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FactCheck Q A: would the Constitution need to be changed to ban political donations from unions?

  • Written by Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Australia
imageLabor senator Doug Cameron, speaking on Q&A.Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.

Excerpt from Q&A, September 12, 2016.

DOUG CAMERON: … The...

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Health Check: how do I know if I drink too much?

  • Written by Bosco Rowland, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
imageAlcohol is a big part of our culture, but how do you know if you're drinking too much?Neil Moralee/Flickr, CC BY-SA

While alcohol is a legal and common way many societies stimulate social interaction, when consumed at high levels over long periods it can undermine physical health and cause cancers and other disease. Most people know excessive...

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The Paralympics is changing the way people perceive disabilities

  • Written by Marion Gray, Professor, Occupational Therapy, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageHe can jump higher than most people without a disability.OIS

The prevailing view of disability in times past was a medical one, where the individual was seen as ill and their condition was a problem with the individual. Perceptions of disability were also based on fear of difference and a perceived need to be “normal”.

These negative...

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To cut urban sprawl, we need quality infill housing displays to win over the public

  • Written by Geoffrey London, Professor of Architecture, University of Western Australia
imageThe continued preference for detached housing in new suburbs is driving Perth's urban sprawl and means two-thirds of dwellings built over the next 15 years need to be on infill sites to meet the state's target. perthhdproductions/flickr, CC BY

With state governments across Australia acknowledging the need to limit urban sprawl, fill the gaps...

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  1. The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
  2. Australia's educational policies both embody and entrench low expectations of students
  3. Full response from a spokesperson for Doug Cameron
  4. Private resettlement models offer a way for Australia to lift its refugee intake
  5. Australia has an internationalisation, not an innovation and R D problem
  6. A degree doesn't count for South Sudanese job seekers
  7. Today's leaders could learn from Menzies, who built modern Australia without acting in haste
  8. Child sex abuse doesn't create paedophiles
  9. Gaps in education data: there are many questions for which we don't have accurate answers
  10. The great movie scenes: Antonioni's The Passenger
  11. Disruption over Macquarie Island calls for some clever Antarctic thinking
  12. 'Grotesque spectacle'? Rio has a long way to go to become more accessible
  13. Hard to see compromise on same-sex marriage plebiscite
  14. Here she comes again – how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  15. Humans can make rockfalls from earthquakes more dangerous
  16. WA ReachTEL: Liberals stage big recovery to election winning position
  17. Community wellbeing best measured from the ground up: a Yawuru example
  18. Climate Policy’s House of Cards
  19. The strange case of Stephen Conroy's invisible resignation
  20. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on Turnbull's trip to the US
  21. Why we run Author Q As
  22. Paralympian role models: media hype, political rhetoric or the real deal?
  23. Attacks on renewable energy policy are older than the climate issue itself
  24. Lionel Shriver and the responsibilities of fiction writers
  25. The world's carbon stores are going up in smoke with vanishing wilderness
  26. Callinan review largely backs Sydney lockout laws, but alcohol's role in family violence is a blind spot
  27. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's week of success
  28. Technology matters in the Paralympics, but the athlete matters more
  29. Unusual conditions: what are gigantism and acromegaly?
  30. Why are there so many species of bugs, but so few species of human?
  31. Rules of the Game: a disparate mix of ping-pong balls, paper and Pharrell Williams
  32. How Airbnb is reshaping our cities
  33. iPhone hack attack shows why we need to rein in the trade in spyware
  34. Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here's what the research says
  35. Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims? The numbers tell a different story
  36. Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care
  37. When globalisation meets entrepreneurship it can be a force for good
  38. Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?
  39. Friday essay: science fiction's women problem
  40. Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies
  41. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  42. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  43. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  44. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  45. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  46. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  47. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  48. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  49. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  50. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
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