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West Coast's Gaff gets eight weeks for punch, but legal ramifications could go further

  • Written by: Liam Elphick, Lecturer, Law School, University of Western Australia
West Coast's Gaff gets eight weeks for punch, but legal ramifications could go furtherWest Coast player Andrew Gaff received an eight-week suspension for punching Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw last weekend.AAP/Luis Ascui

Last night, the AFL Tribunal handed down an eight-match suspension to West Coast Eagles player Andrew Gaff for his off-the-ball punch during a match against Fremantle on Sunday. The joint-longest AFL suspension of...

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Victoria says it won't sign up to the NEG without concessions

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Victorian Labor government has significantly raised the bar for the federal government’s efforts to win support for the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) by declaring it will only sign up if a set of tough conditions is met.

Meanwhile, underlining that next week will see a tough internal debate, Liberal backbencher Tony Pasin has...

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How many people make a good city? It's not the size that matters, but how you use it

  • Written by: Marco Amati, Associate Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
How many people make a good city? It's not the size that matters, but how you use itMost of Australia's population is concentrated in big cities like Sydney and Melbourne.from shutterstock.com

Australia’s population clock is, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, steadily ticking away at an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 23 seconds. It’s set to tick over to 25 million...

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Will the government's new ‘Move It’ exercise campaign move us or lose us?

  • Written by: Sandra Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement, Australian Catholic University
Will the government's new ‘Move It’ exercise campaign move us or lose us?It isn't enough to just tell us to Be Active or Move It.Arek Adeoye

We need to get off the couch, put down our phones and get 30 minutes of heart rate-raising exercise per day. That’s the message of the government’s Move It AUS marketing campaign, which launched on Sunday.

There is no doubt we need to get the nation moving. In 2014-15 on...

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  2. Despite the doom and gloom in Australian media, the outlook for regional papers remains strong
  3. Tarrawarra Biennial underwhelms rather than energises
  4. When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia?
  5. Emissions policy is under attack from all sides. We've been here before, and it rarely ends well
  6. Australian sex education isn't diverse enough. Here's why we should follow England's lead
  7. our complicated relationship with bats
  8. More children are living in high-rise apartments, so designers should keep them in mind
  9. Does Australia have the political will – or leverage – to support change in Cambodia?
  10. How to improve the appeal of franchising for women
  11. what is pre-eclampsia, and how does it affect mums and babies?
  12. show us you can deliver party room on NEG
  13. has Australia's net debt doubled under the current government?
  14. The female dwarf, disability, and beauty
  15. Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags
  16. Meet me at the bar! How uni students interact on a campus, and why chocolate can help
  17. Apple, the $1 trillion company searching for its soul
  18. As Pakistan's PM, Imran Khan must embrace compromise, so can he deliver on his promises?
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  20. How to stop nagging your child to practise their musical instrument
  21. Designed features can make cities safer, but getting it wrong can be plain frightening
  22. Children who have lost a parent to family violence need to be listened to
  23. Sorry, men, there's no such thing as 'dirt blindness' – you just need to do more housework
  24. The great movie scenes: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
  25. Antarctic seas host a surprising mix of lifeforms – and now we can map them
  26. Three reasons why it’s a bad idea to ramp up Adelaide's desalination plant
  27. Australia has to prepare for life after the World Trade Organisation
  28. Victorian Labor government shapes up to Canberra over NEG
  29. Soutphommasane says sections of media exploit racism to make money
  30. Could the NEG bring down power prices? It's hard to be confident that it will
  31. AMP's Murray right to question the value of corporate governance rules
  32. Writers' festivals aren't an imaginary republic of letters – they are political arenas
  33. Michelle Grattan on the government's uphill battle with company tax cuts and the NEG
  34. Seven beautiful images that share new stories of science
  35. Victorian government should be wary of introducing a stand-alone offence of non-fatal strangulation
  36. Why researchers are testing Viagra for women during pregnancy
  37. The Long Forgotten Dream raises uneasy questions about performance and colonisation
  38. Thailand's mission to reduce statelessness
  39. We know why short-statured people of Flores became small – but for the extinct 'Hobbit' it's not so clear
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  41. the stellar US GDP figures aren't here to stay
  42. Deleting personal information from databases is harder than it sounds
  43. Australia and other countries must prioritise humanity in dealing with displaced people and migration
  44. the 'great Australian silence' 50 years on
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  46. Teachers play a key role in helping students feel they 'belong' at school
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