It’s easy to legislate for new offences and more incarceration. It’s harder – and more expensive – to ensure the community is safer in the long term. This involves addressing causes, not effects.
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A recent study found more than 80% of Australia’s teachers have been bullied or harassed by students and parents. Verbal abuse was most common and female teachers were bullied more than males.
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Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
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Today on Media Files, it's journalism versus the big banks. We're hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.
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Feelgood, high-level data ethics principles are not fit for the purpose of regulating big tech. Applied ethics might be useful … but stronger regulation is the preferred end goal.
Captain Cook’s 1770 voyage is well known. But at this time, Indigenous Australians also travelled great distances - let’s recognise this in the 2020 commemorations.
Pets can be influenced by the personality traits of their owners, something veterinarians could use to help them diagnoise any pet problems.
Research suggests that men who are exposed to cultural images of traditional masculinity have a greater vulnerability to sexual dysfunction than those who aren’t.
The Democrats have 24 potential presidential candidates but, like Donald Trump, their two front runners are both men in their seventies: Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Superannuation fund supremo Greg Combet has a radical idea: to promote the business concept of ‘long-term value’.
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Associate Professor of Economics, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Early Career Development Fellow, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor of Sport Management, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University
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Head of Wildlife Conservation and Reproductive Endocrinology Lab, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Law, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
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Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University