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You can’t sit with us: the rise of privately-owned public spaces
Ben Knight | November 26, 2020The emergence of pseudo-public spaces raises fundamental questions about the value of people’s right to common ground.
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Australia’s electoral system isn’t immune to US-style conspiracy theories
Elise Thomas | November 25, 2020Australia should build trust in the electoral system through awareness campaigns to educate the public on the voting process, how their votes are counted and the steps being taken to ensure systems are secure.
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Heads up on mental health
Suresh Sundram | November 25, 2020If there’s ever been a time for a paradigm shift in the way we conceptualise mental health and treat mental illness, it’s now.
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Fighting fake news with humour
Lennon Chang | November 25, 2020A range of approaches is required to limit the production and dissemination of questionable content, and officialdom needs to change the way it communicates in the digital age, including the use of humour.
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School anti-bullying schemes can do more harm than good
Open Forum | November 24, 2020International research into the effectiveness of school bullying prevention programs shows that a high proportion of programs either do not reduce bullying or can even increase it.
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Successful leaders are ‘one of us’
Open Forum | November 24, 2020A successful leader is one who creates a shared sense of unity and identity in the groups they lead, according to University of Queensland research.
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Regulating medical devices in the ‘Internet of things’
Carolyn Johnston | November 24, 2020New research explores the gap between regulation and practice in healthcare devices, particularly for type 1 diabetes, that are part of the Internet of Things.
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The rocky road to redemption
Peter Jennings | November 23, 2020Paul Brereton’s report on SAS incidents forces us to confront the worst of what happened on our watch in Uruzgan Province. We should not lose the chance to think hard about the wider story: why we were there and what we thought we were doing.
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Concrete architecture: beauty or beast?
Ben Knight | November 23, 2020If you can look beyond the harsh exterior of brutalist architecture, you may find there is a little bit of beauty in buildings made of concrete.
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Why Australian businesses miss out on innovation
Open Forum | November 23, 2020A new report from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has found that while Australian investment in science and technology for disease preparedness has driven a strong response to COVID-19, there are still fundamental barriers to innovation adoption.
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The long war
Nicholas Longrich | November 22, 2020Neanderthals and modern humans evolved from a common ancestor, but were engaged in brutal guerrilla-style warfare across the globe for over 100,000 years until the last of their kind were wiped out 40,000 years ago.
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Home is where the heart is
Ben Knight | November 22, 2020The coronavirus has exposed long standing problems with Australia’s aged care homes, but a little support could go a long way to help us stay in our homes and age with grace.
