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Technology businesses are already making computers with human matter.
Below the Line Episode 12
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In this episode of Below the Line, we dissect the election result and how the media's "presidential–ised" coverage looks in light of it.
A patchwork of Roman laws (including Rome’s complex murder laws) sought to address coercive and violent behaviour
While Labor winning with a small primary vote might seem confusing, the answer is in the flow of preferences in the Australian electoral system.
Despite rising cases and deaths, governments are have not even raised the prospect of imposing some public health restrictions.
Primary care and COVID will be the top two challenges for new government. But the likely ministers have strong credentials.
If Labor wins majority government, it can thank Western Australia, which turned away from the Coalition savagely.
It all started to unravel for the prime minister when the French president accused him of lying to him.
The final polls ahead of the federal election on May 21 give Labor a 53-47 two-party preferred leave - if that is repeated on May 21, Labor will win government.
Australia’s policies prevent the necessary action to not only address cities’ contribution to climate change, but also to protect cities from its impacts.
Have you ever noticed tiredness and illness can make us feel close to the verge of tears? Here’s what’s happening in the brain.
One of the recommendations from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to parliament, enshrined in the Constitution. This would ensure First Nations…
NT residents receive approximately 30% less Medicare funding per capita than the national average. The gap is worse for First Nations Australians in the NT.
We asked five experts to analyse and grade the Coalition and ALP arts and cultural policies.
Late polls show a tightening on two-party preferred votes, but a slew of seat polls reveal just how close a lot of the contests will be on May 21.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Guest Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università di Bologna; University of Essex; The University of Melbourne
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McKenzie Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research assistant, Movember Institute of Men's Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Paleontologist, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global, Culture and Engagement), The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus professor, History, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Head, Behavioural Neuropharmacology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in History, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne