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Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length

  • Written by Ryan Kempster, Shark biologist, University of Western Australia
imageAn electric field could help avoid getting any closer than this.Sharkdiver.com/Wikimedia Commons

A wearable electric shark deterrent can effectively repel great white sharks, according to our independent tests of the device.

The manufacturers of the A$749 Shark Shield Freedom 7TM say it works by emitting an electric field around the wearer. This...

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Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageOline Votingwww.shutterstock.com

Australia’s current election proves that there has never been a greater need for online electronic voting. The country has come to a political standstill as the laborious process of manual counting of ballot papers is conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The AEC employs around 75,000 people...

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This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign

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

The irony of stridently warning people against voting for minor players and then, all charm, ringing those players when you personally might need their votes may be lost on Malcolm Turnbull. After all, a politician’s skillset includes being able to stand on your head without going red in the face.

As he waits impatiently for the results in...

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'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising

  • Written by David Waller, Senior Lecturer, School of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
imageMedicare wasn't a major election issue at the start of the campaign.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Advertising can be a powerful tool for political parties, though it’s just one of several factors that can influence a voter’s behaviour at election time. Following the 2013 federal election, I wrote:

Generally, advertising does not appear to play a...

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  1. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  2. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  3. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  4. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  5. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  6. The off-topic Conversation #100
  7. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  8. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  9. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  10. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
  11. Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registered
  12. Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
  13. Labor leadership talk a bit of mischievous arson
  14. Turnbull stands solid against returning Abbott to frontbench
  15. Enigmatic Turnbull creates his own misfortune and will be forever diminished by it
  16. An uncertain election result may lead to stagnant financial markets
  17. Economic policy challenges will swamp our election outcome, no matter who ends up winning
  18. The myth of public opinion
  19. Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
  20. Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?
  21. After messy night, Coalition more likely to form government – but Pauline Hanson is in the Senate
  22. Malcolm Turnbull sounded tone deaf to election message
  23. Major rebuff to Malcolm Turnbull as poll result hovers on knife edge
  24. Infographic: what we know so far about the results of Election 2016
  25. Final polls have Coalition favoured
  26. Gina Rinehart, Weight Loss and Women Under the Microscope
  27. #ausvotes: a final update from the social media hustings
  28. Overcharged for hearing aids? Australia's audiology industry isn't rogue, but needs improvement
  29. Brexit is done, now what about accounting?
  30. Just how safe are Australia's airports?
  31. Brexit harms startups but it may not be fatal
  32. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the campaign's final week
  33. Higher education pays for itself many times over
  34. Crossing the line: why the royal commission examined initiation rituals and defence abuse
  35. Malcolm Turnbull: a prime minister on probation in search of a mandate
  36. Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory
  37. Black market jobs cost Australia billions and youth are at the coalface
  38. Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief
  39. Explainer: what are women's options for giving birth?
  40. Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN
  41. Grattan on Friday: Shorten struggles as campaign winds down
  42. WA-xit: history beckons
  43. Brexit could leave the European Union struggling with its climate targets
  44. Britain’s 'Bregret' offers timely lessons for Australian voters this weekend
  45. Election explainer: why do I have to vote, anyway?
  46. The shame game: why it's time to end the ‘mummy wars’
  47. Election FactCheck: Does the government spend $3 billion each year on the offshore asylum seeker detention system?
  48. Anti-discrimination law exemptions don't strike the right balance between rights and freedoms
  49. Slanguage and ‘dinky di’ Aussie talk in elections
  50. Only serious reform will avoid more exits from the European Union
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