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America is moving to end its use of private prisons – should Australia follow suit?

  • Written by: Marilyn McMahon, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
imageAustralia has a higher proportion of inmates in privately operated prisons than any other country.AAP/Paul Miller

For more than 30 years governments around the world have outsourced the management of prison populations. This trend has been enthusiastically adopted in Australia, which has a higher proportion of inmates in privately operated prisons...

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Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video

  • Written by: Catherine Strong, Lecturer, Music Industry, RMIT University
imageThe music video for Justin Bieber's Sorry is one of the contenders at Sunday's MTV Music Video Awards.Justin Bieber Vevo/Youtube

The spectacular release of Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade earlier this year, and the critical response to it, has fleetingly put the music video in the spotlight. For a ubiquitous and influential art form,...

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Interview: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and inventor of the home computer

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia

If you haven’t heard of Steve Wozniak, it is because he has been overshadowed by his fellow co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. This is despite the fact that he was the sole person behind the invention and building of the Apple 1, the first home computer that used a keyboard and normal TV screen as a display.

Steve Jobs was arguably the force...

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Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age

  • Written by: Claire Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
imageIn the animal kingdom, males are somewhat dispensable, which might explain why males are more likely to die. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Sexual inequality begins in the womb, but not in the way you might think. In a study of more than 574,000 births in South Australia between 1981 and 2011, we found boys are more likely to be born preterm and the...

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  1. Australia needs to lead again on democratic innovation
  2. Feral animals are running amok on Australia's islands – here's how to stop them
  3. Vital Signs: Jackson Hole could deliver the monetary change Xenophon wants
  4. Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area
  5. Grattan on Friday: Shorten wants to play hardball but can he dodge the 'opportunist' tag?
  6. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
  7. Oil, gas and marine parks really can coexist in our oceans – here's how
  8. Scott Morrison has correctly diagnosed the problem, but needs to be flexible about solutions
  9. Touching, ferocious and poetic, the Miles Franklin shortlist is worthy of your attention
  10. How to manage weight issues with your teenager when you're not meant to talk about weight
  11. Turnbull steps in as promised, but don't expect a swift end to firefighter dispute
  12. Watch your language, Scott Morrison
  13. What you see is not always what you get: how virtual reality can manipulate our minds
  14. Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end
  15. A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat
  16. Why is sexual harassment in the AFP systemic? And can the culture be changed?
  17. Full response from SGS Economics and Planning
  18. FactCheck: does the average Australian family spend up to $22,000 every year on transport?
  19. Why obesity is not a 'left versus right' issue
  20. Australia should look overseas for ideas to increase its number of women MPs
  21. The Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
  22. Sustainable housing's expensive, right? Not when you look at the whole equation
  23. 154 Australian scientists demand climate policy that matches the science
  24. An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists
  25. Explainer: arthrogryposis – the congenital disorder linked to Zika
  26. Rio 2016 was just the latest round in the long-running doping arms race
  27. Why STEM subjects and fashion design go hand in hand
  28. Despite China free trade agreement Australian beef producers are missing out
  29. A super test for Australia's political system
  30. Say hello to the Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbour: Proxima Centauri b
  31. Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction
  32. Taxi driver compensation for Uber is unfair and poorly implemented
  33. Shorten offers deal on super while hardening stand on plebiscite
  34. Culture, free speech and celebrating Mao downunder
  35. Weekly Dose: flibanserin, the drug that gives women one extra sexually satisfying experience every two months
  36. Is that porn your child is watching online? How do you know?
  37. Long before Trump rolled in the deep, music and politics were entwined
  38. Clinton clearly ahead of Trump in US Presidential contest
  39. The price of victory: Caster Semenya again on trial
  40. Philippines cannot build a nation over the bodies of 100,000 dead in Duterte's 'war on drugs'
  41. Politics podcast: Karen Middleton on Albanese – Telling It Straight
  42. Gambling gallops on, stats reveal – but what can be done to curb its harms?
  43. Explainer: what is parliament's role in the marriage equality debate?
  44. Landmark study finds diversity lagging on Australian TV
  45. What construction jobs will look like when robots can build things
  46. Keeping global warming to 1.5C, not 2C, will make a crucial difference to Australia, report says
  47. Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries
  48. Why the spectacle of the Olympics will go on despite Rio's disappointments
  49. 'No reason for livin': early death in female popular musicians
  50. Emerging infertility treatment could be a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF

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How Telematics Helps Australian Companies Improve Productivity

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