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With a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Australia must fix its record on Indigenous rights

  • Written by: Anna Cody, Associate Professor and Director, Kingsford Legal Centre, UNSW
imageThe UN Human Rights Committee challenged the Australian government to produce policy that truly includes Indigenous people.AAP/Dean Lewins

It was a big week for Australia at the United Nations last week. It won a seat on the leading international human rights body, the UN Human Rights Council, for a three-year term. The UN Human Rights Committee...

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Thor: Ragnarok pitches superheroes against science (and how does Hulk keep his pants on?)

  • Written by: Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology
imageThor: Ragnarok sees Thor do battle with Hulk.Marvel Studios, Author provided

Thor: Ragnarok is the latest Marvel movie out today that sees Australian Chris Hemsworth back as Thor, but he’s not on friendly home turf.

Instead he finds himself imprisoned on the opposite side of the universe from his beloved Asgard, and out of his depth in a...

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Imagining a better world: the art of degrowth

  • Written by: Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
imageFamily timePawel Kuczynski

We are living in an age of gross ecological overshoot - our demands on the planet far exceed what is sustainable. Wealth is extremely concentrated while billions go hungry. And with the world’s population heading toward 11 billion by the end of the century, something has to give.

One response to these overlapping...

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Five ways to help parents cope with the trauma of stillbirth

  • Written by: Vicki Flenady, Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
imageMillions of women around the world are estimated to be living with depressive symptoms after stillbirth.from www.shutterstock.com

There are at least 2.6 million stillbirths a year across the world. More than 2,000 families each year suffer the loss of a stillborn baby in Australia, equating to six stillborn babies every day.

The death of an unborn...

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  1. Cash staff member quits over media tip offs as AWU affair backfires
  2. China's ambition burns bright – with Xi Jinping firmly in charge
  3. Hanging out with the boys: how bromance often steals the spotlight in The Bachelorette
  4. Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching
  5. Replacing pharmacists with robots isn't the answer to better productivity
  6. Nothing but truthiness: Adani and Co's post-truth push for the Carmichael mine
  7. Why the ‘Hands Off’ campaign targeting sexual harassment on public transport misses the mark
  8. Zippers make a jump for science and technology
  9. Let's be honest, there's more wrong with the NDIS than just 'teething problems'
  10. 5G will be a convenient but expensive alternative to the NBN
  11. There are serious problems with the concept of 'financial literacy'
  12. Census data shows just how bad we've been at closing inequality gaps
  13. What is behind the rising price of butter?
  14. Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors: the NZ convicts sent to Australia
  15. We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying
  16. 'Bang, bang, bang!': the shock of a boy playing with a gun on a suburban street
  17. Victoria's plastic bag ban: a good start, but we can do more
  18. What makes a good university? Academics and students have different ideas
  19. Turnbull's government must accept responsibility for delivering an equitable NBN for all Australians
  20. Constantly texting your friends about problems may be increasing your anxiety
  21. Morrison finds his productivity report is useful for Labor too
  22. Five ways to kickstart the economy -- without cutting company taxes
  23. Big bang: Germinal creates a universe out of nothing on stage
  24. Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease
  25. Why reforming health care is integral for our economy
  26. Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia's changing relationship with China
  27. Assisted dying is one thing, but governments must ensure palliative care is available to all who need it
  28. Energy prices are high because consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructure
  29. Telling Chinese students to conform won't fix cross-cultural issues
  30. Fingerprinting to solve crimes: not as robust as you think
  31. How to teach your kids to think more critically about money
  32. Connecting 'diblings': how the law is failing to keep up with modern families
  33. Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid
  34. We are living alone together in today's cities – and that calls for smart and 'bolshie' moves
  35. Rethinking tourism and its contribution to conservation in New Zealand
  36. Senate crossbenchers take the first steps on lobbying reform – now to ensure it succeeds
  37. We Love Arabs: accomplished satire offers food (and hummus) for thought
  38. Health Check: do boys really have a testosterone spurt at age four?
  39. Don't fear robo-justice. Algorithms could help more people access legal advice
  40. Financial literacy is a public policy problem
  41. Like it or not, you're getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?
  42. Movember, ice buckets, fun runs and 'dry' months: why philanthropy of the body is all the rage
  43. Autism and the arts: making a space for different minds
  44. What do single, older women want? Their 'own little space' (and garden) to call home, for a start
  45. How doctors are taught to deal with death
  46. I’ve always wondered: why do our computing devices seem to slow down?
  47. I've always wondered: why don't chickens look down when they scratch?
  48. Citizen scientist scuba divers shed light on the impact of warming oceans on marine life
  49. Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self
  50. Tree of Codes wields dance, music and art to create new spectacle

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