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James Hird's suspected drug overdose: invasive reporting breaches a right to privacy

  • Written by Bill Birnbauer, Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
imageFootball figure James Hird is recovering following a suspected drug overdose last week.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Pleas by James Hird’s family to respect its privacy present challenges to media covering the latest chapter of a life that has become a very public Greek tragedy.

It might seem right that the media back off – ask no questions, take no...

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Can poetry stop a highway? Wielding words in the battle over Roe 8

  • Written by Tony Hughes-D'Aeth, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia
imageProtesters holding signs next to North Lake Road at Bibra Lake in Perth last month. Richard Wainwright/AAP

Can poetry stop a highway?

On the face of it you wouldn’t think so. But this idea is being put to the test in Perth’s southern suburbs in the protest movement that has sprung up suddenly and forcefully against “Roe 8”....

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Old floods show Brisbane's next big wet might be closer than we think

  • Written by Jacky Croke, Associate Professor in Fluvial Geomorphology, The University of Queensland

Six years ago on January 11 2011 a catastrophic flood unfolded in the Lockyer Valley in southeast Queensland. Twenty-two people lost their lives.

Floodwaters spilled out across the Brisbane River floodplains, equal to the area of France and Germany combined. The waters inundated the CBD and inner suburbs and brought the state’s capital to a...

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Why are most people right handed? The answer may be in the mouths of our ancestors

  • Written by Caroline Spry, Honorary Associate, PhD, La Trobe University
imageHow our ancestors ate could explain why today's humans are mostly right-handed. Flickr/Hugo Martins, CC BY-NC

Roughly 90% of humans are right-handed and this is one of the traits that separates us from most other primates who don’t really show any overall preference for left or right handedness.

It’s believed that handedness played an...

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  5. Stamping out political rorts requires a cultural change, not more bodies to police it
  6. What's behind Timor-Leste terminating its maritime treaty with Australia
  7. A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
  8. Five ways kids can benefit from being outside this summer break
  9. One year on, we should remember David Bowie as both genius and flawed human
  10. Why Centrelink should adopt a light touch when data matching
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  14. Sussan Ley and the Gold Coast apartment: murky rules mean age of entitlement isn't over for MPs
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  16. The off-topic Conversation #115
  17. Why and how do we measure what consumers feel?
  18. Understanding others' feelings: what is empathy and why do we need it?
  19. Five political leaders to watch in 2017
  20. Why do we still make girls wear skirts and dresses as school uniform?
  21. Lion is a well-made melodrama with a rather disturbing message
  22. Make a fresh start with your fridge in 2017: apps to reduce food waste and save money
  23. Food for thought: the rise of Australia's mighty Brahman
  24. Australia’s climate in 2016 – a year of two halves as El Niño unwound
  25. Explainer: we can learn a lot from the changing night sky
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  27. In a world awash with data, is the census still relevant?
  28. The lure of cycling: tips from a middle-aged man in Lycra
  29. The archaeology of polite society
  30. Who will be the winner in the next computing revolution?
  31. Housing the dead: what happens when a city runs out of space?
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