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Legalising medical marijuana shows no effect on crime rates in US states

  • Written by: Yu-Wei Luke Chu, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
Legalising medical marijuana shows no effect on crime rates in US statesSince California passed the first medical marijuana law in 1996, 30 US states and the District of Columbia have legalised medical marijuana.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Those who oppose medical marijuana legislation often cite the strong association between marijuana use and criminal activity. This includes the US federal government, which...

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Why NZ's emissions trading scheme should have an auction reserve price

  • Written by: Suzi Kerr, Adjunct Professor, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Why NZ's emissions trading scheme should have an auction reserve priceNew Zealand's emission reduction target for 2030 is to bring emissions to 30% below 2005 levels, and to be carbon neutral by 2050.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

While people’s eyes often glaze over when they hear the words “emissions trading”, we all respond to the price of carbon.

Back in 2010, when the carbon price was...

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World politics explainer: the Iranian Revolution

  • Written by: Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
World politics explainer: the Iranian RevolutionProtests during the Iranian Revolution, 1978 represent broader struggles across the region between secular and Islamic models of governance playing out.Wikicommons

This article is part of our series of explainers on key moments in the past 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event unfolded, its impact at...

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Why it's time to end the culture of bullying on reality TV

  • Written by: Dr Soseh Yekanians, Senior Lecturer in Theatre/Media, Charles Sturt University
Why it's time to end the culture of bullying on reality TVContestants Sonya Mefaddi and Hadil Faiza were asked to leave My Kitchen Rules after threatening another team. Sonya later spoke of how she had been bullied as a child.

Australians have embraced reality television. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing (I watch it myself) but there’s an unhealthy appetite for seeing people psychologically...

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  1. New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spirituality
  2. There's a gap between what people expect when they report cybercrime, and what police can deliver
  3. Giving environmental water to drought-stricken farmers sounds straightforward, but it's a bad idea
  4. Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture
  5. which one is most to blame when it comes to weight gain?
  6. It's hard to make money in aged care, and that's part of the problem
  7. The Beehive, a documentary in 1,344 versions, explores the unsolved murder of Juanita Nielsen
  8. Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metrics
  9. Morrison tells Liberal organisation to act on bullying after second woman flags she'll quit
  10. Labor's lead shrinks in federal Ipsos, but grows in Victorian Galaxy; Trump's ratings slip
  11. university publishing houses and the national creative estate
  12. Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords, the prospect of peace in the Middle East remains bleak
  13. Essential reading to get your head around Australia's aged care crisis
  14. How do you know that we aren't in virtual reality right now?
  15. After a long struggle, the Uniting Church becomes the first to offer same-sex marriage
  16. Young Australians' prospects still come down to where they grow up
  17. An artist's surreal view of Australia – created from satellite data captured 700km above Earth
  18. Daily low-dose aspirin doesn't reduce heart-attack risk in healthy people
  19. the rise and rise of an unlikely hero
  20. Why yet another visa for farm work makes no sense
  21. How better tests and legal deterrence could clean up the sticky mess left behind by fake honey row
  22. Morrison faces the challenge of community-based candidate in Wentworth
  23. Outrage over schoolgirl refusing to stand for anthem shows rise of aggressive nationalism
  24. It's hard to spread the idiot fruit
  25. Evictions versus holdouts. How to painlessly dissolve a strata title
  26. Michelle Grattan on the Liberal pick for Wentworth and Morrison's bad week
  27. New law won't safeguard medicine supply – it'll only ensure we know there's a shortage
  28. Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt water
  29. How Indigenous women have become targets in a domestic violence system intended to protect them
  30. Wentworth preselectors' rebuff to Morrison caps week of mayhem
  31. Once upon a time ... 'sleeping beauties' and the importance of storytelling in science
  32. who owns a family's story? Why it's time to lift the Berndt field notes embargo
  33. Vital signs. When cutting interest rates might not help
  34. Gender diversity is more accepted in society, but using the pronoun 'they' still divides
  35. We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
  36. We need more flexible housing for 21st-century lives
  37. Year 11 and 12 students in NSW will no longer learn about women's contributions to physics
  38. How much plastic does it take to kill a turtle? Typically just 14 pieces
  39. Cathy McGowan and Rebekha Sharkie on the role of community candidates
  40. you're gonna need a bigger rope to tie down this alien hunter
  41. As Witness K trial opens, questions over how much of Timor-Leste spying case to keep secret from public
  42. knee arthroscopy is one of the most common but least effective surgeries
  43. Independent isn't necessarily better. Why appointing independent directors can achieve little
  44. Sharing your meter data might help cut your power bill, but it needs secure regulation
  45. the poetry of Rosemary Dobson
  46. World politics explainer: The Holocaust
  47. New body for complaints against police in Victoria is a good move, with some caveats
  48. double standards a double fault
  49. where do clouds come from and why do they have different shapes?
  50. The paradox of choice. Why made-to-order might not solve the fashion industry's problems

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