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For what shall it profit a city if it loses its civic soul? A plea to preserve Melbourne's Fed Square

  • Written by: Graeme Davison, Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History, Monash University
For what shall it profit a city if it loses its civic soul? A plea to preserve Melbourne's Fed SquareIt's impossible to put a price on the value of Federation Square as a gathering place for the citizens of Melbourne.fabcom/flickr, CC BY-NC

For 150 years Melburnians dreamed of a square, a great ceremonial space where people could relax, celebrate, protest or simply enjoy the company of their fellow citizens.

They had a word for their dream –...

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Thirty years since the Seoul Olympics, South Korea is still tackling the legacy of overseas adoption

  • Written by: Jessica Walton, DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
Thirty years since the Seoul Olympics, South Korea is still tackling the legacy of overseas adoptionSouth Korea continues to have a problem with abandoned babies and ongoing overseas adoption despite economic growth.Jessica Walton

South Korea holding this year’s Winter Olympics comes 30 years after the country first hosted the Summer Olympics, in the capital Seoul. It has undergone huge social changes since that time, but there is still a...

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Grey's Anatomy is unrealistic, but it might make junior doctors more compassionate

  • Written by: Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor, University of Canberra
Grey's Anatomy is unrealistic, but it might make junior doctors more compassionateGrey's Anatomy's portrayal of trauma experiences is far more dramatic than in real life.IMDb/Shondaland, The Mark Gordon Company, Touchstone Television (2005-2007), ABC Studios

Patient experiences in the TV drama Grey’s Anatomy are, unsurprisingly, portrayed inaccurately when compared with real-life trauma cases, according to a new study.

The...

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Why police in schools won't reduce youth crime in Victoria

  • Written by: Diana Johns, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne

The Police Schools Involvement Program was abolished in Victoria in 2006. It is the only state without a police in schools program. In the 12 years since, the youth crime rate in Victoria has remained the lowest of all states in Australia (apart from the ACT) and the number of children involved in offending has dropped.

The phenomenon of shrinking...

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