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Natural disasters are affecting some of Australia's most disadvantaged communities

  • Written by: Dale Dominey-Howes, Associate Professor in Natural Disaster Geography, University of Sydney
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Bushfires have been the most common natural disaster in New South Wales over the past decade, according to our study published today in Nature’s Scientific Reports.

Our study, the first of its kind, looked at disaster declarations in local government areas (LGAs). We found 207 disasters affected the state between 2004 and 2014. Bushfires...

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Despite business' best efforts whistleblowers still lack protection under Australian law: new research

  • Written by: A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University

New research confirms whistleblowers can’t be protected until governments take a more comprehensive approach to law reform, even when individual organisations are making strong efforts.

As the first stage of our Whistling While They Work 2 Project we surveyed 702 public sector, business and not-for-profit organisations from Australia and New...

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What’s gender solidarity got to do with it? Woman shaming and Hillary Clinton

  • Written by: Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Wollongong
imageHillary Clinton: she has been shamed by women as every kind of bad feminist.Brian Snyder/Reuters

Shame has its hands all over the US presidential campaign, whether through slut-shaming, fat-shaming, vote-shaming or just plain old Hillary-shaming.

Donald Trump body-shamed and slut-shamed former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, by drawing attention to...

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Can private security companies improve responses to victims of family violence?

  • Written by: Diarmaid Harkin, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
imagePrivate security companies can help in family violence situations, but questions remain.Shutterstock

In an Australian first, the Salvation Army has partnered with a private security company, Protective Group, in a large-scale project to provide safety solutions to family violence victims. The Safer In The Home project launched in September 2016...

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  1. Should family members of those with mental illness have access to their health information?
  2. Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system
  3. Senate kills plebiscite, leaving same-sex marriage on indefinite hold
  4. Under President Trump the misinformed citizen will reign supreme
  5. Intelligence agencies to be scrutinised
  6. How Jakarta's first Chinese Indonesian governor became an easy target for radical Islamic groups
  7. Hanson backs sending her senator to the High Court
  8. Community organisations lack the funding and data to measure their impact
  9. US Election Day predictions: President, Governors, Senate and House of Representatives
  10. Human Rights Commission takes on Turnbull
  11. Hope and aspiration at the National Architecture Awards
  12. European leaders taking cues from Australia on asylum seeker policies
  13. Health Check: why do we get a stitch and how can we stop it?
  14. Explainer: what are antibodies and why are viruses like dengue worse the second time?
  15. For single parents, it pays to work
  16. 2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030 - it's time to adapt
  17. The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
  18. Obama, Trump, Clinton and the affordances of distance
  19. The off-topic Conversation #111
  20. Review: The naked nude from the Tate
  21. QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings
  22. Corruption looks different in China
  23. Fogies, insiders and press release summarisers: art criticism in Australia
  24. Some of the world's strangest species could vanish before they're discovered
  25. How to find a good app for mental health
  26. How to teach literacy so no child is left behind
  27. The blight on our media (and it's not 18C)
  28. Information before regulation to make amateur brain stimulation safer
  29. Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
  30. Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
  31. With a less confrontational approach to whaling, more whales could be saved
  32. 18C case against students dismissed but conservatives' push for change continues
  33. What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV
  34. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Senate crossbench
  35. Explainer: what is glaucoma, the 'sneak thief' of sight?
  36. Time to toss one of banking's four pillars out of the nest?
  37. Hazelwood's closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions
  38. Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change
  39. The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?
  40. Daily commutes are draining our water reserves
  41. We need better treatments for childhood cancer, with less side effects
  42. The risk of reading too much into the rise of Donald Trump
  43. Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity
  44. Vital Signs: Australia not immune from global market uncertainty
  45. Preserving cities: how 'trendies' shaped Australia's urban heritage
  46. Ancient fishes kept their young in a nursery
  47. Increased access to data could bring many benefits but faces significant challenges
  48. Grattan on Friday: Industrial bills test Turnbull's negotiating skills – and backbone
  49. Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election
  50. Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration

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