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Turnbull slams Porter for "nonsense" advice

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

Malcolm Turnbull has accused Attorney-General Christian Porter of providing advice to him that was constitutional “nonsense”, as the divisive events around the former prime minister’s removal are revisited.

Turnbull launched his acerbic Twitter attack following reports that the day before he was deposed last August, he clashed...

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what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency

  • Written by: Ernest Foo, Associate Professor, Griffith University
what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrencyLibra could become more successful than other cryptocurrencies because it has the backing of multiple large international corporations.Shutterstock

Cryptocurrencies have become a global phenomenon in the past few years. Now Facebook is launching it’s own cryptocurrency, in association with Visa, MasterCard, Uber and others. The stated aim of L...

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Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary

  • Written by: Michael Selgelid, Director, Centre for Human Bioethics; Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Bioethics, Monash University
Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessaryHuman challenge studies can be useful to test new vaccines and are increasingly being used internationally. Yet there are several ethical issues to consider.from www.shutterstock.com

Medical experiments involving intentionally infecting people with bacteria, viruses, and parasites are surprisingly common. And they are becoming more common...

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how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identity

  • Written by: Stephanie Trigg, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, University of Melbourne
how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identityMelbourne laneways are famous for its cobbled bluestone lanewaysUnsplash

If we think of the bluestone in Melbourne, we may first think of the famous cobbled laneways intersecting the urban grid.

Initially, these laneways were used for the collection of night soil – human excrement collected at night from buckets or privies – and they...

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