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Royal commission recommends sweeping reforms for Catholic Church to end child abuse

  • Written by: Timothy W. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
imageIn light of the church's catastrophic failures of care, documented in this report, its survival as a public institution is dependent on responding adequately to this historic commission.Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been dominated by abuses perpetrated in the Roman Catholic Church. Its final...

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CBA admissions will make class action easier but shareholders still have a lot to prove

  • Written by: Michael Legg, Professor of Law, UNSW
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently admitted it breached Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. The admissions in its response to allegations from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) will make it easier for shareholders to prove their claims of misleading and deceptive...

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So you've got your ATAR, now what? Here are some options

  • Written by: Shane Duggan, Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
imageRegardless of your ATAR, it's important to keep vocational pathways in mind, not as a lesser option, but as a way of getting experience in an industry you're interested in. Shutterstock

Over the last week, year 12 students around the country received their Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR). For many students, these results are...

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  1. Science or Snake Oil: do skinny teas boost weight loss?
  2. We found evidence of early humans in the jungles of Borneo
  3. Racist reporting still rife in Australian media
  4. The psychology of Christmas shopping: how marketers nudge you to buy
  5. Friday essay: the myth of the ancient Greek 'gay utopia'
  6. Flying home for Christmas? Carbon offsets are important, but they won't fix plane pollution
  7. Vital Signs: Australia heads into 2018 with mixed economic signals
  8. Calling all parents – Australia's future female scientists need your support now
  9. Sydney's closer to being a zero-carbon city than you think
  10. Grattan on Friday: The 'China factor' is an unknown in Bennelong but a big issue for Australia
  11. Greater skills diversity on boards might actually be worse for business
  12. Explainer: the politics of heavy metal
  13. Should I roll my baby back over if she rolls onto her stomach in her sleep?
  14. Measures to increase cycling in Australia are predicated on failure
  15. Instead of congratulating ICAN on its Nobel Peace Prize, Australia is resisting efforts to ban the bomb
  16. Not just heat: even our spring frosts can bear the fingerprint of climate change
  17. It's official: 2016's Great Barrier Reef bleaching was unlike anything that went before
  18. Australians working in China should expect fallout over questions of political interference
  19. A bubble? We don't even know how to value Bitcoin
  20. Between innocence and experience: the sexualisation of girlhood in 19th century postcards
  21. Structuring thought and imagination brick by brick, Lego is more than child's play
  22. Cutting funding for hospital complications is unlikely to change patient care – here's why
  23. Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate byelection in stunning upset; Bennelong is tied 50-50
  24. Why we removed an article on the My Health Record
  25. The off-topic Conversation #144
  26. Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
  27. Westfield's history tracks the rise of the Australian shopping centre and shows what's to come
  28. What the robots of Star Wars tell us about automation, and the future of human work
  29. What is going rotten in the franchise businesses plagued by scandals
  30. Sexting: technology is changing what young people share online
  31. Reporting a few cases of negative side effects from long-acting contraceptives is alarmist and damaging
  32. NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
  33. Schools are not adequately preparing young Australians to participate in our democracy
  34. Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report
  35. The growing skills gap between jobs in Australian cities and the regions
  36. The government is miscounting greenhouse emissions reductions
  37. New Zealand discovery of fossilised 'monster bird' bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin
  38. Curious Kids: Why do humans not have fur like chimpanzees and gorillas?
  39. Young workers are most likely to use their phones while driving – here's how can we change that
  40. The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii
  41. Your vagina cleans itself: why vagina cleaning fads are unnecessary and harmful
  42. Surprise! Digital space isn't replacing public space, and might even help make it better
  43. Modern science tackles a biblical secret -- the mystery ingredient in holy incense
  44. Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
  45. Here's looking at Rachel Ruysch’s Still life with flowers in a glass vase
  46. How conservatives use identity politics to shut down debate
  47. Lucky winner: why this beach in WA claims the crown of Australia's whitest sand
  48. Should we eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?
  49. Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links
  50. Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events

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