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The High Court sticks to the letter of the law on the 'citizenship seven'

  • Written by: Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW
imageThe High Court has ruled Scott Ludlam, Larissa Waters, Fiona Nash, Barnaby Joyce and Malcolm Roberts ineligible to have stood for parliament at the 2016 election.AAP/Shutterstock/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Today, the High Court announced the fate of the “citizenship seven”, with only senators Nick Xenophon and Matt Canavan surviving the...

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Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research

  • Written by: Virginia Barbour, Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Queensland University of Technology
imageThere is a huge appetite for science and other research - so why aren't more academic publications truly 'open access'? from www.shutterstock.com

Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis became freely available online this week, and promptly crashed a server following massive public interest.

It’s a clear example of the public appetite for open...

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High Court knocks Barnaby Joyce out in dual citizenship case as byelection looms in New England

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageThe High Court declared Barnaby Joyce ineligible to sit in parliament.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The government has been forced to a December 2 byelection and lost its majority in the lower house after the High Court declared Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce ineligible to sit in parliament.

The court also struck down the eligibility of...

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Finally, unproven stem cell clinic practices might be curtailed

  • Written by: Megan Munsie, Deputy Director - Centre for Stem Cell Systems and Head of Education, Ethics, Law & Community Awareness Unit, Stem Cells Australia, University of Melbourne
imageThere's some good research being done in stem cells. But clinics peddling stem cell treatments largely lack evidence. from www.shutterstock.com

In a welcomed move, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has this week announced reforms will be introduced in 2018 to address long held concerns about the provision of unproven stem cell treatments...

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