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Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equityA third of all police personnel in Australia are women, but in some localities, the rates of women officers are trending in the wrong direction.Dean Lewins/AAP

Last week, the Australasian Council of Women and Policing held its 2019 conference, with a focus on how law enforcement responds to women in the communities they serve and how police...

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Drugs don't affect job seeking, so let's offer users help rather than take away their payments

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Drugs don't affect job seeking, so let's offer users help rather than take away their paymentsDrug testing risks further marginalising welfare recipients. Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock

The Morrison government is having another shot at getting its proposal to drug test people on welfare through the Senate.

Welfare, health and drug treatment experts have consistently opposed the proposal since it was first introduced three years ago. They say...

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New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead

  • Written by: Max Abbott, Professor of Psychology and Public Health, AUT, Auckland University of Technology
New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support insteadThe new measures that give police discretion not to prosecute are in keeping with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's decision not to join US President Donald Trump's "war on drugs". from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

New Zealand passed the Misuse of Drugs Amendment into law last month, giving police discretion to take a health-centred approach rather...

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Mark Butler calls for "ruthless" re-examination of Labor policies, including on climate

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor frontbencher Mark Butler has delivered a scathing critique of Labor’s election failure and called for a “ruthless” examination of all its policies, including on climate change.

Nothing should be sacrosanct, Butler said on Monday, launching in Canberra Story of Our Country: Labor’s vision for Australia, by academic...

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  3. There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank
  4. People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver it
  5. Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly
  6. Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it
  7. Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
  8. 'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes
  9. Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
  10. how to adopt the science without discriminating
  11. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
  12. Australia has met its renewable energy target. But hold off on the champagne
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
  14. The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here's what it means for Australia
  15. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  16. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  17. two new five-year arts plans
  18. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire
  19. Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons
  20. Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature's crystal coat
  21. 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation
  22. Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination
  23. lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law
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  25. a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities' water supply
  26. 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us
  27. NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying
  28. Vital Signs. Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what's gone right
  29. When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye
  30. Journalism is failing climate change
  31. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy
  32. the truth about electric vehicle emissions
  33. With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply
  34. Trump trails leading Democrats by record margins, plus Brexit latest and the LNP leads in Queensland
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  36. Relaxing pharmacy ownership rules could result in more chemist chains and poorer care
  37. Kids learn valuable life skills through rough-and-tumble play with their dads
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  39. Thinking of seeing a psychologist? Here's how to choose the therapy best for you
  40. Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine
  41. Apple iPhones could have been hacked for years – here's what to do about it
  42. Outgoing ASIO head hopes for greater public preparedness to defend Australian sovereignty
  43. Why we've the weakest economy since the global financial crisis, with few clear ways out
  44. Agriculture a likely stumbling block in free trade negotiations between NZ and EU
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