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getting to the bottom of the city-country divide

  • Written by: Tanya M Howard, Senior research fellow, University of New England
getting to the bottom of the city-country divideLeft, farmer Ian Turnbull being who was convicted of murdering compliance officer Glen Turner. Right, Mr Turner's partner Alison McKenzie outside court. Tensions over land clearing can have tragic consequences.AAP/DAN HIMBRECHTS

It’s five years since government worker Glen Turner was murdered by a farmer in a confrontation over land clearing...

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If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained

  • Written by: Rick Sarre, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trainedThere is no clear evidence guns make police safer, but officers feel safer with firearms at their disposal. Shutterstock

Australians woke to the news last weekend that a 19-year-old Warlpiri man had been shot and killed by a police officer in Yuendumu, 300km north-west of Alice Springs.

A confrontation had occurred after two officers went to a...

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Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis

  • Written by: Trisia Farrelly, Senior Lecturer, Massey University
Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisisSince the Chinese plastic recycling market closed, 58% of New Zealand’s plastic waste goes to countries in South-East Asia.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five times the global daily average of waste per person – and they are getting more...

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the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters

  • Written by: Alex Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University
the cum-ex trading scandal and why it mattersCum-ex trading, like a magic trick, involves shares 'disappearing' then 'reappearing' with a new owner to enable two parties to simultaneously claim ownership of the one stock. www.shutterstock.com

It has been called “the robbery of the century”. Martin Shields and Nicholas Diable, two British investment bankers, are on trial in Germany...

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  2. As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most
  3. If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it
  4. Victims of child sex abuse still face significant legal barriers suing churches
  5. UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets
  6. What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?
  7. It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learnt
  8. Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport
  9. how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
  10. Why Australia's first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer
  11. how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
  12. Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
  13. Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia
  14. Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough
  15. this year's OzAsia festival fused worlds in dance
  16. Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That's why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
  17. the story behind our dairy woes
  18. 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain
  19. Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
  20. it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
  21. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  22. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  23. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  24. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  25. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  26. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  27. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  28. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  29. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  30. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  31. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  32. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  33. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  34. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work
  35. We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first
  36. Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts
  37. Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling
  38. Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war
  39. Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost
  40. Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem
  41. Government set to win its new powers against unions
  42. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
  43. Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for 'difficult' students?
  44. Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?
  45. does monetary policy work any more?
  46. Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home
  47. Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies
  48. How NZ's colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka
  49. Michelle Grattan on the government's drought relief package and Labor's election post-mortem
  50. Labor's election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke

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