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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.

Yest...

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  1. Should students pay different fees for university courses?
  2. Safe passage: we can help save koalas through urban design
  3. Games and gambling: Xenophon's ill-judged counter strike
  4. WikiLeaks reveals the TiSA agreement could cost Australian services
  5. Pauline Hanson the big winner as Senate finalised
  6. What bit about the wrongs of sexual threats against women do courts and men not get?
  7. Olympic medal forecasting: it's easier to predict results than you might think
  8. A competitive superannuation system: will efficiency gains follow?
  9. Vaccine for strep throat and rheumatic fever to be trialled in humans
  10. The solution to Australia's gas crisis is not more gas
  11. Baz’s Bronx: Get Down or Let Down?
  12. Rethinking youth justice: there are alternatives to juvenile detention
  13. There's work (and life) outside of universities for PhD graduates
  14. Reimagining NSW: tackling education inequality with early intervention and better research
  15. Future teachers improving in literacy and numeracy: Birmingham
  16. How old is too old for a safe pregnancy?
  17. Former UK foreign secretary says Rudd was 'qualified' to be UN candidate
  18. Weekly Dose: sofosbuvir – what's the price of a hepatitis C cure?
  19. NAPLAN results don't tell the full story behind Australia's lack of education progress
  20. Zika, or dengue and Chikungunya: what should you be worried about at the Rio Olympics?
  21. Turnbull to banks: pass on whole interest rate cut
  22. PC sets groundwork for long-awaited look at super competition and efficiency
  23. The traditionalists are restless, so why don't they have a party of their own in Australia?
  24. Mobile payments and tap and go might not mean the end for tellers
  25. Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia
  26. Amnesty-Human Rights Watch investigation reports medical neglect and assaults on Nauru
  27. Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant
  28. Why executions in Indonesia must stop
  29. Jihad Selfie: listening to 'the other side' in documentary film
  30. Ghost-hunting: will the census reveal the true scale of homelessness in Australia?
  31. Business Briefing: Abenomics fails to address Japan's true woes
  32. Is the concept of 'helicopter money' set for a resurgence?
  33. Reimagining NSW: Five ways to future-proof NSW’s innovation ecosystem
  34. Does not compute: Australia is still miles behind in recycling electronic products
  35. Reimagining NSW: going beyond 'wilderness' and finding fresh ways to relate to our environment
  36. The hidden curriculum in surgery says it's not for women
  37. The land we play on: equality doesn’t mean justice
  38. The Aboriginal football ethic: where the rules get flexible
  39. In praise of the Sirius building, a ruined remnant of idealistic times
  40. Let forensic science help prevent a crime or a disaster
  41. Dhaka café attack: don't blame private education for radicalisation in Bangladesh
  42. Politics podcast: Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go
  43. Economists react: RBA cuts rates to 1.5%
  44. The great movie scenes: Hitchcock's Vertigo
  45. Family First's Bob Day wins last SA Senate seat in shock result
  46. One in five police officers are at risk of PTSD – here's how we need to respond
  47. 'A wiseman's art': Twelfth Night and cross-mobility casting
  48. Are you ready for the jobs of the future?
  49. If Australia is going to have a plebiscite on marriage equality, how should it work?
  50. The electricity market's not doing a great job – here's how to improve it

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