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In landmark ruling, Archbishop Philip Wilson found guilty of covering up child sex abuse

  • Written by: Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
In landmark ruling, Archbishop Philip Wilson found guilty of covering up child sex abuseArchbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Local Court after being found guilty of concealing child sexual abuse.AAP/Peter Lorimer

The Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has been found guilty in the Newcastle Local Court on charges of failing to report his knowledge about a Catholic priest who had sexually abused a boy in the Hunter...

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It's time to stop exposing people to the dangers of Facilitated Communication

  • Written by: Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
It's time to stop exposing people to the dangers of Facilitated CommunicationFacilitated Communication began in Australia in the 1980s.Shutterstock

Anna Stubblefield, an ex-Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy, was convicted in 2015 of the rape of an intellectually and physically disabled man after falsely obtaining his consent for sex via a technique known as Facilitated Communication (FC).

Stubblefield was originally...

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How does an echidna breathe when digging through solid earth?

  • Written by: Christine Cooper, Senior Lecturer, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

How does an echidna manage to breathe when digging through solid earth? – Isabella, age 8, Cowes, Phillip Island.

Thank you,...

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How Conrad’s imperial horror story Heart of Darkness resonates with our globalised times

  • Written by: John Attridge, Senior Lecturer in English, UNSW
How Conrad’s imperial horror story Heart of Darkness resonates with our globalised timesHeart of Darkness follows a journey up the Congo River, but equally critiques the imperial powers back in Europe. USAID Democratic Republic of Congo/Flickr, CC BY-NC

In our series, Guide to the classics, experts explain key works of literature.

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness - or “The Heart of Darkness”, as it was known to its...

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