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Cassie Sainsbury's trial by media

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
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The highest-profile Australian currently imprisoned overseas, Cassie Sainsbury, is detained in Colombia on drug charges. She was arrested at Bogota airport in April with 5.8kg of cocaine in her suitcase.

On Tuesday she will attend a preliminary hearing and the prosecution will formally present its charges against her. A trial date has not been...

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How TV weather presenters can improve public understanding of climate change

  • Written by: David Holmes, Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
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A recent Monash University study of TV weather presenters has found a strong interest from free-to-air presenters in including climate change information in their bulletins.

The strongest trends in the survey, which had a 46% response rate, included:

  • 97% of respondents thought climate change is happening;

  • 97% of respondents believed...

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The insufferable film mother! revives tired hysterical stereotypes

  • Written by: Julian Murphet, Professor in Modern Film and Literature, Director of the Centre for Modernism Studies, UNSW
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The obstreperous exclamation mark that holds a bullhorn to the title of Darren Aronofsky’s latest film befits both the mounting clamour of the work itself, and a director who, in 48 years, has yet to discover his “indoor voice”. You feel he may well carry it on his business card:...

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Cognitive ability plays a role in attitudes to equal rights for same-sex couples

  • Written by: Francisco Perales, Senior Research Fellow (Institute for Social Science Research & Life Course Centre) and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland
imageThe same-sex marriage postal ballot forms have been posted to Australians on the electoral roll.AAP/Morgan Sette

Recently, Alice Campbell and I revealed the demographic traits associated with people expressing support for equal rights for same-sex couples using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey – a large,...

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  2. The economic reasons why Australia needs a stronger space industry
  3. Privatised land title offices can harness new technologies to provide a better service
  4. When life is coming to a close: three common myths about dying
  5. Waiting: rediscovering boredom in the age of the smartphone
  6. Mind-reading technology should not be used to solve crime
  7. Tax base eroded by backdoor deregulation of Australia's labour market and jump in foreign contract workers
  8. New law finally gives voice to the Yarra River's traditional owners
  9. Big gas shortage looming, but government stays hand on export controls
  10. Yes, Australia will have a space agency. What does this mean? Experts respond
  11. Introverts think they won't like being leaders but they are capable
  12. Courageous quests: Keats, art and refugees
  13. In historic cases, punishment alone is not always the best response to violent crime
  14. No, depression won't literally break your heart (but have a heart check anyway)
  15. Not taking the piss: why it’s important to examine how we teach and test physics to reduce gender bias
  16. Attitudes to same-sex marriage have many psychological roots, and they can change
  17. Taking sides: sport organisations and the same-sex debate
  18. Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
  19. The off-topic Conversation #137
  20. Curious Kids: How can you tell if your cat is happy and likes you?
  21. Trash or treasure? A lot of space debris is junk, but some is precious heritage
  22. Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor
  23. Mansplaining Australian cities – we can do something about that
  24. I've always wondered: can animals be left- and right-pawed?
  25. My favourite album: David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
  26. New Zealand votes for conservatism and the status quo
  27. NZ First to hold balance of power after election
  28. Can two clean energy targets break the deadlock of energy and climate policy?
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage postal campaign
  30. Explainer: what are mitochondria and how did we come to have them?
  31. Is BHP really about to split from the Minerals Council's hive mind?
  32. New Zealand elections: same, same, but very different
  33. Flu is a tragic illness. How can we get more people to vaccinate?
  34. We are all of the same starstuff
  35. Can trying to meet specific exercise goals put us off being active altogether?
  36. Exergames: good for play time, but should not replace physical education
  37. Lost in space: Australia dwindled from space leader to also-ran in 50 years
  38. The origin of extreme cosmic ray particles revealed: they come from distant galaxies
  39. Whose interests? Why defining the 'public interest' is such a challenge
  40. Friday essay: journeys to the underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
  41. This is what the lives of Big Issue sellers tell us about working and being homeless
  42. Vital Signs: don't count your economic chickens before they hatch
  43. Australia’s health system is enviable, but there's room for improvement
  44. Developing countries can prosper without increasing emissions
  45. Grattan on Friday: Same-sex marriage ballot captures attention of a public alienated from politicians
  46. Large swing back to NZ National; German left's big problem with Left party
  47. Explainer: what is the flesh-eating bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer and how can I avoid it?
  48. Here's 49 small communities innovating as well as the big cities
  49. Politics podcast: AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on what to do with Liddell
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