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Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand

  • Written by: Lucas Walsh, Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship a
Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-handPoliticians routinely criticise young climate strikers as not making a difference. But the reality is quite different.Ellen Smith/AAP

Senator Jacqui Lambie has proposed establishing a Senate inquiry to increase the number of volunteers to address challenges such as climate emergencies.

One way she suggests doing this is by conscripting young...

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investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé

  • Written by: Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposéThe Panama Papers was the biggest-ever collaboration for investigative journalism, involving 400 journalists in 80 countries who collectively produced 6,000 stories in 100 different media outlets.Shutterstock

Today on Media Files, a podcast on major themes and issues in the media, we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist...

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inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in AfghanistanMore than 32,000 civilians have been killed in the Afghanistan war between 2009 and 2018 - most of them by anti-government forces.AAP/GHULAMULLAH HABIBI, CC BY-ND

After nearly two decades of fighting, the death toll in the war in Afghanistan is staggering. Apart from more than 45,000 Afghani soldiers killed since 2014 and 3,576 western coalition...

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the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane

  • Written by: Sebastien Darchen, Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical BrisbaneSiouxsie Sioux in Edinburgh in 1980: a Goth pioneer she was a big influence on the tribe known as Goth in steamy Brisbane.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The crashing chords of punk echoed through the end of the 70s, heralding the arrival of a diverse bunch of subcultures. In Brisbane, none was more notable than the tribe known as Goth.

Just like the...

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  2. it's almost all about housing
  3. For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram
  4. two reef scientists share their climate grief
  5. Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility
  6. NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament
  7. 3 keys to getting the policy mix right
  8. Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead
  9. Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is 'not much'
  10. Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
  11. family loss and sorry business that invokes laughter and tears
  12. Now the senators are taking on John Setka
  13. How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?
  14. How big is the International Space Station?
  15. sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments
  16. Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)
  17. why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soon
  18. our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians
  19. the nations leading and failing on climate action
  20. Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
  21. Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends
  22. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  23. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  24. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  25. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  26. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  27. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  28. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  29. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  30. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos
  31. Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
  32. embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop
  33. Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it
  34. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters
  35. climate change affects our mental health, too
  36. As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained Australians
  37. 'An insult' – politicians sing the praises of the cashless welfare card, but those forced to use it disagree
  38. Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history
  39. Keeping the city cool isn't just about tree cover – it calls for a commons-based climate response
  40. The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future
  41. 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
  42. Suddenly, the world's biggest trade agreement won't allow corporations to sue governments
  43. why are some twins identical and some not?
  44. Greens' challenge aptly described by Paddy Manning, but with no solutions in sight
  45. what happens when magnetic north and true north align?
  46. Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course
  47. Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotyping
  48. You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinction
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