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High Court rules breast cancer gene cannot be patented

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThe decision is a win for 69-year-old Queensland breast cancer survivor Yvonne D'Arcy.Dan Peled/AAP

Australia’s highest court has ruled a gene mutation linked to cancer cannot be patented, ending a long battle over whether companies can own the rights to genetic material.

The litigation is a win for 69-year-old Queensland breast cancer...

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Australia's shift on Syria might finally recognise the Islamic State threat

  • Written by The Conversation
imageAustralia’s policy on Syria should assess the threat and engage with the least worst enemy to pursue an achievable outcome.AAP

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop recently indicated a shift in Australia’s policy in Syria by opening up the possibility of an ongoing role for its beleaguered president, Bashar al-Assad.

The driver behind this...

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Ratifying the TPP may be tough, but Australia needs it

  • Written by The Conversation
imageAustralia needs agreements like the TPP to counter protectionism.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Eight years in total of protracted negotiations. Twelve countries. The largest multi-continental trade agreement since APECin 1989. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is complete.

Almost.

But the road to ratification will be rough. American unions, together with...

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  1. Explainer: what is fanfiction?
  2. Pulling out your hair in frustration? What you need to know about trichotillomania
  3. Growing our services industry will be the main gain from the TPP
  4. If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?
  5. How you can help scientists track how marine life reacts to climate change
  6. The campus experience is changing all over the world
  7. All fired up: southern Australia is looking towards a dry spring and a hot summer
  8. A 21st-century health system means seamless care and ongoing reform
  9. More than one-third of cancers can be avoided if Australians modify their lifestyle
  10. Outside the box: why American television history is worth remembering
  11. Universities Australia urges major investment in innovation amid bipartisan embrace of the future
  12. Five things you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership
  13. Detainees on Nauru may have been 'released', but they are not free
  14. A genre-hopping triumph: The Rabbits
  15. Winners and losers in the Trans-Pacific trade deal: experts respond
  16. Hold the spray: some garden weeds are helping native wildlife
  17. The emotional workload of teachers is too often ignored
  18. Why biologics were such a big deal in the Trans Pacific Partnership
  19. Academic freedom isn't the issue with Lomborg's consensus centre
  20. Kicking pacifism: Japan's pivot to militarism defies popular will
  21. A tale of two cities: two young Australian jewellers make their mark
  22. Meeting Bill Campbell, the Nobel Prize winner for medicine
  23. Market jitters and weak global outlook means rates should hold
  24. Full response from Finance Minister Mathias Cormann
  25. Australian children exposed to toxic mining metals do worse at school
  26. How to create more entrepreneurs and investors for Turnbull's 'agile' Australia
  27. What more can Australia do to end the death penalty worldwide?
  28. What Australia can learn about e-government from Estonia
  29. Shields and smart buoys: new technology to protect sharks and people
  30. Children learn from stress and failure: all the more reason you shouldn't do their homework
  31. How will history understand the hipster?
  32. FactCheck: is deficit, debt and the spending trajectory of the previous government on the wane?
  33. Another day, Another IT failure
  34. Dutton to brief national security committee on refugees
  35. To tackle extremism in schools we must challenge the 'white curriculum'
  36. Storage can replace gas in our electricity networks and boost renewables
  37. True Blue? Crime fiction and Australia
  38. Health Check: is it OK to chew or crush your medicine?
  39. How can we stem the tide of online harassment and abuse?
  40. Don't cry for codeine, going prescription won't hurt much
  41. Tree spiking = Beheading ergo Environmentalism = Terrorism
  42. Fifield faces a hard road to bring Australia's media regulations into the 21st century
  43. Parramatta shooting: how much do we really know about 'lone-wolf' terrorists?
  44. The off-topic Conversation #63
  45. Why everybody knows CEOs are overpaid, but nothing happens
  46. Bans on kangaroo products are a case of emotion trumping science
  47. Low oil prices are here to stay as the US shale oil revolution goes global
  48. Closing down FOI: a case study in sneaky government
  49. Alert and ready for action: why it's time to ban energy drinks for under-18s
  50. Australia needs to do more to arrest the decline in apprenticeships
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