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High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’

  • Written by: Caroline Henckels, Senior Lecturer, Monash University

The High Court of Australia handed down a judgment on April 10 that upheld Tasmanian and Victorian laws that created “safe access zones” around abortion clinics. The court ruled the laws are constitutionally valid.

Safe access zones prevent anti-abortionists from targeting patients, staff and others within a specific radius of abortion...

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No matter who is elected, more work remains on women's rights and Indigenous issues

  • Written by: Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW

This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election.


Women’s rights and gender equity

Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute and Scientia Professor, Law Faculty, UNSW

For most of the...

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Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smart

  • Written by: Marcus Brazil, Associate Professor and Reader in Engineering, University of Melbourne
Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smartSmart meters can help share the load of charging electric cars. Chris Hunkeler/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Following opposition leader Bill Shorten’s policy announcement that 50% of new cars will be electric by 2030, questions have been raised about the ability of the electricity grid to cope with the increased demand associated with a substantial...

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The success of Winx shows the value of symmetry in race horses

  • Written by: Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney

As Australia prepares to farewell the beloved racehorse Winx in her final race this weekend, it’s interesting to look at the factors that contributed to her incredible success.

This magnificent mare’s extraordinary career reflects her impeccable genetics, rearing, training, strategic rest periods, and race riding. Optimal heart, lung...

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  1. STEM is worth investing in, but Australia's major parties offer scant details on policy and funding
  2. do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?
  3. why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices
  4. Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live
  5. If you're coming off antidepressants, withdrawals and setbacks may be part of the process
  6. what is explicit instruction and how does it help children learn?
  7. In this campaign, Morrison won't be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016
  8. Geoffrey Rush's victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement
  9. Don't trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you
  10. Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record
  11. is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?
  12. What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
  13. When science is put in the service of evil
  14. Why boycotts against Brunei's new anti-gay laws won't be effective, but regional pressure might
  15. Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia's doorstep
  16. trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings
  17. New report charts future of the family law system
  18. the long journey to the first image of a black hole
  19. As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate
  20. Federal election 2019: state of the states
  21. Morrison visits Governor-General for a May 18 election
  22. India's elections will be the largest in world history
  23. How much evidence is enough to declare a new species of human from a Philippines cave site?
  24. Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue
  25. There's a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible
  26. Prescription monitoring is here, but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended harms
  27. Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here's why it matters
  28. Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs
  29. Here's why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong
  30. a lurch between aggression and apathy
  31. 'My girlfriend is intimidated by the idea of having sex. What should I do?'
  32. big on promises, short on follow-through
  33. Labor will prioritise an NBN 'digital inclusion drive' – here's what it should focus on
  34. Bowen says Labor would have lower tax take than under Howard years
  35. intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war
  36. Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process
  37. Housing with no serious faults and buyer protection – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?
  38. We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here's why it could happen again
  39. We've found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers
  40. Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal
  41. Vicki Laveau-Harvie's remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize
  42. Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie
  43. The Coalition's report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails
  44. More hospitals will not cure Australia's ailing health-care system. There's a more efficient way
  45. From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrations
  46. Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential
  47. The ABC didn't receive a reprieve in the budget. It's still facing staggering cuts
  48. Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal
  49. green-collar criminals or civil 'disobedients'?
  50. Morrison government approves next step towards Adani coal mine

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