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Turnbull orders review of local threat from lone wolf extremists

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

Malcolm Turnbull has asked counter-terrorism coordinator Greg Moriarty for advice on the local threat from unstable, suddenly-radicalised “lone wolves,” as part of a report on lessons from the Nice attack.

Moriarty will work with agencies to examine all persons of interest being watched in relation to terrorism investigations to...

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Inner-city bias: the suburbs need a fair go

  • Written by: Rodney Maddock, Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University
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One of the startling facts about the Brexit vote was the deep division between the city of London and the rest of the country. There was clearly a sense that change was working to the advantage of the urban elites, and often to the detriment of people who lived outside those privileged areas.

The recent Australian election reveals some of the same...

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'Slapped cheek' syndrome: a common rash in kids, more sinister in pregnant women

  • Written by: Lyn Gilbert, Clinical Professor in Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
imageWhile very common and not too serious in kids, slapped cheek can be serious, and even fatal, if a foetus is infected through its mother.Jon Large/Flickr, CC BY-SA

This is part of our series on kids' health. Read the other articles in our series here.


In 1974, while screening blood donations for hepatitis B, an Australian virologist accidentally...

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New cancer treatment? Scientists have programmed bacteria to kill cancer cells in mice

  • Written by: Thomas Williams, Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University
imageSome bacteria can to survive inside the oxygen-deprived environment of a tumour.from shutterstock.com

Scientists are successfully experimenting with a creative approach to treat cancer by genetically programming bacteria to invade tumours and destroy cells from within.

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, authors showed programmed...

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