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How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University

The murder last week of International student Aiia Maasarwe has again drawn attention to the safety of women in Australia, and people in general. The focus is on safety at night in public spaces.

Maasarwe’s murder has gained national and international attention and follows the murder of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon, who was also killed...

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Record US government shutdown harms Trump's ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Record US government shutdown harms Trump's ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential pollUS President Donald Trump and Republicans are losing the blame game over the shutdown.AAP/EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo

The current US government shutdown began on December 22, and is still going. At 32 days, it is the longest shutdown in US history, beating the previous record of 21 days in a 1995-96 shutdown.

The shutdown was caused by Trump’s demand...

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Henrietta Baird's The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance

  • Written by: Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW
Henrietta Baird's The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performanceShakira Clanton in Henrietta Baird's The Weekend. Jamie James/Courtesy of Moogahlin

Review: The Weekend, Sydney Festival


If this year’s Sydney Festival is any indication, the monologue is back. So far, I have seen Adam Lazarus’s Daughter, Joel Bray’s Biladurang, Omar Musa’s Since Ali Died, Tara Beagan’s Deer Woman, and...

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why the government's James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation

  • Written by: Benjamin T. Jones, Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
why the government's James Cook infatuation may further divide the nationThe Morrison government has committed $50million to celebrate next year's 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing at Kurnell on April 29, 1770.AAP/Marc McCormack

It is fitting that Scott Morrison represents the federal division of Cook, named after British explorer James Cook. First as treasurer, and now as prime minister, Morrison is committed...

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  1. Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card
  2. How does ecstasy kill?
  3. here's how to throw your stuff out
  4. Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas
  5. how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
  6. lessons from Australia’s first e-scooter sharing trial
  7. a biomechanics expert explains how
  8. the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power
  9. Morrison's Gilmore candidate is the man who's been everywhere
  10. How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality
  11. Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again
  12. Why we don't know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
  13. Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
  14. Curious Kids: how is water made?
  15. What's behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?
  16. How to identify, understand and teach gifted children
  17. The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas
  18. Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
  19. How moving house changes you
  20. Guide to the classics: Wide Sargasso Sea
  21. Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging
  22. As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it
  23. Frydenberg warns of economic waves ahead
  24. advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movement
  25. Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and body
  26. A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it
  27. Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?
  28. why do spiders have hairy legs?
  29. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  30. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender
  31. Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt
  32. The state of Australia's Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
  33. Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
  34. 100 years later, why don't we commemorate the victims and heroes of "Spanish flu"?
  35. A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus
  36. O'Dwyer's decision turns the spotlight onto Bishop
  37. Deer Woman is a work of immense power and restraint
  38. Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times
  39. Back to work? Take lunch from home to save time and money – and boost your mood
  40. it's too late for the silent generation
  41. What's the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here's everything explained
  42. It's designers who can make gaming more accessible for people living with disabilities
  43. Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools
  44. Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
  45. The financially well-off defy the stereotypes. They include retirees, and mortgagees
  46. the power of not being too clear
  47. Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?
  48. should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?
  49. Why Antarctica's sea ice cover is so low (and no, it's not just about climate change)
  50. How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet

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