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Media watchdog's report into Christchurch shootings goes soft on showing violent footage

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Media watchdog's report into Christchurch shootings goes soft on showing violent footageThe ACMA and media outlets will now have discussions about how to cover violence attacks like that in Christchurch, in future.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Coverage of the Christchurch terrorism by Australia’s television channels raised “serious questions” about whether they had breached the television codes of practice, according to the...

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why heavy metal is a valid and vital PhD subject

  • Written by: Simon Springer, Professor of Human Geography, University of Newcastle
why heavy metal is a valid and vital PhD subjectI never anticipated the level of interest in a simple call for PhD applicants.Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash

At first glance, heavy metal music and academia seem like odd bedfellows. The former is often looked on with a sense of derision for its assumed lack of refinement; the latter is seen as sophisticated.

Not long after I posted a callout for...

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Training my dog taught me that it's people who really need training

  • Written by: Ann Morrison, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
Training my dog taught me that it's people who really need trainingClara, keen as ever for some well-deserved attention.@anmore, Author provided

As I watched my hunting dog standing off the lead and lined up with all the other Kleiner Münsterländers, awaiting her turn to swim out and bring back the dead duck (an important training item) thrown into the deep water, I felt a sense of pride.

It dawned on me...

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2,000 years of records show it's getting hotter, faster

  • Written by: Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne
2,000 years of records show it's getting hotter, fasterEuropean heatwaves are part of a pattern of rapid global warming.EPA/ABEL ALONSO

New reconstructions of Earth’s temperature over the past 2,000 years, published today in Nature Geoscience, highlight the astonishing rate of the recent widespread warming of our planet.

We also now have a clearer picture of decade-to-decade temperature...

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