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From Tampa to now: how reporting on asylum seekers has been a triumph of spin over substance

  • Written by: James Rose, Sessional Instructor, Journalism, Griffith University
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This year marks the 15th anniversary of one of the most divisive national election campaigns in Australia’s recent history: the Tampa affair.

Coming just weeks after the September 11 terror attacks, the pitched battle between John Howard and Kim Beazley drew heavily on fear and panic. The divisions of 2001 are not only still with us, but they...

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War crime deliberations in Iraq and Syria must be mindful of violence against women

  • Written by: Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, Australian National University
imageThe International Criminal Court at The Hague.Reuters/Jerry Lampen

Earlier this week, France announced it would take Russia to the International Court of Justice for war crimes in Syria. The French foreign minister will ask the International Court of Justice to hear a case on the siege of East Aleppo.

Late last year, the French national...

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Unhappy workplaces look a lot like unhappy marriages, new research shows

  • Written by: Irit Alony, Relationships at work, University of Wollongong
imageEmployees who have a mutually loyal relationship with their employers and a balance of positive and negative emotions at work are less likely to quit.Alex Proimos/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Not all negativity in the workplace is a bad sign. Common sense says employees who describe their workplace in negative terms are the ones that are more likely to leave...

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How astronomy paved the way for _terra nullius_, and helped to get rid of it too

  • Written by: Ragbir Bhathal, Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Western Sydney University
imageAustralians have gazed in wonder at the Milky Way since long before Captain Cook's time.Christian Reusch/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

If you take a walk in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, about 50km from central Sydney, you will come across an engraving of a large emu in the tessellated sandstone overlooking the surrounding countryside. On a clear...

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  1. Friday essay: war crimes and the many threats to cultural heritage
  2. Out in the heat: why poorer suburbs are more at risk in warming cities
  3. Fat or thin: can the bacteria in our gut affect our eating habits and weight?
  4. Politics podcast: Mark Dreyfus on George Brandis' solicitor-general controversy
  5. Grattan on Friday: Sometimes, sexism gets the reward it deserves
  6. WhatsApp: a great idea for mates but a terrible one for ministers
  7. Explainer: what is dyspraxia and how is it different to clumsiness?
  8. New ways to subscribe to comment notifications
  9. Death, beauty and poetry come together in Ancient Rain
  10. Can Australia stop interest rates from approaching zero? Only with a big shift in policy
  11. The new Australia Council Board has a chance to be better than the last
  12. Trump and tram reactions show social media's complex role in responding to sexual harassment
  13. More shark nets for NSW: why haven't we learned from WA's cull?
  14. Scientists have found how to make people hallucinate, and how to measure what they see
  15. VET student loan changes will help gain back control of the sector
  16. Why the world needs more resilience-thinking to stem escalating crises
  17. Race to the White House – the vicious debate, the future of the GOP, and Clinton's emails
  18. No, enjoying a gin and tonic doesn't mean you're a psychopath
  19. Sad music and depression: does it help?
  20. Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps
  21. How I discovered one of the greatest wildlife gatherings on Earth in far-north Queensland
  22. Gut instinct: how the way you're born and fed affect your immune system
  23. The US election doesn't just feed pop culture – it is pop culture
  24. I'm right, you're wrong, and here's a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate
  25. Former solicitor-general lashes George Brandis over direction
  26. Sugar tax is not nanny state, it's sound public policy
  27. Australia is vulnerable to cyber threats, so what can we do about it?
  28. ARIAs still matter to artists, but what do they say about us?
  29. Why a scorecard of quality in the arts is a very bad idea
  30. If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't
  31. Weekly Dose: aspirin, the pain and fever reliever that prevents heart attacks, strokes and maybe cancer
  32. After Trump 2016, will liberals listen? (The passion of Thomas Frank)
  33. Facebook wants to be in your workplace, but you'll probably find trolls there too
  34. UK experience of domestic violence disclosure schemes is a cautionary tale for Australia
  35. New life insurance code riddled with loopholes
  36. Evangelical politics: the rise and fall of Mike Baird
  37. Social media for tracking disease outbreaks – fad or way of the future?
  38. The world's vanishing wild places are vital for saving species
  39. US election: what are super PACs, and what role does money play in the race?
  40. University changes to academic contracts are threatening freedom of speech
  41. Business Briefing: why the future is workless
  42. How migrant workers are critical to the future of Australia's agricultural industry
  43. Speaking with: Alanna Kamp about the erasure of Chinese-Australian women from our history books
  44. Peering into the future: does science require predictions?
  45. What the consistency of your poo says about your health
  46. Kintsugi and the art of ceramic maintenance
  47. Explainer: what is contract theory and why it deserved a Nobel Prize
  48. Samsung pulls the pin on the Galaxy Note 7 but will unlikely suffer permanent damage
  49. Turnbull is trussed up, unable to deliver either marriage plebiscite or parliamentary outcome
  50. Labor maintains 52-48 lead in Newspoll

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