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The Handmaid's Tale and counting sperm: are fertility rates actually declining?

  • Written by: Shaun Roman, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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With the release of a new TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and a recent study claiming male sperm count is decreasing globally, fertility is in the spotlight. Many want to know if the dystopian future Atwood created in which the world has largely become...

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How to stop businesses stealing from their employees

  • Written by: Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
imageCertification is being used to curtail exploitation for some cleaners.Shutterstock

A Senate inquiry has revealed that wage theft and underpayment are so prevalent in some industries that they have become the norm. Around 79% of hospitality employers in Victoria, for instance, did not comply with the national award wage system between 2013 and 2016.

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Police want to read encrypted messages, but they already have significant power to access our data

  • Written by: Michael Wilson, PhD Candidate, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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This article is part of a series on how law enforcement is fighting crime across digital borders.


The Australian government wants new powers to access encrypted communications, but do they need them?

Police and intelligence agencies already have significant abilities to access data about our emails, phone calls and text messages if we’re...

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How the NDIS is using the market to create housing for people with disability

  • Written by: Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University
imageThe Grocon-built 77-apartment Greenwich Fairfield development in Melbourne includes ten apartments for people with disability.Artist's impression, Grocon, Author provided

Housing for people with disability is being transformed from grants-based funding to a market-based system where people with disabilities control their own funding. This market...

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