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Restricting bail and parole for those with terror links is no cure-all

  • Written by: Jessie Blackbourn, Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
imageThe new anti-terror laws COAG has proposed for Australia go far beyond those in the UK.AAP/Rob Blakers

Earlier this month, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed that the states and territories should enact new anti-terrorism laws. This came in the wake of a siege in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, during which Yacqub Khayre killed a...

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Are we counting culture to death?

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageAn installation by the conceptual artists Frank and Patrik Riklin: From the bunker to the countryside - with 'rooms' without walls or a roof.Ennio Leanza/EPA

It’s a strange thing when the re-entry of genuine choice into political contests is framed as “anti-politics”. It feels more historically accurate, and logical, to see it...

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Uber's problems highlight silicon valley's faltering vision for the future

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageBroken mirrorPhotographee.eu/Shutterstock

It would be nice to think that Uber’s problems are going to be fixed with the resignation of its CEO Travis Kalanick. Of course, the shareholders who instigated the demand for his resignation were not necessarily expressing a view about what he had done but merely that the company was spending more...

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Surgeons admit to mistakes in surgery and would use robots if they reduced the risks

  • Written by: Anjali Jaiprakash, Advance Queensland Fellow, Medical Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
imageSurgeons admit to unintentional mistakes when performing delicate surgery.Author provided

How good are humans at performing manual surgery?

Major surgical errors must be reported and there has been research into the attitudes of surgeons in how they report such errors.

But there is no requirement or legislation in place to report minor unintentional...

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  1. Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
  2. Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health
  3. Where are the new Australian musicals? Waiting in the wings
  4. Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug
  5. Hey, sexy: objectifying catcalls occur more frequently than you might think
  6. A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?
  7. A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?
  8. Republicans hold seats at US House by-elections
  9. Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom
  10. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
  11. Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics
  12. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  13. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  14. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  15. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  16. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  17. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  18. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
  19. As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit
  20. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  21. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  22. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  23. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  24. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  25. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  26. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  27. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  28. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  29. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  30. Are China and the US destined for war?
  31. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  32. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  33. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  34. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  35. We need our country; our country needs us
  36. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  37. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  38. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  39. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  40. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  41. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  42. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  43. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  44. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  45. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  46. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
  47. Science can be beautiful, but please don't call it basic
  48. Monitoring Build Times: Maintaining our Fast feedback Loop
  49. Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be
  50. Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it

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