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Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart

  • Written by: Jennifer Lavers, Research Scientist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
imageThe same beach on Henderson Island, in 1992 and 2015.

A few weeks ago, the world woke to the story of Henderson Island, the “South Pacific island of rubbish”. Our research revealed it as a place littered with plastic garbage, washed there by ocean currents.

This was a story we had been waiting to tell for more than a year, keeping our...

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We need more than just laws to ensure responsible alcohol service

  • Written by: Jason Ferris, Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
imageThere is little evidence that training alone reduces the propensity for over-service of alcohol.AAP/Alan Porritt

Australian law prohibits the sale of alcohol to drunk people. Despite the shifting sands of alcohol policy, Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) legislation has remained a stalwart figure.

In Australia, RSA imposes mandatory training...

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Speaking with: Julian Savulescu on the ethics of genetic modification in humans

  • Written by: William Isdale, Research Assistant, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
imageCould genetic engineering one day allow parents to have designer babies?Tatiana Vdb/flickr, CC BY

What if humans are genetically unfit to overcome challenges like climate change and the growing inequality that looks set to define our future?

Julian Savulescu, visiting professor at Monash University and Uehiro professor of Practical Ethics at Oxford...

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