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Flammable cladding costs could approach billions for building owners if authorities dither

  • Written by: Simon Lockrey, Senior Lecturer/ Research Fellow, RMIT University
Flammable cladding costs could approach billions for building owners if authorities ditherThe Lacrosse building fire in Melbourne's Docklands district rang alarm bells about the risks of combustible cladding back in 2014. MFB

Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Greenfell tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as well as fires...

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How we're helping the western ground parrot survive climate change

  • Written by: Shaun Molloy, Associate research scientist (Ecology), Edith Cowan University
How we're helping the western ground parrot survive climate changeA western ground parrot being released with a GPS tracker fitted.Alan Danks

When a threatened species is found only in one small area, conservationists often move some individuals to another suitable habitat. This practice, called “translocation”, makes the whole species less vulnerable to threats.

In the past, this approach has worked...

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Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy

  • Written by: Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracyOn Wednesday, the AFP raided the ABCs Sydney headquarters in relation to the 2017 "Afghan files" report.AAP/David Gray

The Australian Federal Police has this week conducted two high-profile raids on journalists who have exposed government secrets and their sources.

On Tuesday, seven AFP officers spent several hours searching News Corp journalist...

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Electronic monitoring bracelets are only crime deterrence tools, they can't 'fix' offenders

  • Written by: Lacey Schaefer, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University

The man arrested after a deadly gun attack in Darwin Tuesday night is reported to have been on parole and wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.

This leads to the same reaction we see following any high-profile crime. How could such a thing happen?

People may speculate that the criminal justice agencies involved have somehow dropped the ball....

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  9. Indigenous Australians shouldn't have to sing it
  10. Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
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  13. Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
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  15. 19 years of personal data was stolen from ANU. It could show up on the dark web
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  19. who's who in Labor's shadow ministry
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  25. The search for an alternative to GDP to measure a nation's progress – the New Zealand experience
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  31. how would the disappearance of anglerfish affect our environment?
  32. Coalition likely to have strong Senate position as their Senate vote jumps 3%
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  37. Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
  38. why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
  39. Enough 'gotcha' campaign coverage. Here are five ways the media can better cover elections
  40. As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rights
  41. Kristina Keneally vs Peter Dutton should produce plenty of political bloodsport
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