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As Indonesia conducts more executions, Australia's anti-death-penalty advocacy is still lacking

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Newcastle
imageIndonesia is in the midst of another round of executions.EPA/Mast Irham

Indonesia has carried out a third round of executions under President Joko Widodo. Attorney-General H. Muhammad Prasetyo had announced that 14 people would face the firing squad, but only four were killed on Thursday night – three Nigerians and an Indonesian national.

All...

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Kevin gets canned

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
imageAAP/Dean Lewins

All politics is local. It’s a cliché but one that never goes out of style. Malcolm Turnbull’s unwillingness to endorse Kevin Rudd for the world’s top diplomatic post, the secretary-general of the United Nations, reminds us of that timeless wisdom.

Given a choice between looking churlish on the international...

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How fiction helps us understand the reality of a mother abandoning her newborn baby

  • Written by: Diana Jefferies, Lecturer in Clinical Leadership, Western Sydney University
imageWhy is it we feel sympathy for George Eliot's Hetty Sorrel, but judge women who abandon their babies in real life?Wikimedia Commons

Often when the media report that a mother has abandoned her newborn baby, the community reacts with shock and disbelief. Yet, in fiction, when a woman feels so desperate and hopeless she believes abandoning her baby is...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Don Dale royal commission

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

Malcolm Turnbull swiftly announced a royal commission this week in response to revelations about the treatment of boys in the Don Dale youth detention facility. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra acting vice-chancellor Frances Shannon the terms of reference are broad.

“It takes in not only the detention system, which of course has...

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  1. After Philadephia, logic and numbers back Clinton for the win – but it's not that simple
  2. Turnbull kills Rudd's UN secretary-general bid
  3. No Kevin '17: Turnbull opts not to back Rudd for the UN's top job
  4. Being transgender is not a mental illness, and the WHO should acknowledge this
  5. The NT royal commission: it's a good start but more leadership is needed
  6. Report on industry assistance needs to go beyond just reporting costs
  7. Friday essay: worth a thousand words – how photos shape attitudes to refugees
  8. Separated parents and the family law system: what does the evidence say?
  9. Crippling rural debt looms as biggest threat to our beef producers
  10. Vital Signs: Get ready for the Aussie dollar to fall
  11. Rising players in higher education: the countries to watch out for
  12. Automation Can Leave Us Complacent, And That Can Have Dangerous Consequences
  13. The world's biggest cuckoos once roamed the Nullarbor Plain
  14. What are 'flat feet' in children and are they something to worry about?
  15. From act of terrorism to mental health symptom: we're shifting blame but at what cost?
  16. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull should move to add justice to Closing the Gap targets
  17. ANZ and Amex the winners in Australia's banks' fight with Apple over payment apps
  18. Rudd's fate in Turnbull's hands
  19. Ocean currents suggest where we should be looking for missing flight MH370
  20. Four qualities that helped small businesses survive the end of the resources boom
  21. Home is where the heart is: why we're getting couples therapy wrong
  22. Meter Maids, promotional models and our disturbingly hypersexual cities
  23. What kind of person joins a cult or joins a terror group?
  24. Explainer: the A, B, C, D and E of hepatitis
  25. Abuse in youth detention is not restricted to the Northern Territory
  26. Is netball a feminist triumph? Let's discuss
  27. Is Islamic banking more risky compared to conventional banking?
  28. ANZ wins class action on fees, but we still don't know the real cost of late payments
  29. Childhood shyness: when is it normal and when is it cause for concern?
  30. How far off is a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
  31. School is not always a safe place for students with disability – this has to change
  32. As surveillance gets smart, hackers get smarter
  33. All the Olympics are a stage, and all the athletes merely players: the rich history of the modern Games
  34. Cabinet battle over Rudd a test for Foreign Minister Bishop
  35. Tasmanian Senate result: 5 Labor, 4 Liberals, 2 Greens, 1 Lambie
  36. Dopey policy: is the IOC fit for purpose?
  37. Pokécology: people will never put down their phones, but games can get them focused on nature
  38. Why we're making no progress tackling the exploitation of migrant workers
  39. Weekly Dose: fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebels
  40. The backlash against open plan offices: segmented space
  41. Data gaps mean Indigenous incarceration rates may be even worse than we thought
  42. Asia’s ineffective diplomacy makes life difficult for Australia
  43. CCTV: who can watch whom under the law?
  44. How do you know you're not living in a computer simulation?
  45. When terror goes viral it's up to us to prevent chaos
  46. Ten facts you need to know about the chicken and eggs on your table
  47. Is the tropical Indian Ocean to blame for southern Australia's wet winter?
  48. More scrutiny needed on commissions paid to life insurance advisers
  49. Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
  50. What it means when kids walk on their toes

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