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Could there be a link between genocide and suicide?

  • Written by: Colin Tatz, ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
imageLegacies of genocidal phases have scarred the Aboriginal psyches.AAP/Neda Vanovac

Genocide and suicide are connected in some contexts. Sometimes the connection is direct; occasionally it is indirect.

This relationship hardly figures in suicide studies. Only a handful of case studies are to hand – and they tell us little. We can start with...

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Vital Signs: how likely is another financial crisis? It comes down to what we believe

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: let’s take a break from the data and analyse why the Chair of the United States Federal Reserve...

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Building codes not enough to protect homes against water damage in severe storms

  • Written by: Matthew Mason, Lecturer in Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
imageThe none-structural storm damage: ceiling failure due to water ingress into roof cavity.Author provided

When Tropical Cyclone Debbie made landfall in North Queensland early in 2017, it led to nearly A$1 billion in insured losses. Fortunately, there were no deaths or serious injuries where people sheltered in buildings.

We conducted a detailed study i...

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Airport rail link can open up new possibilities for the rest of Melbourne

  • Written by: Ian Woodcock, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University
imageMalcolm Turnbull has made clear his apparent enthusiasm for a rail line to Melbourne Airport – with or without state government support.AAP/Julian Smith

Melburnians have been talking about a train to Tullamarine Airport since well before it opened. Now Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made clear his enthusiasm for an airport rail line,...

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  1. Common pesticides can harm bees, but the jury is still out on a global ban
  2. Stigma and lack of awareness stop young people testing for sexually transmitted infections
  3. Grattan on Friday: It's a year since Turnbull won his first election, but what about a second?
  4. Fighting back against prolific online harassment in the Philippines
  5. The yoga paradox: how yoga can cause pain and treat it
  6. South Australia's bank levy might be legal, but it may also be politically unviable
  7. Pirates, penguins, Wallace and Gromit ... the Aardman show delights
  8. What's the economic value of the Great Barrier Reef? It's priceless
  9. Note to Liberals: on the leadership front, best to keep calm and carry on
  10. Australians are working longer so they can pay off their mortgage debt
  11. Gold Rush Victoria was as wasteful as we are today
  12. Self-driving cars must learn trust and cooperation
  13. Being South Asian is as great a risk factor for stillbirth as smoking
  14. Send the market a price signal where affordable housing is most needed
  15. The winners and losers of Antarctica’s great thaw
  16. Abbott, on a mission to destroy, is stepping up his stalking of Turnbull
  17. Partial exclusion for Lee Rhiannon after marathon special Greens meeting
  18. Google's defence for breaking EU law? Our users wanted us to do it
  19. Born in China: a new type of Australian business
  20. Globally, floods seem to be decreasing even as extreme rainfall rises. Why?
  21. Census shows increase in children with disability, but even more are still uncounted
  22. Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming 'one-punch' laws
  23. What do we tell kids about the climate change future we created for them?
  24. Celebrating the feminist Holden
  25. Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?
  26. It isn't easy being blue – the cost of colour in fairy wrens
  27. Our pets strengthen neighbourhood ties
  28. Creative country: 98% of Australians engage with the arts
  29. The world's tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried
  30. Huge restored reef aims to bring South Australia's oysters back from the brink
  31. New research shows there is still a long way to go in providing equality in education
  32. Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk?
  33. China bans streaming video as it struggles to keep up with live content
  34. How parenting advice assumes you're white and middle class
  35. Curious Kids: My tooth fell out. Why is it so spiky on the bottom?
  36. Tony Abbott says he'll stay around – because he's needed
  37. Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
  38. Census 2016 puts on display the increasing diversity in Australians' relationships
  39. Census 2016 shows Australia's changing religious profile, with more 'nones' than Catholics
  40. The ATM celebrates 50 years but we're using it less
  41. Why retirement village contracts need to be regulated like insurance
  42. Explainer: what is tularemia and can I catch it from a possum?
  43. Census 2016 reveals Australia is becoming much more diverse – but can we trust the data?
  44. A map that fills a 500-million year gap in Earth's history
  45. Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
  46. Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university
  47. The Conversation launches in Canada
  48. Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn't sell remedies that lack evidence
  49. Tenants' calls for safe public housing fall on deaf ears
  50. Despite our growing taste for craft brews, smaller beer makers face a huge disadvantage

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