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To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws

  • Written by: Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland
To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our lawsThis week's police raids have forced us to think again about the role of the media in a democracy.David Gray/AAP

A few days ago, Waleed Aly asked a not-so-rhetorical question in The Sydney Morning Herald. He wondered how many Australians were worried about the fact that the Australian Federal Police had spent a good portion of this week raiding the...

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This centuries-old river red gum is a local legend – here's why it's worth fighting for

  • Written by: Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University

Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au.

In Dr Seuss’s The Lorax, his titular character famously said:

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

In the midst of a global extinction crisis, the Lorax’s call...

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Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women's health

  • Written by: Mark Wilson, Associate professor, University of Wollongong
Leave pill prescribing to GPs, not pharmacists, for the sake of women's healthContraception forms an integral element of health care for women. From shutterstock.com

Buying the contraceptive pill from the pharmacy without a prescription, as is being considered by Australia’s drug regulator, might be convenient for women or even save the health system money. But it risks women’s health for a number of reasons.

After...

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Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster

  • Written by: Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW
Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disasterOur standard economic model says when labour is scarce, the cost of labour should increase. But something is broken. This is not happening. www.shutterstock.com

Exactly two weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low, the bank’s head, Philip Lowe, outlined a predicament to the Economic Society of Australia.

It...

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  4. A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons
  5. why more MPs could be in danger of being forced out
  6. Australia doesn't protect free speech, but it could
  7. Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian
  8. Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we'll have ourselves to blame
  9. how your mental health can affect your dog
  10. If it's voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?
  11. Why there's more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised
  12. on being an ethical vegan for 33 years
  13. Can a $12 pill test for ecstasy save lives? Well, it's complicated
  14. Media freedom joins the current 'freedoms' agenda
  15. We don't know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready
  16. Whichever way you spin it, Australia's greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015
  17. The end is nigh for Apple's iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets
  18. How The Conversation makes an impact by doing things differently
  19. What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?
  20. Media raids raise questions about AFP's power and weak protection for journalists and whistleblowers
  21. Expect weak economic growth for quite some time. What Wednesday's national accounts tell us
  22. Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here's what to look out for this winter
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  24. Isabel Flick, the tenacious campaigner who fought segregation in Australia
  25. Flammable cladding costs could approach billions for building owners if authorities dither
  26. How we're helping the western ground parrot survive climate change
  27. Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy
  28. Electronic monitoring bracelets are only crime deterrence tools, they can't 'fix' offenders
  29. Australia should give victims a voice in tackling environmental crimes
  30. mapping out a stronger Australian media landscape
  31. It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?
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  33. We taught bees a simple number language – and they got it
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  35. Chilly house? Mouldy rooms? Here's how to improve low-income renters’ access to decent housing
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  38. Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
  39. How we tracked down the only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier
  40. How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it
  41. Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
  42. The Reserve Bank will cut rates again and again, until we lift spending and push up prices
  43. 19 years of personal data was stolen from ANU. It could show up on the dark web
  44. Why reducing unemployment should have been a focus for NZ's well-being budget
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  47. who's who in Labor's shadow ministry
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