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New bill would make Australia worst in the free world for criminalising journalism

  • Written by: Johan Lidberg, Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
New bill would make Australia worst in the free world for criminalising journalismWould the ABC’s publication of confidential cabinet documents would be in breach of a proposed government bill?AAP/Joel Carrett

Australia is a world leader in passing the most amendments to existing and new anti-terror and security laws in the liberal democratic world. Since September 11, 2001, it has passed 54 laws.

The latest suggested...

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Politics podcast: Bill Ferris on Australia's innovation mission

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

Innovation has been a buzzword of Malcolm Turnbull’s government, but the public reception of this message has been less than enthusiastic.

Innovation and Science Australia chair Bill Ferris launched a report this week setting out a plan over five key areas – education, industry, how government can be a catalyst for change, research and...

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Going to ground: how used coffee beans can help your garden and your health

  • Written by: Tien Huynh, Senior Lecturer in the School of Sciences, RMIT University
Going to ground: how used coffee beans can help your garden and your healthCoffee's usefulness doesn't have to end here.Yanadhorn/Shutterstock.com

Did you know that your morning cup of coffee contributes to six million tonnes of spent coffee grounds going to landfill every year? This does not have to be the fate of your caffeine addiction and there are many opportunities to up-cycle spent coffee grounds into valuable...

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The great Australian plays: The Cake Man and the Indigenous mission experience

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
The great Australian plays: The Cake Man and the Indigenous mission experienceThe opening scene of The Cake Man, recreating the arrival of the British in Australia. Currency Press

In the introduction to her seminal book Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre, Mary Rose Casey observes:

Indigenous Australian activists and artist have consistently utilised the potential for theatre… to create different...

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  5. Instagram is changing the way we experience art, and that's a good thing
  6. Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing deals
  7. Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad idea
  8. Expect 2018 to be a year of rewards : Prime Minister Turnbull
  9. 5 periods of mass extinction on Earth. Are we entering the sixth?
  10. Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand's voting system
  11. It's 2030, and precision medicine has changed health care – this is what it looks like
  12. Australia has 2,000 missing persons and 500 unidentified human remains – a dedicated lab could find matches
  13. Why the rights to broadcast cricket could be worth $1 billion
  14. If Australia wants to boost defence exports, it should start with its natural strength: cyber security
  15. Curious Kids: Why can I sometimes see the Moon in the daytime?
  16. Acting out, acting their age or something more serious? Dealing with difficult behaviour in children
  17. Far from white-washing, ABC's Monkey Magic remake takes us back to its cross-cultural roots
  18. Why victims of crime deserve a say in whether offenders are paroled
  19. Cities policy goes regional
  20. New Gardasil 9 vaccine boosts teens' protection from HPV and cervical cancer by 23%
  21. View from the Hill: Shorten targets hip pocket pain, but prescriptions yet to come
  22. Shorten puts pressure on Turnbull over anti-corruption body
  23. Tasmanian election likely to be close, while Labor continues to lead federally
  24. Five supplements that claim to speed up weight loss – and what the science says
  25. What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack
  26. From rocket launches to a crashing space station, we're in for a huge year in space
  27. Zelda Fitzgerald: a creative voice curtailed who speaks to our cultural moment
  28. Explainer: power station 'trips' are normal, but blackouts are not
  29. Climate scientists explore hidden ocean beneath Antarctica's largest ice shelf
  30. More children are starting school depressed and anxious - without help, it will only get worse
  31. Truck drivers still aren't paid for all the work they do, leading to fatigue on our roads
  32. Cool Britannia: TV drama doesn’t capture the story being unearthed of the Roman invasion
  33. How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities
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  37. What’s ahead for education policy in 2018
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  44. Asia is set for a difficult year in 2018 – much of it centred around China
  45. How 'slow science' can improve the way we do and interpret research
  46. Award to Michelle Simmons reflects strategic importance of quantum physics for Australia
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