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We know _why_ bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, but _how_ does this actually happen?

  • Written by: Laura Christine McCaughey, Research Fellow in Microbiology, University of Technology Sydney
imageBacteria have been developing resistance to antibiotics for over a billion years.from shutterstock.com

Antibiotic resistance has the potential to affect everyone. Most people would have heard about antibiotic resistance and studies show many are aware the cause of the current crisis is due to their overuse. But few know how and where the resistance...

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The public should be concerned when academics must battle bureaucrats for academic freedom

  • Written by: Gigi Foster, Associate Professor, School of Economics, UNSW Australia
imageA FairWork decision has found in favour of a researcher disciplined over controversial racism research. Flickr/palg1305

The three-year dispute between the University of Queensland and academic Paul Frijters has finally been resolved, with the Fair Work Commission finding in Frijters' favour.

But this is a case that should ring alarm bells not just...

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Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...

  • Written by: Fiona R Martin, Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney

In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist material within 24 hours.

This joint code of conduct sounds like a positive political compromise. But it’s unclear how it will work in practice and...

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  4. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Nick Xenophon Team
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  6. Is small business really the engine room of Australia's economy?
  7. What are the implications of privatising land title offices?
  8. Speaking with: Deb Warr on poverty porn
  9. New technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide underground
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  11. Coal and industrial relations: how miners secured workers' rights
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  14. From little things: the role of the Aboriginal customary law report in Mabo
  15. Law reports push piecemeal changes to native title, but still fall short
  16. The ACTU is a key Labor supporter but how much power does it actually have?
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  18. Vital Signs: central bankers longing for growth that may not come
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  21. Governments must stop negatively framing policies aimed at Indigenous Australians
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  28. Seven's Olympic coverage could change the way we watch sport on our screens
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