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After 2 festival deaths, the NSW government rushed through a new drug homicide crime. But it may do more harm than good

  • Written by: Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
After 2 festival deaths, the NSW government rushed through a new drug homicide crime. But it may do more harm than goodThe first of its kind in Australia, the offence of 'drug supply causing death' carries a maximum 20 year sentence.Shutterstock

As the state election loomed last year, the NSW government rushed through a new crime targeting drug suppliers. A person who supplies a prohibited drug for profit can now be prosecuted for homicide if another person uses...

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Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartments

  • Written by: Carl Grodach, Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartmentsShow Works, based in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, makes dance floors, dance equipment and theatre scenery.Andrew Warren, used with permission, Author provided

Since 2000, planning authorities in Australia have overseen a massive rezoning of inner-city industrial land to make way for mixed-use residential development. They claim central...

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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know

  • Written by: Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to knowHuge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. Guaira Maia/ISA

Record fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500 fires currently burning. They are collectively emitting huge amounts of carbon, with smoke plumes visible thousands of kilometres away.

Fires in Brazil increased by 85% in 2019, with...

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It's not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answer

  • Written by: Sean Docking, Post-doctoral researcher, La Trobe University

Basketball fans around the world were recently sickened by the footage of NBA star Kevin Durant’s Achilles tendon rupturing during a game.

But while many think it’s only elite athletes who suffer from Achilles tendon issues, a fifth of the over-50 population actually suffers from Achilles tendinopathy (pain). And while very few of...

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