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NSW building certification bill still lets developers off the hook

  • Written by: Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW

The News South Wales government is struggling to implement building industry reforms recommended by the Shergold-Weir report over two years ago.

Developers are home free in its proposed legislation; the Design and Building Practitioners Bill doesn’t even mention them. They still appear to be in a position to collect the profits and then phoe...

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We should use 'I' more in academic writing – there is benefit to first-person perspective

  • Written by: Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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The use of the word “I” in academic writing, that is writing in the first person, has a troublesome history. Some say it makes writing too subjective, others that it’s essential for accuracy.

This is reflected in how students, particularly in secondary schools, are trained to write. Teachers I work with are often...

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What are 'heat not burn' products and are they any safer than traditional cigarettes?

  • Written by: Nham Tran, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School Biomedical Engineering, UTS. Australia, University of Technology Sydney
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Philip Morris International, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, recently lodged an application to allow the sale of its “heat not burn” products in Australia.

This attempt to disrupt Australia’s tobacco market and make heated tobacco products legal is part of the company’s latest mission to...

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why drug sellers see the internet as a lucrative safe haven

  • Written by: James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology
why drug sellers see the internet as a lucrative safe haven

More than six years after the demise of Silk Road, the world’s first major drug cryptomarket, the dark web is still home to a thriving trade in illicit drugs.

These markets host hundreds, or in some cases thousands, of people who sell drugs, commonly referred to as “vendors”. The dark web offers vital anonymity for vendors and...

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