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Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence

  • Written by: Michael Bret Hart, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Curtin Medical School Public Health Physician, Curtin University
imageThe Minderoo Foundation's video was a heavy-handed illustration of problems in some WA communities.Screenshot/Minderoo Foundation

The federal government last week passed legislation to expand the trial of the cashless welfare card to other areas of Australia. The controversial policy quarantines 80% of welfare payments to Indigenous Australians...

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Meet the woman who can lay claim to being Australia's first female judge

  • Written by: Anne Rees, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
imageJudge May Lahey (left) with actor Jean Harlow in 1932.The Cornell Daily Sun (digitally coloured image)

This has been a good year for women and the law. Back in January, Susan Kiefel was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. This month, Anne Ferguson was named the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of...

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From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention

  • Written by: Zhenguo Huang, Senior Research Fellow in Energy, University of Wollongong
imageBoron is often ignored, but it's got a lot of important qualities.David Ellis/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Each time you watch sport on a flatscreen television, or send a message by touching your smartphone screen, give thanks to an unsung hero of the periodic table: boron.

Boron, often wrongly labelled a “boring” element, plays a versatile role...

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What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?

  • Written by: Susan Thompson, Professor of Planning and Head, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
imageGreen space, easily accessible to everyone no matter what their income, should be a priority in designing high-density residential areas.Marcus Jaaske from www.shutterstock.com

This article is the last of a series of articles based on new research into the place of lower-income and disadvantaged households in a compact city.


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