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Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it's important

  • Written by: Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it's importantThe gunman in the mosque attacks had already faced 50 murder charges before a new terrorism charge was brought against him this week.Mick Tsikas/AAP

On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre.

The gunman, who the author and The...

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Cutting interest rates is just the start. It's about to become much, much easier to borrow

  • Written by: Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Cutting interest rates is just the start. It's about to become much, much easier to borrowAPRA's move will make the Reserve Bank rate cuts more potent.Shutterstock

Australia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history.

On Tuesday Governor Philip Lowe made it clear that he plans to cut it in two weeks time. The money market cash rate (from which all other rates derive) will then fall...

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2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulationAssessing the national mood has become much more difficult, but the media have continued reporting them as though nothing has changed.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the main newspaper groups.

Opinion polls have been...

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Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers

  • Written by: Sacha Kendall, Post-doctoral research fellow in public health, University of Technology Sydney
Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffersBeing separated from their children affects the mental well-being of Aboriginal mothers in prison.ChrisMilesProductions/Shutterstock

Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. The majority of Aboriginal...

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  7. Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk
  8. Bowen carries baggage into Labor leadership contest
  9. US-China relations are certainly at a low point, but this is not the next Cold War
  10. Here's how to make opinion polls more representative and honest
  11. After Clive Palmer's $60 million campaign, limits on political advertising are more important than ever
  12. Teenagers need our support, not criticism, as they navigate life online
  13. Rockabul, a tale of a metal band in Kabul, reinvigorates the radical spirit of rock 'n' roll
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  18. Going up. Monday showed what the market thinks of Morrison
  19. Queensland and Tasmania win it for the Coalition
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  23. Migration is a growing issue, but it remains a challenge to define who actually is a migrant
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  32. why do we not use the magnetic energy the Earth provides to create electricity?
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  39. View from The Hill: Should Labor jump to new generation leader
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