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Weekly Dose: ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young

  • Written by Julaine Allan, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
imageIce is more readily smoked than other methamphetamines, but can also be injected.from shutterstock.com

Ice is a slang name for crystal methamphetamine – a stimulant drug that is swallowed, smoked or injected. Ice is also called shabu, tina, T, crystal and meth.

It is usually made overseas – from the ingredients pseudoephedrine, iodine...

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Workers are taking on more risk in the gig economy

  • Written by Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, University of Technology Sydney

To secure work in the gig economy, workers often have to contribute not just their time and labour but also their capital. This means workers are not only shouldering the risks associated with insecure employment but also the risks associated with investing capital into businesses which they have little control over.

In the traditional economy...

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Renewable jet fuel could be growing on Australia's iconic gum trees

  • Written by David Kainer, PhD Candidate in tree genomics and evolution, Australian National University

Australia’s economy may have ridden on the sheep’s back but the colonies’ first export was actually Eucalyptus oil. From a small batch of oil distilled from Sydney peppermint gum sent to England by First Fleet Surgeon-General John White, an industry grew around the use of the oil for medicinal and industrial purposes.

As demand...

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  1. Explainer: why stock market panic can signal a good time to buy
  2. Facing bumps, but on the right track: Indonesia's democratic progress
  3. Understanding the NDIS: a history of disability welfare from 'deserving poor' to consumers in control
  4. Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme work and am I eligible for funding?
  5. Defiant Hanson will test a Coalition government
  6. Business Briefing: are Hanson, NXT and the Nationals bad for business?
  7. Research fraud: the temptation to lie – and the challenges of regulation
  8. Christos Tsiolkas, the 'blasphemous' artist and Barracuda
  9. If machines can beat us at games, does it make them more intelligent than us?
  10. Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends
  11. Turnbull remains less than pitch-perfect
  12. By Jupiter, what we know of the gas giant so far
  13. We must convince people we believe in Medicare: Turnbull
  14. From scolds to talking underwater : Policing women's voices
  15. Are shipping containers really the answer for affordable housing? Time for a reality check
  16. Labor's 'Mediscare' campaign capitalised on Coalition history of hostility towards Medicare
  17. Politics podcast: James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
  18. How Uber opens cities only to close them
  19. In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?
  20. In rare cases, a dog's lick can carry more than just love
  21. Caught short: we need to talk about public toilets
  22. Companies may be misleading investors by not openly assessing the true value of assets
  23. Playing politics with your future: what a hung parliament could mean for super
  24. Maggie's Plan: screwball comedy meets witty academic satire
  25. A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home
  26. Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging
  27. Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length
  28. Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting
  29. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  30. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  31. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  32. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  33. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  34. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  35. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  36. The off-topic Conversation #100
  37. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  38. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  39. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  40. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
  41. Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registered
  42. Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
  43. Labor leadership talk a bit of mischievous arson
  44. Turnbull stands solid against returning Abbott to frontbench
  45. Enigmatic Turnbull creates his own misfortune and will be forever diminished by it
  46. An uncertain election result may lead to stagnant financial markets
  47. Economic policy challenges will swamp our election outcome, no matter who ends up winning
  48. The myth of public opinion
  49. Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
  50. Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?

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