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ACT cannabis laws come into effect on Friday, but they may not be what you hoped for

  • Written by: Stephen Bright, Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
ACT cannabis laws come into effect on Friday, but they may not be what you hoped forFrom January 31, ACT laws allow residents to cultivate and posses small quantities of cannabis.guruXOX/Shutterstock

New cannabis cultivation and possession laws come into effect in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Friday, January 31. But they’re not what most cannabis enthusiasts would be hoping for.

The ACT laws are a good first...

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More than skin deep, beauty salons are places of sharing and caring

  • Written by: Hannah McCann, Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
More than skin deep, beauty salons are places of sharing and caring

Salon workers – who are usually women – report clients sharing details of domestic violence, health issues and heartbreak. Karen Perez/Unsplash, CC BY

What happens when people visit beauty and hair salons? Are trips to the salon simply about shaping how one looks on the outside, or can these spaces involve something deeper?

Research...

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this is what Australia can learn from India

  • Written by: Mittul Vahanvati, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University

A key question facing us all after Australia’s unprecedented bushfires is how will we do reconstruction differently? We need to ensure our rebuilding and recovery efforts make us safer, protect our environment and improve our ability to cope with future disasters. Australia could learn from the innovative approach India adopted in 2001 after...

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Indigenous languages matter – but all is not lost when they change or even disappear

  • Written by: Maïa Ponsonnet, Senior lecturer, University of Western Australia

UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages recently came to an end after a year of celebration of linguistic diversity. And with a “decade of Indigenous languages” now under consideration, it’s a good time to review what these celebrations mean.

When the media report on the crisis of endangered languages, the view...

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  2. Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about it
  3. Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains
  4. How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacher
  5. 29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year
  6. 10½ commandments of writing
  7. How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn't in brain size, but blood flow
  8. The Wuhan coronavirus is now in Australia – here's what you need to know
  9. Donald Trump builds barriers to peace and prosperity
  10. What we learn from a fish that can change sex in just 10 days
  11. David Williamson's new uncomfortable, confronting play
  12. White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out
  13. Out of control, contained, safe? Here's what each bushfire status actually means
  14. Australia's bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it
  15. this grandmother tree connects me to Country. I cried when I saw her burned
  16. Why we need strong ethical standards for ministers – and better ways of enforcing them
  17. The link between antibiotics and obesity in children doesn't mean you need to avoid antibiotics
  18. high-rise families rely on child-friendly neighbourhoods
  19. to prevent students cheating with AI text-generators, we should bring them into the classroom
  20. climate-linked financial crises loom, but the fix isn't up to central banks
  21. How to help your kids with homework (without doing it for them)
  22. Bridget McKenzie has made herself a sitting duck
  23. a witty imagining of what went before that fateful encounter
  24. Should we be worried about the new Wuhan coronavirus?
  25. Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in
  26. Can Tennis Australia honour Margaret Court and promote LGBT+ inclusivity at the same time?
  27. Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here's how Australian owners could cash in
  28. Sport can be an important part of Aboriginal culture for women – but many barriers remain
  29. Australia's special dependency on volunteers to battle bushfires
  30. how unis have supported students after a crisis
  31. the public art teacher who brought the Blue Poles to Australia
  32. Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code
  33. Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there's help
  34. Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it
  35. As Earth's population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?
  36. Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner
  37. The science backs Harry and Meghan turning in their royal privilege. Fame and fortune aren't the keys to happiness
  38. Scientists hate to say 'I told you so'. But Australia, you were warned
  39. We found the world's oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw
  40. even hustlers need side hustles in the gig economy
  41. Juries need to be told how they're allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials
  42. Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world
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  44. New year, new strategy? Unheralded change to budget targets creates space for stimulus
  45. Australia needs more engineers. And more of them need to be women
  46. It's hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS – and the problems don't stop there
  47. Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing
  48. how schools can help students cope after the bushfires
  49. Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires -- but we must not give up
  50. Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start

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