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AMP Foundation's zipline challenge supports science at The Conversation

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation
imageYou can sponsor someone to ride the zipline and support science journalism at The Conversation.

To help raise money for The Conversation we have offered readers the opportunity to contribute $5000 each to ride a zipline between two of Sydney’s tallest buildings.

The Conversation is a non-profit organisation that relies on philanthropy. One of...

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Western Australians don't really want a 'WAxit', they just want a little love

  • Written by: Ian Cook, Senior Lecturer of Australian Politics, Murdoch University
imageBeautiful Cottesloe beach in Perth – could Western Australians soon file for divorce from the rest of us?AAP/Karen Sweeney

Last weekend’s Liberal Party conference has put Western Australia secession back in the news.

Whether it’s back on the agenda is another matter. Yes, Liberal Party state president and long-time secessionist,...

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Can 'cli-fi' actually make a difference? A climate scientist's perspective

  • Written by: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Research Fellow, UNSW
imageThe Day After Tomorrow's apocalyptic depiction of climate change is a little embellished. But such storylines can ignite conversations with people that mainstream science fails to reach.20th Century Fox

Climate change - or global warming - is a term we are all familiar with. The warming of the Earth’s atmosphere due to the consumption of...

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It's too hard to get the data of Australian criminals when it's stored overseas

  • Written by: Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Co-Director Centre for Commercial Law, Bond University

This article is part of a series on how law enforcement is fighting crime across digital borders.


Solving crimes and prosecuting criminals depends on efficient access to evidence. Technology has not changed that.

What has changed, however, is that much of that evidence has migrated online. Most importantly, it’s often stored overseas.

This is...

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  12. Australia and Timor Leste reach a deal on the Timor Sea – but much remains unknown
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  14. Western Australian researchers get cut off from nationally funded research cloud
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