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Employable Me has struck a chord but will it change employers' attitudes to disability?

  • Written by: Katie Sutherland, Doctor of Creative Arts Candidate, Western Sydney University
Employable Me has struck a chord but will it change employers' attitudes to disability?The cast of ABC TV's Employable MeABC TV

“I’m glad you can make use of my weapons grade autism”, laughs Jonathon in the ABC TV series Employable Me. He has landed a competitive paid internship, channelling his passion for accountancy. As well as a love of numbers, he has a wicked sense of humour and a way with words. And his...

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Greens want cannabis to be made legal

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

The Greens say cannabis should be legalised and sold in plain packaging, with its wholesale distribution monopolised by a new government agency.

The controversial policy, released by Greens leader Richard Di Natale on Monday, would ban sale to people under 18, prohibit advertising, and use tax revenue collected for drug treatment and education...

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Trial by judge alone may not be the answer to giving high-profile defendants a fair hearing

  • Written by: John Eldridge, Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Trial by judge alone may not be the answer to giving high-profile defendants a fair hearingPrejudice is increasingly difficult to remove from jurors.Shutterstock

In April 2013, Adrian Bayley pleaded guilty to Jill Meagher’s murder. As the case was the subject of heavy media coverage, there would have been few Australians who were not well aware of it.

It’s worth pondering, then, what might have happened had – as was...

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Angus Campbell to head Australian Defence Force

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

The new Australian Defence Force Chief will be Lieutenant-General Angus Campbell, Chief of Army since 2015, who became the operational public face of the Coalition government’s Operation Sovereign Borders.

Campbell replaces the present chief, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, 58, who will retire from the ADF in July.

With his promotion, Campbell...

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  3. Is mediatech the new fintech?
  4. How the aid community responds in Syria will dictate its role in future crises
  5. When we get bitten by a mosquito, why does it itch so much?
  6. Flesh-eating bacteria cases on the rise and we need an urgent response
  7. Why our declining biblical literacy matters
  8. Seven reasons people no longer want to be teachers
  9. 'Renewable energy breeding' can stop Australia blowing the carbon budget – if we're quick
  10. Australia’s modern church buildings are disappearing
  11. Plants use advertising-like strategies to attract bees with colour and scent
  12. Full response for a spokesperson for the One in Three Campaign
  13. is domestic violence the leading preventable cause of death and illness for women aged 18 to 44?
  14. Israeli PM Netanyahu says Lucy Turnbull has given promise on sheep issue
  15. Further strikes on Syria unlikely
  16. focus on research and communities
  17. Australia dominated the Commonwealth Games, so why doesn't it feel like that?
  18. Seven and Foxtel snag cricket rights, meaning more content but maybe not for free
  19. Shadow profiles - Facebook knows about you, even if you're not on Facebook
  20. why do we get muscle cramps?
  21. Athletes seek asylum at almost every games, as is their right
  22. Labor benefits from completed draft boundaries, plus South Australian and Tasmanian final results
  23. Michelle Grattan on Newspoll, immigration and Australia's relationship with China
  24. how do we make hydrogen from coal, and is it really a clean fuel?
  25. Despite a reduction in executions, progress towards the abolition of the death penalty is slow
  26. We've made 'smart egg-cartons' to transport cells to cure diabetes
  27. In both schooling and sport, Australia has slowly come to recognise its Aboriginal talent pool
  28. New Zealand puts an end to new permits for exploration of deep-sea oil and gas reserves
  29. How to help athletes adapt to life after sport
  30. Clive Hamilton and Richard Rigby on Chinese influence in Australia
  31. The far-right's creeping influence on Australian politics
  32. Stop treating students like customers and start working with them as partners in learning
  33. the world economy can benefit from a vindicated Trump
  34. Precarious employment is rising rapidly among men: new research
  35. On Friday the 13th, leave the superstitions at home
  36. the story of Fook Shing, colonial Victoria's Chinese detective
  37. do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day?
  38. Looking past the Gold Coast the world sees today
  39. Why the Australian Christian right has weak political appeal
  40. New electoral law could still hobble charities
  41. What Wikipedia can teach us about blockchain technology
  42. Live sheep exports tarnish Australia's reputation and should be stopped
  43. Alexis Wright wins 2018 Stella Prize for Tracker, an epic feat of Aboriginal storytelling
  44. So your birth didn't go according to plan? Don't blame yourself
  45. Four years after the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine: key gains and losses
  46. What goes into breaking records at the Commonwealth Games
  47. A sperm race to help save one of New Zealand’s threatened birds, the sugar-lapping hihi
  48. Are Australians ready to embrace libertarianism?
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