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iPhone hack attack shows why we need to rein in the trade in spyware

  • Written by: Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
imageApple didn't know about the vulnerability until the iPhone hack.Flickr/Toshiyuki IMAI, CC BY-SA

Downloading security updates for computers and mobile devices is a regular routine for most of us.

But not all such updates are created equal. Apple’s recent iOS 9.3.5 update (and a related update to parts of OS X) was one of the more significant in...

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Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here's what the research says

  • Written by: Victoria Rawlings, Lecturer in Education, Pedagogy and Sexuality, University of Sydney
imageThe Crossroads program teaches children that gender is neither fixed nor binary.from www.shutterstock.com

The newly appointed head of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education, Mark Scott, has called for an investigation into the ways that gender and sexuality are talked about within the Crossroads health education program for Years 11 and...

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Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims? The numbers tell a different story

  • Written by: Alex Reilly, Deputy Dean and Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide

In her maiden speech to the Senate, One Nation senator Pauline Hanson said that:

Now we are in danger of being swamped by Muslims…

Her statement provides a useful opportunity to revisit the statistics on the number of Muslims migrating to and living in Australia.

The data show the number of Muslims in Australia is growing gradually in line...

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Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care

  • Written by: Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
imageFreedom of speech is valuable, but we should always be mindful of how words can wound.Shutterstock

Who can say what to whom in Australia? In this six-part series, we look at the complex idea of freedom of speech, who gets to exercise it and whether it is being curtailed in public debate.


Our linguistic and legal obsession with “insult”...

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  2. Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?
  3. Friday essay: science fiction's women problem
  4. Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies
  5. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  6. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  7. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  8. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  9. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  10. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  11. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  12. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  13. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  14. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
  15. Why Australians should say 'Yes' to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  16. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, August 2016
  17. Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives
  18. When process becomes product – repacking science communication
  19. NHMRC fluoride paper: relax, Australian citizens, your pineal glands are safe
  20. After Tasmania's year of disasters, bushfire tops the state's growing list of natural hazards
  21. Race to the White House – Episode One
  22. Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
  23. FactCheck: Have eight of Australia's 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years?
  24. Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
  25. Media owners steer government away from reform in the public interest
  26. Why are Aboriginal children still dying from rheumatic heart disease?
  27. Shadow banking increases the risk of another global financial crisis
  28. Here’s looking at: John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country, 1962
  29. What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
  30. Squandering riches: can Perth realise the value of its biodiversity?
  31. Into the spotlight: media coverage of the Paralympic Games has come a long way
  32. Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
  33. Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target
  34. Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing
  35. Senator, You're No Socrates
  36. Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry
  37. Shorten shoots down plebiscite
  38. To get young people into work, we first need to understand how the workplace is changing
  39. Despite the funding cut, ARENA's glass is still half full – here's how to spend the money
  40. Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?
  41. Explainer: why Hanjin's ships are stranded around the globe
  42. A day for turning parking spaces into pop-up parks
  43. How Game of Thrones' Emmy-award-winning battle scene was made
  44. Going bankrupt is a life changing decision – so why is the process to do it so easy?
  45. Yes, education funding has increased – but not everyone benefits
  46. Politics podcast: Don Watson on the rise of Trump
  47. Explainer: the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  48. Section 18C is an important part of a civilised society and no threat to free speech
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