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Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test

  • Written by: Peter Burdon, Associate Professor, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide

In a landmark case now before the High Court, former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown and fellow forestry protester Jessica Hoyt are arguing that Tasmania’s anti-protest laws unconstitutionally restrict freedom of speech.

The two-day hearing, which concludes today, focuses on Tasmanian legislation. But the case has implications for...

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A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
imageHelen Garner: her work frequently polarises readers.Nicholas Purcell

How remarkable that, after some 40 years of books and essays, stories, articles and movies, there have been so few major publications on the life and works of Helen Garner. The National Library of Australia catalogue lists discussion notes; a study (in Mandarin) by Zhu Xiaoying;...

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Protecting young people's privacy as Facebook claims it can identify their anxieties

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageFacebook account creationAuthor

In a report leaked to the Australian media, Facebook has outlined how it can use an analysis of activity and sentiment of users posting on its platforms to identify their various levels of anxiety.

The report specifically talks about having analysed data on 6.4 million young people in high school, universities and...

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  2. Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
  3. Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
  4. WA's economic mismanagement is not a reason to review how the GST is carved up
  5. Higher education reform: small changes for now but big ones to come
  6. Government to build second Sydney airport
  7. How 3D food printers could improve mealtimes for people with swallowing disorders
  8. When exploiting kids for cash goes wrong on YouTube: the lessons of DaddyOFive
  9. Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where
  10. Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant
  11. Affordable housing is not just about the purchase price
  12. Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'
  13. Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence
  14. Rather than capping tax revenue, the government should reform the system
  15. A short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness
  16. The hunt for the Superstars of STEM to engage more women in science
  17. The solar panel and battery revolution: how will your state measure up?
  18. The bark side: domestic dogs threaten endangered species worldwide
  19. 2017 higher education reform: cuts to universities, higher fees for students
  20. University students to pay more as government looks to $2.8 billion saving
  21. FactCheck Q A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
  22. Why Chinese investors find Australian real estate so alluring
  23. Politics podcast: Jane Halton on how to make a federal budget
  24. Men can help women deal with their PMS
  25. Action on problem gambling online is a good first step, but no silver bullet
  26. The off-topic Conversation #121
  27. Australian values are hardly unique when compared to other cultures
  28. Five ways an Australian housing bubble could burst
  29. Missing in action: the ABC and Australia’s screen culture
  30. Money given to GPs from ending the Medicare rebate freeze should target reform
  31. Your sons and your daughters: mental health in the age of overtime
  32. We should create cities for slowing down
  33. From bakery to wagashiya: a textbook case of 'moral education' in Japan
  34. Fighting the common fate of humans: to better life and beat death
  35. Climate change could drive coastal food webs to collapse
  36. Fruit juicers and hair brushes are now part of the Internet of (useless) Things
  37. GST carve-up to be examined by the Productivity Commission
  38. Queensland Galaxy: 52-48 to Labor as One Nation slumps
  39. Wittgenstein and the Dangers of Certainty
  40. Malcolm Turnbull leaves Julie Bishop in the hot seat in Abdel-Magied affair
  41. How Australia should react to the Trump tax cuts
  42. Government's oil and gas tax response will leave regional communities at a loss
  43. Trigger Warnings, Evidence-Based Policy and Media Literacy
  44. Inventing the Wicked Witch: Review of Susan Bordo’s The Destruction of Hillary Clinton
  45. Van Gogh and the Seasons is a sensitively curated crowd-pleaser despite a paucity of masterpieces
  46. Why we shouldn't ignore what 13 Reasons Why is trying to tell us
  47. Evidence mounts for a search further north for missing flight MH370
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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

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