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Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia

  • Written by: Hannah Power, Lecturer in Coastal Science, University of Newcastle

Australians are well versed in the homegrown natural hazards that we encounter every year, from bushfires in summer to storms in winter, cyclones up north and flooding along our rivers.

But we don’t often stop to consider the threat posed by tsunamis. Should we?

Tsunamis are essentially a series of waves in the ocean. Where regular waves are...

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Amnesty-Human Rights Watch investigation reports medical neglect and assaults on Nauru

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru routinely face neglect by Australian-hired health workers and frequent unpunished assaults by local Nauruans, according to an Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch investigation.

“They endure unnecessary delays and at times denial of medical care, even for life-threatening conditions. Many have dire...

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Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney

This week The Guardian published a long-form profile by veteran journalist Gideon Haigh of Dr Bronwyn King.

I wrote a column about her last October when her efforts to dissuade the Australian superannuation industry to divest itself of tobacco stocks had been followed by a dozen companies selling off more than A$1 billion worth of tobacco stock.

Smok...

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Why executions in Indonesia must stop

  • Written by: Herlambang P Wiratraman, Director at the Centre of Human Rights Law Studies, Universitas Airlangga

Indonesia executed four prisoners on death row for drug offences early on Friday. Last week’s killings were the third round of executions under Joko Widodo’s government, and were carried out despite ongoing legal appeals and international pressure.

The firing squad shot dead Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke and Michael Titus from...

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  3. Business Briefing: Abenomics fails to address Japan's true woes
  4. Is the concept of 'helicopter money' set for a resurgence?
  5. Reimagining NSW: Five ways to future-proof NSW’s innovation ecosystem
  6. Does not compute: Australia is still miles behind in recycling electronic products
  7. Reimagining NSW: going beyond 'wilderness' and finding fresh ways to relate to our environment
  8. The hidden curriculum in surgery says it's not for women
  9. The land we play on: equality doesn’t mean justice
  10. The Aboriginal football ethic: where the rules get flexible
  11. In praise of the Sirius building, a ruined remnant of idealistic times
  12. Let forensic science help prevent a crime or a disaster
  13. Dhaka café attack: don't blame private education for radicalisation in Bangladesh
  14. Politics podcast: Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go
  15. Economists react: RBA cuts rates to 1.5%
  16. The great movie scenes: Hitchcock's Vertigo
  17. Family First's Bob Day wins last SA Senate seat in shock result
  18. One in five police officers are at risk of PTSD – here's how we need to respond
  19. 'A wiseman's art': Twelfth Night and cross-mobility casting
  20. Are you ready for the jobs of the future?
  21. If Australia is going to have a plebiscite on marriage equality, how should it work?
  22. The electricity market's not doing a great job – here's how to improve it
  23. High speed rail plan still needs to prove economic benefits will outweigh costs
  24. Census 2016: should you be concerned about your privacy?
  25. China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP
  26. Big retailers are realising the risk of moving into convenience stores
  27. Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion
  28. Explainer: what is behavioural activation for depression?
  29. Mapping the brain: scientists define 180 distinct regions, but what now?
  30. Reimagining NSW: how good governance strengthens democracy
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  33. Sports coaches need to be educated about concussion to keep players safe on the field
  34. Russian doping scandal: should other countries pull out of the Olympics?
  35. WA Senate result: 5 Liberals, 4 Labor, 2 Greens, 1 One Nation
  36. The return of the breeze block
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  39. Lichens may be a symbiosis of three organisms; a new Order of fungus named
  40. Janis Joplin and Sharon Jones add a feminist beat to the Melbourne Film Festival
  41. Juvenile detention royal commissioners must reach out to rebuild public trust
  42. Health Check: should we be using alcohol-based hand sanitisers?
  43. Gooda and White announced as heads of royal commission into NT youth detention
  44. Reimagining NSW: four ways to boost community well-being and why it matters
  45. Indonesia's new cabinet built on political transactions
  46. A complacent, secretive IMF failed to deal with EU crisis; what's changed?
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