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Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens

  • Written by: Jonathan Ritchie, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University

In recent days, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced his resignation, failed to formally resign, and is now taking legal action to prevent a parliamentary vote to remove him from office.

For most of PNG’s more than eight million inhabitants, today will not be substantially different from any other day. It will...

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More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells us

  • Written by: Nicole Kalms, Director of XYX Lab + Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Monash University, Monash University
More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells usBright light does not necessarily make a space feel safer, as seen here where there's a sharp drop-off into dark shadows at the edge of the path.grafxart/Shutterstock

[I] walk this route to the train station. I often get cat-called whilst walking to the train. It’s also very poorly lit at night. (Female, age 27)

In 2019, The Australia We Want...

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In Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the law

  • Written by: Bryoni Trezise, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW
In Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the lawSheridan Harbridge as Tessa in Prima Facie, a new play about a lawyer who becomes a victim of the legal system after she is sexually assaulted.Brett Boardman

Review: Prima Facie, Griffin Theatre Company

Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie is an unsparing study of the Australian legal system’s treatment of sexual assault cases. The...

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Rising seas threaten Australia's major airports – and it may be happening faster than we think

  • Written by: Thomas Mortlock, Senior Risk Scientist, Risk Frontiers, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
Rising seas threaten Australia's major airports – and it may be happening faster than we thinkSydney's airport is one of the most vulnerable in Australia to sea level rise.Shutterstock

Most major airports in Australia are located on reclaimed swamps, sitting only a few metres above the present day sea level. And the risk of sea level rise from climate change poses a greater threat to our airports than we’re prepared for.

In fact, some...

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