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New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spirituality

  • Written by: Andrew Singleton, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University
New research shows Australian teens have complex views on religion and spiritualityResearchers have identified six broad groups of young people categorised by their views on religion and spirituality.Shutterstock

The 2016 Census suggested about a third of Australian teens had no religion. But ask a teenager themselves about religion, rather than the parent or guardian filling in the census form, and the picture is slightly...

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There's a gap between what people expect when they report cybercrime, and what police can deliver

  • Written by: Cassandra Cross, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queensland University of Technology
There's a gap between what people expect when they report cybercrime, and what police can deliverWhen victims report a cybercrime they expect someone brought to justice, but that's not always possible.Flickr/Blogtrepreneur, CC BY

Two thirds of victims of cybercrime were not satisfied with the outcome of their reported offence, according an evaluation of the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) that has finally been made public...

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Giving environmental water to drought-stricken farmers sounds straightforward, but it's a bad idea

  • Written by: Erin O'Donnell, Senior Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, University of Melbourne

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack last week suggested the government would look at changing the law to allow water to be taken from the environment and given to farmers struggling with the drought.

This is a bad idea for several reasons. First, the environment needs water in dry years as well as wet ones. Second, unilaterally intervening in...

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Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture

  • Written by: Peter Chambers, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice, RMIT University
Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and cultureDrivers are to blame for about four out of five accidents with cyclists.William Murphy/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Recent reporting paints a picture of surging road deaths and failing safety strategies for cyclists. The Australian Automobile Association’s Benchmarking report records 1,222 road deaths in the year ending June 2018. And cyclist deaths in...

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

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