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Abuse in youth detention is not restricted to the Northern Territory

  • Written by: Chris Cunneen, Professor of Criminology, UNSW Australia
imageThe shocking abuse of young inmates at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre has prompted a royal commission.AAP/Neda Vanovac

The controversy over the appalling treatment of young people in the Don Dale detention centre and the announcement of a royal commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory raises some important questions about...

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Is netball a feminist triumph? Let's discuss

  • Written by: Fiona McLachlan, Researcher, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL) and Lecturer in Sport Studies, Victoria University

The Grand Final of the ANZ championship this Saturday marks the end of a chapter in the history of netball in Australia, as the trans-Tasman league is wound down. A five-year broadcast deal for a new national league announced in May, will bring the sport to prime-time free-to-air television, and offers netball the chance turn professional.

Has...

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Is Islamic banking more risky compared to conventional banking?

  • Written by: Mamiza Haq, Lecturer in Finance, The University of Queensland
imageResearch has found Islamic banks are less risky than conventional banks.www.shutterstock.com

Islamic banks are less risky and more resilient than their counter parts in terms of bank capital requirement and mobilisation of deposits.

Somewhat perversely, the global financial crisis presented a big opportunity to the Islamic banking and finance...

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ANZ wins class action on fees, but we still don't know the real cost of late payments

  • Written by: Justin Malbon, Professor of Law, Monash University

A six year legal battle came to an end yesterday when the High Court ruled in favour of ANZ Bank, finding by a 4-1 majority that the bank could enforce late payment fees on credit cards.

The lead plaintiff in the class action was Mr Paciocco, who opened two MasterCard accounts with the bank. One card had a credit limit of A$18,000 the other had a...

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  4. As surveillance gets smart, hackers get smarter
  5. All the Olympics are a stage, and all the athletes merely players: the rich history of the modern Games
  6. Cabinet battle over Rudd a test for Foreign Minister Bishop
  7. Tasmanian Senate result: 5 Labor, 4 Liberals, 2 Greens, 1 Lambie
  8. Dopey policy: is the IOC fit for purpose?
  9. Pokécology: people will never put down their phones, but games can get them focused on nature
  10. Why we're making no progress tackling the exploitation of migrant workers
  11. Weekly Dose: fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebels
  12. The backlash against open plan offices: segmented space
  13. Data gaps mean Indigenous incarceration rates may be even worse than we thought
  14. Asia’s ineffective diplomacy makes life difficult for Australia
  15. CCTV: who can watch whom under the law?
  16. How do you know you're not living in a computer simulation?
  17. When terror goes viral it's up to us to prevent chaos
  18. Ten facts you need to know about the chicken and eggs on your table
  19. Is the tropical Indian Ocean to blame for southern Australia's wet winter?
  20. More scrutiny needed on commissions paid to life insurance advisers
  21. Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
  22. What it means when kids walk on their toes
  23. Speaking with: Hannah Dahlen on pregnancy care
  24. Redetermining paradigmatic norms: is there any hope for academic writing?
  25. Evidence of NT detention centre abuse was there for all to see
  26. Backstories, Intimacies and the Ghostbusters Dilemma
  27. Is it back to the future for human origins science or just a case of science media misleading us again?
  28. Four Corners: why did the two previous investigations have no impact on changing this abuse?
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  30. Morrison flags opposition to nominating Rudd for UN post
  31. Land carbon storage swelled in the Little Ice Age, which bodes ill for the future
  32. Can a corpulent Woolies discard its history and fight off Aldi?
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  36. Reading French literature in a time of terror
  37. Four Corners: is using restraints akin to torture?
  38. Save or salvage: the real role administrators play in troubled businesses
  39. Will post-sentence detention of convicted terrorists make Australia any safer?
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  41. Australia is missing out on tax revenue from gas projects
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  43. Who should be responsible for brain injuries in sport?
  44. Academics do want to engage with business, but need more support
  45. Suspended reality: the ins and outs of Rio's Olympic bubble
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