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New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer

  • Written by: Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate in Criminal Law, Deakin University
New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longerThere is a common perception in Victoria that courts are too lenient on offenders, but sentences for sex offences are actually increasing.Shutterstock

Sentences for most sex offences are getting harsher in Victoria, according to new data released on Wednesday by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council.

The data are for all cases sentenced in the...

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don't judge, try to understand us

  • Written by: Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University
don't judge, try to understand usProgressive voices have lit up social media with memes blaming Queensland for Labor's loss in the federal election. But characterising the state as regressive and redneck is misplaced. Shutterstock/The Conversation

“What the hell is wrong with Queensland?”

Such comments are at the polite end of social media...

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In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard

  • Written by: Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Wollongong
In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heardPerformers in Speechless, a new opera by composer Cat Hope, co-commissioned by the Perth Festival and Tura New Music. The opera is a response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2014 report into children in immigration detention.Toni Wilkinson

Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers....

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Sex trafficking's tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators

  • Written by: Alexandra Baxter, Researcher/PhD Candidate, criminology and human trafficking, Flinders University
Sex trafficking's tragic paradox: when victims become perpetratorsThe victim-offender overlap is disturbingly common in the human trafficking trade, with women once trafficked becoming traffickers.www.shutterstock.com

Born in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum gave birth to her first child at the age of 17. Her father killed himself when she was young, to absolve the family of debt. Her mother later ran...

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  12. Bowen carries baggage into Labor leadership contest
  13. US-China relations are certainly at a low point, but this is not the next Cold War
  14. Here's how to make opinion polls more representative and honest
  15. After Clive Palmer's $60 million campaign, limits on political advertising are more important than ever
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  20. After 8 years of memes, videos and role playing, what now for Game of Thrones' multimedia fans?
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