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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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