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Should the family court have to approve hormone treatment for transgender teens?

  • Written by: Fiona Kelly, Associate Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
imageTransgender teens need to jump through a lot of stressful and time laborious hoops to get the hormone treatment they need. Tim Gouw/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

Today the Family Court will hear the case of a young transgender person known as Kelvin. The ruling will determine whether an adolescent with gender dysphoria who wants to pursue the second stage of...

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Explainer: what legal benefits do married couples have that de facto couples do not?

  • Written by: Hannah Robert, Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University
imageDe facto couples still often have to go to great lengths to prove their relationship, unlike married couples, who need only furnish a marriage certificate.shutterstock

Opponents of marriage equality often say that married and de facto couples already have the same rights. To what extent is this true? And, in legal terms, how much do the differences...

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What we can do once the banks give us back our data

  • Written by: Rob Nicholls, Senior lecturer in Business Law, UNSW

Macquarie Bank has started a trial, giving customers access to the data the bank has collected on them. These might include the number and types of account held, average balances, regular payments and income and credit score information. This information helps to determine both the need for products and the risk of a customer.

This idea is called...

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Australia relies on data from Earth observation satellites, but our access is high risk

  • Written by: Stuart Phinn, Professor of Geography, Director - Remote Sensing Research Centre, Chair - Australian Earth Observation Community Coordination Group, The University of Queensland
imageThe NASA satellite Landsat-8 collects frequent global multispectral imagery of the Earth’s surface. NASA

This article is part of a series Australia’s place in space, where we’ll explore the strengths and weaknesses, along with the past, present and the future of Australia’s space presence and activities.

Rockets, astronomy...

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  1. Sustainable cities? Australia's building and planning rules stand in the way of getting there
  2. Abbott's disruption is raising the question: where will it end?
  3. China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading – a sign of things to come
  4. First refugees to leave for the United States
  5. Bali's Mount Agung threatens to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years
  6. A cleanish energy target gets us nowhere
  7. Victoria gets serious on its political donations rules – now it's the federal government's turn
  8. New Zealand’s health service performs well, but inequities remain high
  9. Health Check: what's better for you, fresh, dried or frozen fruit?
  10. My favourite album: Hole's Live Through This
  11. Australia must sign the prohibition on nuclear weapons: here's why
  12. As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
  13. It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure
  14. Preventing Murray-Darling water theft: a space agency can help Australia manage federal resources
  15. Curious Kids: Why is the Earth round?
  16. Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
  17. Hurricane Irma nursing home deaths shows stark dilemma of whether to stay put or evacuate
  18. Fred Williams in the You Yangs: a turning point for Australian art
  19. Vietnam's typhoon disaster highlights the plight of its poorest people
  20. NDIS failing to catch children with late-onset difficulties
  21. A pirate site explores a new way of paying for the Internet that doesn't involve ads
  22. Artificial intelligence won't replace a doctor any time soon, but it can help with diagnosis
  23. Excluding Indigenous youth from schools may severely increase their risk of incarceration
  24. Book review: Abbott's Right
  25. Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees: really hard, but not impossible
  26. Speed plus control in new computer chip: slowing down light to sound
  27. How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work
  28. The prime ministership is not terminal – but it needs the right person for the times
  29. Australia's ‘big’ problem – what to do with our ageing super-sized statues?
  30. Airbnb and empty houses: who's responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
  31. Bike sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense
  32. Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy
  33. Politics podcast: Judith Brett on The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
  34. How better data would improve the electricity market
  35. Gareth Sansom – Transformer: visual ambushes, black humour and naughty pleasures
  36. I've always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?
  37. Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime
  38. New phonics test will do nothing to improve Australian children's literacy
  39. On marriage equality, Australia's progressive instincts have been crushed by political failure
  40. Male teachers are an endangered species in Australia: new research
  41. Most private patients are wasting money on costly rehab after major knee surgery
  42. A nation of convict cussers? Time for Australian law to embrace our potty mouths
  43. More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
  44. Three charts on: who holds more than one job to make ends meet
  45. When girls are in the audience, choir boys sing for attention
  46. Curious Kids: What happens if a venomous snake bites another snake of the same species?
  47. Coalition's pro-coal policy likely a vote loser; optional voting in plebiscite helps Yes
  48. Apakah bekerja lepas jadi pilihan masa depan?
  49. Turnbull would need to prevent 'protections' fight delaying legislation after a Yes vote
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy wars

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