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23 May 13 |
Law reform is urgently required to make it far harder for inaccurate and misleading transcripts of conversations to be accepted as reliable evidence, argues Helen Fraser.
23 May 13 |
Removing the mainland from the migration zone effectively shuts down Australia as an asylum country for people fleeing by boat, and is breach of faith by the Labor government, argues Jane McAdam.
22 May 13 |
Animal People, a “24-hour urban love story” written by PhD student Charlotte Wood, has won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
22 May 13 |
A global MOOC league table would be the ultimate in crowd sourced intelligence on teaching in higher education, write Sean Gallagher and Geoffrey Garrett.
21 May 13 |
An apparent slow-down in global warming during the past decade does not change best estimates of the long term response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, writes Dr Steven Phipps.
21 May 13 |
Our anti-terrorism laws are unnecessary, go too far and lack appropriate safeguards. Two recent independent reports make it clear the laws need urgent repair, or even repeal, argues George Williams.
21 May 13 |
Only two Australians were involved in the highest-level negotiations about what to include in the fifth edition of psychiatry’s bible the DSM – and both were from UNSW.
17 May 13 |
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will speak at UNSW this month and take part in a special ABC TV Q&A program moderated by Tony Jones, discussing investment in global health and development.
17 May 13 |
The local government referendum to change the Constitution on September 14 is a small-target strategy that could backfire, argues Rosalind Dixon.
16 May 13 |
Tackling premature death in Pacific Islanders caused by conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease is the focus of a project funded by AusAID.
16 May 13 |
Using temporary visas to supply lower skill personal carers is a short-sighted response to real problems of long-term under-investment in the disablity sector's greatest asset: its frontline workforce, argue Natasha Cortis and Shani Chan.
16 May 13 |
A better understanding of how lying evolves might help constrain the worst dishonesties in politics, public relations and propaganda, writes Professor Rob Brooks.
16 May 13 |
Studies have shown that thinking about "smart" words can make you perform more intelligently in subsequent tasks, and vice versa. But it's a contentious area of research, writes Ben Newell.
16 May 13 |
When it comes to the success of family-friendly policies in the workplace, one of the most crucial elements is the level of testosterone in the boardroom.
16 May 13 |
UNSW Canberra research suggests that 'wild’ fires like those that devastated the Warrumbungles are neither unexpected nor unpredictable, with implications for the way emergency personnel should respond.
15 May 13 |
More than a decade after anti-terrorism laws were enacted, our leaders continue to ignore advice to repeal them, write Jessie Blackbourn and Nicola McGarrity.
15 May 13 |
Two academics have recently suggested that everyone with a mental illness could be violent. By doing so, they risk returning us to a time where the mentally ill were isolated and stigmatised, writes Olav Nielssen.
15 May 13 |
Consumers should always be able to choose where they shop, rather than have that decision made for them by big businesses, argues Frank Zumbo.
14 May 13 |
As a country we are hostile to those who are well-educated, argues Alecia Simmonds.
14 May 13 |
Nature doesn't always abide by arbitrary borders, which is why local governments need to pool their resources to tackle coastal management, writes Tom FitzGerald.
14 May 13 |
Recent advances in deep brain stimulation have brought relief to patients with a range of neurological disorders, writes Dr Amy Reichelt.
14 May 13 |
The GFC and the necessity of the stimulus package meant the Labor government has been unable to clear the slate of its predecessor, with disastrous long-term consequences, writes Lindy Edwards.
13 May 13 |
Academics from the Australian School of Business and other Faculties at UNSW are available to give their analysis of the Federal Budget.
13 May 13 |
A near decade-long restoration of a Hunter Valley wetland has earned a team of UNSW engineers a National Trust Heritage Award for conservation.
13 May 13 |
The Federal Government's announcement of a referendum on recognition of local councils in the constitution is a sensible one, but that is not enough to guarantee success, write Nicola McGarrity and Lyndon Goddard.
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