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Pesticide bans might give us a buzz, but they won't necessarily save the bees

  • Written by: Caroline Hauxwell, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Public pressure is growing in Australia to ban the sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids because of their harmful effects on bees.

The retail chain Bunnings will stop selling the Confidor pesticide brand for homes and gardens by the end of 2018.


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Daniel Day Lewis shines as the tortured artist in Phantom Thread

  • Written by: Stuart Richards, Researcher and Lecturer in Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
Daniel Day Lewis shines as the tortured artist in Phantom ThreadVicky Krieps and Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread. Focus Features

Chic! Whoever invented that ought to be spanked in public. I don’t even know what that word means! What is that word? Fucking chic! — Reynolds Woodcock, Phantom Thread (played by Daniel Day Lewis)

In news that has devastated cinephiles the world over, Paul Thomas...

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How cyberbullies overtly and covertly target their victims

  • Written by: Larisa McLoughlin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast
How cyberbullies overtly and covertly target their victimsCyberbullying isn't always the 'trolling' we hear about in the media. from www.shutterstock.com

We hear a lot about cyberbullying, but we hear less about what it actually constitutes. Cyberbullying is defined as an aggressive, intentional act using electronic forms, repeatedly and over time, against a victim who can’t easily defend against it....

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Relics of colonialism: the Whitlam dismissal and the fight over the Palace letters

  • Written by: Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University
Relics of colonialism: the Whitlam dismissal and the fight over the Palace lettersA reversion to imperial imbalance in the British-Australian relationship began with the Whitlam government's election and ended with its dismissal.AAP/NAA

This piece is republished with permission from Commonwealth Now, the 59th edition of Griffith Review. Articles are a little longer than most published on The Conversation, presenting an in-depth...

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