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Universities Australia to survey prevalence of sexual abuse on campuses

  • Written by: Michael Courts, Editor, The Conversation
imageUniversity leaders are determined to improve their responses to students who have experienced sexual assault or harassment on campus.AAP/Paul Miller

Universities Australia (UA), the peak body representing Australia’s 39 universities, will on Tuesday launch a survey designed to shed light on student experiences of sexual assault and sexual...

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If you're going to ridicule research, do your homework

  • Written by: Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Director, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Australia
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Sydney’s Daily Telegraph is suffering one of their frequent relapses into frothy-mouthed panic about government wastage on research grants. Poking at layabout academics for ‘wasting’ tax dollars on seemingly frivolous projects reminds me of nothing more than the schoolyard bully who secretly knows he peaked in year 9....

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Australia continues to be shamefully silent on Indonesia's human rights abuses

  • Written by: Phelim Kine, Adjunct Professor, Roosevelt Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, City University of New York
imageGeorge Brandis (centre) was 'the guest' of the co-ordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, Wiranto (right), during a recent visit to Indonesia.Matius Murib

Here’s the glaring omission in Australian Attorney-General George Brandis’ list of issues raised with Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in...

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The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize

  • Written by: Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University
imageMark Mangini (left) and David White hold this year's Oscar for Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road.Paul Buck/EPA

The Olympics is almost over now for another four years, and beyond the glorious highs and heartbreaking lows of participants and spectators, there’s the ritual of the cost-benefit wash-up where we calculate the public cost per...

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  1. New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies
  2. New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area
  3. Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard: how the media shape our view of leaders as 'women'
  4. Health Check: should kids be given antibiotics in their first year?
  5. Omran Daqneesh: the poster child for cognitive dissonance
  6. The Panopticons are coming! And they'll know when we think the grass is greener
  7. Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence
  8. A fortune built on slavery: the Bright Family Papers and their journey from UK to Melbourne
  9. Here's to coaches, unsung heroes and role models for social change
  10. Why Rio, like Sydney and London before it, won't turn locals into sports stars
  11. Viewpoints: is addiction a disease?
  12. Offshore detention: Australians have a right to know what is done in their name
  13. Can buying up fishing licences save Australia's sharks?
  14. New risks for disability care workers under the NDIS
  15. What role should universities play in today's society?
  16. Why the ACCC siding with the banks against Apple will not be in consumers' interests
  17. Shorten says grievance tribunal would not stop bank 'rip offs'
  18. Colin Barnett says same-sex marriage should be settled by parliament
  19. An historic handful of dirt: Whitlam and the legacy of the Wave Hill Walk-Off
  20. Turnbull's backbench muscles up
  21. Morrison gives final 'no' to Chinese on Ausgrid
  22. Research Check: do we really need to do five times as much exercise as we've been told?
  23. When ancient lovers meet: the best planet duo of 2016
  24. To future-proof our crops from drought, look to the Australian deserts
  25. Gaming trends show cities need to rethink how they tap into creative economy
  26. Disrupted businesses are struggling in the valley of death
  27. Will women ever be able to compete against men in Olympic events?
  28. How Australia's children's authors create magic on a page
  29. How we moderate off-topic comments
  30. When industry-sponsored research is on the nose
  31. Research Check: does paracetamol in pregnancy cause child behavioural problems?
  32. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on offshore detention
  33. 'Be careful posting images online' is just another form of modern-day victim-blaming
  34. Friday essay: the untold story behind the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off
  35. Cheating, bribery and scandal: how the ancient Greeks did the Olympic Games
  36. Equal but not the same: equestrian sport's unisex approach hides inequity
  37. Common lumps and bumps on and under the skin: what are they?
  38. When punitive media intrude on the courts' role, can justice be served?
  39. A task for Australia's energy ministers: remove barriers to better buildings
  40. Deliveroo strike win shows gig workers can subvert the rules too
  41. Want to be a space tour guide? Apply here... in 2025
  42. Grattan on Friday: Dutton should stop whinging and find solution to the offshore problem
  43. Arrium's requiem - the events of July 7th
  44. When you mess up, get up: the power of failure in building resilience
  45. Why we need more book awards
  46. The battle over Long Tan's memory – a perspective from Viet Nam
  47. Fabricating science: discussing fraud can rebuild community confidence and deepen understanding of how science works
  48. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, June-July 2016
  49. Mob violence shows Indonesia must act against online hate speech
  50. Is your child having trouble learning? They may have auditory processing disorder

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