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Ethics and writing

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
imageMilan Kundera, pictured in 1980, suggested a 'moral' novel should discover a hitherto unknown segment of existence. Elisa Cabot/flickr

It comes up, from time to time. Ethics and writing. Two concepts that are chained together in a dysfunctional marriage. How to write, ethically? How to write ethically while remaining true to the aesthetic...

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FactCheck Q A: as the climate changes, are 750 million refugees predicted to move away from flooding?

  • Written by: Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Australia
imageHow does Peter Singer's figure of 750 million fit within the range of estimates on 'climate change refugees'?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.


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Why are so many Indigenous kids in detention in the NT in the first place?

  • Written by: Thalia Anthony, Associate Professor in Law, University of Technology Sydney
imageAcross Australia, Indigenous children constitute at least 54% of children in juvenile detention centres.AAP/Neda Vanovac

The terms of reference for the royal commission into the Northern Territory’s youth detention regime are notably silent on the over-representation of Indigenous children in these systems.

It is not simply that vulnerable...

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Government offers hope by telling CSIRO to reinvest in climate research

  • Written by: Matthew England, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow; Deputy Director of the Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC); Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, UNSW Australia
imagePublic funding is vital for programs like CSIRO's research vessel RV Investigator, which is too expensive for universities to run.CSIRO, CC BY

The new instruction from Science Minister Greg Hunt to restore climate science as a “core activity” at Australia’s peak science body, the CSIRO, is a ray of hope for public good science.

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