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The NT royal commission: it's a good start but more leadership is needed

  • Written by: Wendy O'Brien, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
imageGeorge Brandis, former NT chief justice Brian Martin, who will head the royal commission, and Malcolm Turnbull announce the commission's terms of reference.AAP/Andrew Taylor

The harrowing image of a child, partially clad, hooded and shackled to a chair in a prison cell, has provoked public outrage and the prime minister’s resolve that a royal...

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Report on industry assistance needs to go beyond just reporting costs

  • Written by: Beth Webster, Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

The recently released Productivity Commission (PC) Trade & Assistance Review is a competent and thorough estimate of the costs of industry assistance. But missing, as always, are estimates of their benefits.

To be fair, the report leaves open the possibility that programs do have benefits. But the subtext is very much that assistance is a cost....

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Friday essay: worth a thousand words – how photos shape attitudes to refugees

  • Written by: Jane Lydon, Professor, University of Western Australia
imagePhotos of beaming young asylum-seekers with their families aboard HMAS Adelaide in October 2001 told a completely different story to the government's spurious 'children overboard' claims. Courtesy Project SafeCom, Jack H Smit.

Over the last two decades we have seen the unprecedented politicisation of immigration. Many Australians remember the wave...

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Separated parents and the family law system: what does the evidence say?

  • Written by: Rae Kaspiew, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Talk of reforming the Family Court and family law system is back in the headlines, but agitation about the family law system has a long history.

Since the introduction of the Family Law Act and the establishment of the Family Court of Australia in 1976, there have been many parliamentary inquiries and numerous reforms. However, sad stories of...

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

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