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Terror, Muslims, and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages

  • Written by Cherine Fahd, Senior Lecturer Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
imageKader Attia's The Culture of Fear. Jacquie Manning

Islamist terrorists, bearded jihadis (and bearded Arabs in general) and women in burqas. Stories of beheadings, bombs and genital mutilation. These are the images and narratives that continue to dominate Western media’s coverage of Muslims, selling the message that they are perpetrators of...

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Is this the budget that forgot renters?

  • Written by Emma Power, Senior Research Fellow, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
imageThe budget brought no increase in rent assistance to help low-income renters in the private rental market.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

The measures in the 2017-18 federal budget targeting the supply of lower-cost rental housing are limited. There are no significant funding increases to social housing and homelessness services. There is no increase in rent...

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Explainer: what is cancer radiotherapy and why do we need proton beam therapy?

  • Written by Paul Keall, Professor and NHMRC Australian Fellow, Medicine, University of Sydney
imageRadiotherapy treats cancer by directing beams of high energy x-rays at the tumour. from shutterstock.com

In last night’s federal budget, the government dedicated up to A$68 million to help set up Australia’s first proton beam therapy facility in South Australia. The government says this will help Australian researchers develop the next...

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Bond aggregator helps build a more virtuous circle of housing investment

  • Written by Julie Lawson, Honorary Associate Professor, RMIT University

Following Treasurer Scott Morrison’s outburst in April over the meagre supply outcomes delivered by state housing agencies, cool Treasury heads have prevailed in the budget. The Commonwealth has not withdrawn its support. Rather, it will negotiate clear targets under a new national agreement, and aim to ring-fence capital investment to...

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  1. Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars
  2. Have the arts come out of the cold or is it another sleight of hand?
  3. Curious Kids: What plants could grow in the Goldilocks zone of space?
  4. Decoding the music masterpieces: Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor
  5. To get the 'good debt' tick, infrastructure needs to be fit for the future
  6. Prescribing generic drugs will reduce patient confusion and medication errors
  7. Budget 2017: Medicare levy rise finances NDIS and banks hit for budget repair
  8. Budget 2017: government goes hard on gas and hydro in bid for energy security
  9. Budget's 'good debt' conversion underpins $70b-plus infrastructure program: experts respond
  10. Budget 2017 sees Medicare rebate freeze slowly lifted and more funding for the NDIS: experts respond
  11. Federal Budget 2017: what's changing in education?
  12. Budget 2017-18 brings welfare crackdown and increased defence and security funding: experts respond
  13. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 budget speech, annotated by experts
  14. The art of the leak: how the budget is strategically doled out for maximum effect
  15. Budget 2017: Morrison heads off the right with an appeal to altruism over self-interest
  16. Infographic: Budget 2017 at a glance
  17. Morrison's fresh start budget comes with fresh pain
  18. Budget 2017: government still tinkering with housing affordability
  19. Budget 2017: bank populism will be paid for by Australians
  20. Winning ugly: the AOC election and the Olympic spirit
  21. Data availability report presents compromised rights for consumers
  22. Life after redundancy: what happens next for journalists when they leave newsrooms
  23. Why Birmingham's performance funding plan won't improve Australian universities
  24. Has the print book trumped digital? Beware of glib conclusions
  25. What's the difference between traumatic fear and moral anger? Trigger warnings won't tell you
  26. Government spending explained in 10 charts; from Howard to Turnbull
  27. Viewpoints: is saturated fat really the killer it's made out to be?
  28. Changes to school funding - your questions answered
  29. Naming suspects in criminal cases opens up ethical minefield
  30. Tax on 'unearned gains' is the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
  31. Whiteley: a seductive cinematic portrait of a serious artist
  32. Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky
  33. Pilot study on why academics should engage with others in the community
  34. Latham to fight for 'western civilisation' from the Liberal Democrats' kennel
  35. Julie Bishop keeps Abdel-Magied on Australian-Arab board
  36. Therapy for life-threatening eating disorders works, so why can't people access it?
  37. Politics podcast: Andrew Giles on schools funding
  38. TPG bid for Fairfax: what usually happens when private equity meets media?
  39. Discovering Charles Meere: an intriguing, subversive artist
  40. What are 'fasting' diets and do they help you lose weight?
  41. The Conversation chatbot launches in Facebook Messenger
  42. Government out of touch on housing policies ahead of budget: poll
  43. Macron crushes Le Pen 66-34 in French Presidential runoff
  44. The picture of who is affected by 'revenge porn' is more complex than we first thought
  45. Live odds ban debate exposes sport and gambling's uncomfortable mutual dependency
  46. How the politics of the budget might play out for a government in trouble
  47. Turnbull government aims to distance itself from its predecessor with the 2017-18 budget
  48. The future of flying cars: science fact or science fiction
  49. Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?
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