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Australia should give victims a voice in tackling environmental crimes

  • Written by: Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University

Contrary to popular belief, crimes against the environment are not “victimless”. They affect many people, animals, plants and landscapes. Crimes against the environment should not be taken lightly.

Broadly defined, environmental crimes are those that harm the environment. This includes acts such as polluting water or air, illegal...

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mapping out a stronger Australian media landscape

  • Written by: Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
mapping out a stronger Australian media landscapeBetter media coverage is more than just an ethical matter for news producers.AAP/Dean Lewins

In his first address to the caucus after Labor’s shock election loss, Bill Shorten pointed to conservative interests

spending unprecedented hundreds of millions of dollars advertising, telling lies, spreading fear … Powerful vested interests...

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It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?

  • Written by: Louisa Gordon, Associate Professor - Health Economics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?Desperate families are increasingly turning to crowdfunding campaigns to raise tens of thousands of dollars for surgery and other medical expenses.From shutterstock.com

Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy will investigate how to better protect patients from doctors charging “really unjustifiable, excessive fees” of up...

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The gene therapy revolution is here. Medicine is scrambling to keep pace

  • Written by: Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University

This article is an edited extract from Elizabeth Finkel’s address Gene therapy: cure but at what cost? to the National Press Club June 5 2019.

We’re publishing it as part of our occasional series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity.


Gene therapy – for so...

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  4. Climate sceptic or climate denier? It's not that simple and here's why
  5. Indigenous Australians shouldn't have to sing it
  6. Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
  7. How we tracked down the only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier
  8. How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it
  9. Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
  10. The Reserve Bank will cut rates again and again, until we lift spending and push up prices
  11. 19 years of personal data was stolen from ANU. It could show up on the dark web
  12. Why reducing unemployment should have been a focus for NZ's well-being budget
  13. Are you burnt out at work? Ask yourself these 4 questions
  14. Was there an 'ethnic vote' in the 2019 election and did it make a difference?
  15. who's who in Labor's shadow ministry
  16. Thirty years on, China is still trying to whitewash the Tiananmen crackdown from its history
  17. A deadly fungus threatens to wipe out 100 frog species – here's how it can be stopped
  18. Preschool benefits all children, but not all children get it. Here's what the government can do about that
  19. What's the difference between credit and debt? How Afterpay and other 'BNPL' providers skirt consumer laws
  20. ancient memories of maar volcanoes
  21. The search for an alternative to GDP to measure a nation's progress – the New Zealand experience
  22. The Blues have to battle the numbers if they're to make it two-in-a-row in State of Origin
  23. How big data can help residents find transport, jobs and homes that work for them
  24. Had pre-eclampsia in pregnancy? These 5 things will lower your risk of heart disease
  25. Blocking Huawei's 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities
  26. what's the best way to sit?
  27. how would the disappearance of anglerfish affect our environment?
  28. Coalition likely to have strong Senate position as their Senate vote jumps 3%
  29. when I swipe a matchstick how does it make fire?
  30. female protagonists were largely invisible
  31. to set up good habits, make healthy choices the default at home
  32. the future or a washed-up idea?
  33. Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
  34. why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
  35. Enough 'gotcha' campaign coverage. Here are five ways the media can better cover elections
  36. As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rights
  37. Kristina Keneally vs Peter Dutton should produce plenty of political bloodsport
  38. Adani's finch plan is approved, just weeks after being sent back to the drawing board
  39. an international superfood thousands of years in the making
  40. Children had no say in New Zealand's well-being budget, and that matters
  41. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Ken Wyatt's appointment
  42. 'Do I need to shave my pubic hair before having sex?'
  43. support for lower-emission business, transport, land use
  44. APRA is going to make it easier to borrow. It could be another one of its bad calls
  45. Why we're not giving up the search for mainland Australia's 'first extinct lizard'
  46. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the 'poet of America'
  47. why Australia's policy on asylum seekers must change
  48. We've been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger
  49. As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words
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