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The pathologization of normality?
Nick Haslam | July 22, 2020Concerns that normality is being medicalised by the inflation of psychiatric diagnosis criteria appear overblown – but some conditions do need scrutiny.
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Australians at increasing risk of arbitrary arrest abroad
Rachel Gray | July 22, 2020International travel remains off the agenda for most people, but two UNSW academics have expanded on the Australian government’s warning Australians could be ‘at risk of arbitrary arrest’ in China, Iran, Vietnam and other oppressive nations.
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The lack of leadership on climate change
Mark Beeson | July 22, 2020Climate change is the quintessential, implacable and, by this stage, possibly unstoppable threat we all face. The consequences of failing to recognise this unambiguous reality are spelled out in Anatol Lieven’s new book.
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In defence of the humanities
Sophie Mayo | July 21, 2020In part one of a three-part series, GAP research assistant and Arts Graduate Sophie Mayo weighs in on the HASS fee-increase debate, in defence of the humanities.
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Protected cropping and resilience of the food supply chain
Oula Ghannoum | July 21, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of our current food chains, and strengthened the argument for “protected cropping” systems in our farms and urban areas to ensure food production and supply.
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Skills for the future
Tim Harcourt | July 21, 2020The new JobTrainer program should give school leavers the experience, confidence and aptitude necessary for economic recovery post-coronavirus.
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Look before you leap to a republic
Max Thomas | July 20, 2020Revived calls for a Republic of Australia ignore the fact that it could prove less functional than our constitutional monarchy, making democratic change all the more difficult to achieve.
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The rise and fall of TikTok
Fergus Ryan | July 20, 2020With its back to the wall, the company behind the highly successful TikTok app is throwing everything it can at stave off further bans around the world, given fears over user privacy and its links to the Chinese Communist Party.
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Do tougher sentences deter crime?
Ben Knight | July 20, 2020It’s easy to think that the threat of punishment will simply dissuade someone from doing the wrong thing. But it turns out that deterring would-be criminals by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences is more tale than truth.
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Turn on, tune in, lockdown
Julia Vassilieva | July 19, 2020Working alongside each other, broadcast media, social media, citizen science and individually-produced footage rapidly established a distinctive “visual economy” for screen representations of COVID-19.
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A room made of leaves
Kerrie Davies | July 19, 2020The newest novel from the author of The Secret River is an imagined diary, detailing the ‘true’ story of Elizabeth Macarthur.
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Fighting climate change could tackle Australia’s job crisis
Victoria Tichá | July 19, 2020Business leaders can mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change by generating thousands of jobs in renewable energy and building more sustainable communities.