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What Australia needs to do to protect consumers from untested stem-cell treatments

  • Written by: Patrick Foong, Lecturer, Law, Swinburne University of Technology
imageBone-marrow transplants to treat leukaemia are one of the miniscule number of stem-cell treatments that have a strong evidence base.from shutterstock.com

Stem-cell research holds promise for the treatment of a broad range of diseases and conditions, from spinal cord injury to autism. But more work is needed to turn this research into safe and...

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#CensusFail: the ABS hasn't convinced the public their privacy is protected

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageThe ABS promises it has the best of intentions, but many don't trust it.Shutterstock

The Australian Census, which takes a snapshot of the demographics of the Australian population, is embroiled in a last minute furore around the mandatory collection of names and addresses.

South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has declared he will not be providing...

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Horton wins by naming the elephant in the room at Rio Olympics

  • Written by: Craig Fry, Associate Professor, Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, Victoria University
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He may not realise it yet, but Australian swimmer Mack Horton’s biggest achievement at the Rio Olympics this week wasn’t winning the 400m freestyle gold medal. It was the stance he took against doping, in reference to Chinese rival Sun Yang, by saying he had no time or respect for drug cheats.

The Sun Yang doping case is not a new one;...

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Smart cities: does this mean more transport disruptions?

  • Written by: Robyn Dowling, Professor and Associate Dean Research, University of Sydney
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A plethora of new and personalised ways of getting around cities are emerging – electric bikes, motorised scooters, electric vehicles, car sharing and re-interpretations of the taxi by Uber.

How might we realise the potential of these transport disruptions? How does the combination of culture, regulation and technology shape sustainable...

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  1. Why credit rating agencies' economic advice shouldn't be trusted
  2. Can big data studies know your thoughts and predict who will win an election?
  3. Australians should also worry about white extremists in our own backyard
  4. Why talent transfer is key for a winning rugby Sevens team
  5. Land of the 'fair go' no more: wealth in Australia is becoming more unequal
  6. Ad skipping and blocking could spur an advertising arms race
  7. Why is doping wrong anyway?
  8. Answering the same questions over and over: how to talk to people with dementia
  9. Australia needs better policy to end the alarming increase in land clearing
  10. Here’s looking at: 'Boy with a straw hat ...' by Diane Arbus
  11. Explainer: the mysterious missing magnetic monopole
  12. Costello questions what the Turnbull government can achieve
  13. Does racism make us sick?
  14. Health Check: do cough medicines work?
  15. Free speech: would removing Section 18C really give us the right to be bigots?
  16. I won't be giving my name to census: Xenophon
  17. Explainer: what is the census, and why does it matter?
  18. FactCheck: do welfare recipients owe the Australian government about $3.5 billion?
  19. Can you 'teach' workers to be more emotionally resilient?
  20. India's GST promises growth, reform and opportunities
  21. Size is largely in the mind: how your body image can change in two minutes
  22. The new Senate looms as a serious problem for a damaged Malcolm Turnbull
  23. Death by dingo: outsourcing pest control raises uncomfortable questions
  24. Without action, Asia-Pacific ecosystems could lose a third of their value by 2050
  25. Can we learn from Thucydides' writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?
  26. What if intelligent machines could learn from each other?
  27. Why technology makes us dishonest: ways to reduce cheating at self-service checkouts
  28. Further Senate results and analysis
  29. The 'no' campaign on marriage equality owes us better arguments
  30. Capitalism and Democracy [part 3]
  31. Whither anarchy: the fantasy of natural law
  32. Whither anarchy: ownness as a form of freedom
  33. Turnbull inquiry-lite bank plan falls short
  34. Latest PBO costings won't hold any parties to account
  35. Here's how you beat 'indestructible' head lice
  36. One Nation's Malcolm Roberts is in denial about the facts of climate change
  37. Whither anarchy: perspectives on anarchism and liberty
  38. Whither anarchy: freedom as non-domination
  39. Are university flagship courses actually workable? And will they be a disaster for equity?
  40. The white man's burden: Bill Leak and telling 'the truth' about Aboriginal lives
  41. Fast food companies use social networking sites to target children
  42. So, how did the new Senate voting rules work in practice?
  43. Road rage: why normal people become harmful on the roads
  44. The man who brought science and a touch of humanity to Australia's Olympic swimming hopes
  45. We don't remove comments just because we disagree with them
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the new Senate
  47. Women are satisfied with 'women's work' but not with the pay
  48. Common method of preventing early births may be causing more
  49. Raising chisel to stone, and making art
  50. One of Marlowe's finest plays roars into the 21st century

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