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is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University

Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids.

Is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit? – Hugo, age 12, Melbourne.

There is...

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Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what's "retiree tax"?

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what's "retiree tax"?There are words you'll need to understand. But imputation is complex, like the tax system.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

You’re forgiven for being confused.

Newspapers need to economise on words. Television and radio reporters need to economise on seconds. So they use shorthand: words like “dividend imputation”,...

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The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill

  • Written by: James L Croft, Lecturer, Motor Control and Skill Acquisition, Edith Cowan University

People climbing up walls and jumping off buildings in films such as Brick Mansions, Assassin’s Creed, and Casino Royal aren’t tricks of cinema.

The athletes that perform these stunts are part of a global community that practise parkour – a gymnastics-like activity that developed from military obstacle courses. The objective of...

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