7, 2012. AAP/Alan Porritt

Five views of the Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform

Reema Rattan, The Conversation

Patrick McGorry, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Melbourne Last year at COAG, Mental Health Council of Australia CEO Frank Quinlan, social inclusion advocate David Cappo and I discussed a blueprint…
British Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected Leveson’s ecommendation for a statutory body to oversee the new independent press regulator. AAP/ EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

Leveson inquiry into UK press: the experts respond

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

Lord Justice Leveson has released the recommendations of the Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, which was prompted by the Murdoch press phone hacking scandal that erupted last…
Recent arguments suggesting the size of the political debate around the Tasmanian forestry industry is disproportionate to its economic importance is misleading. AAP

Still here: why Tasmanian forest industry job figures are misleading

Jacki Schirmer, University of Canberra

The Australia Institute (TAI) has recently used Census data to claim that the Tasmanian forest industry employs only 975 workers. Based on this, they argued that the size of the political debate about…
Any restriction on buying painkillers needs to be consistent with national privacy protection. Nils Geylen

For your own good? Privacy law and enthusiastic pharmacists

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra

Earlier this week the ABC reported that a handful of pharmacists in Tasmania had engaged in community policing. They’re tracking the purchase of codeine-based painkillers, sharing information with their…

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