By Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
When President Trump barred three news organizations from the White House, a lawsuit followed. In it, the news outlets invoked their Fifth and First amendments rights.
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By Jonathan Baker, Senior lecturer in Strategy, Adelaide University
More than four years after the Commerce Commission issued a damning stocktake, Foodstuffs and Woolworths still dominate about 82% of New Zealand’s grocery market.
How to drive supermarket competition up, and grocery prices down,
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By Lucas Barros da Rosa, PhD Candidate in Resources, Environment and Sustainability / Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
Sustaining Brazil’s recent deforestation gains will require stronger environmental enforcement beyond the rainforest and resistance to political efforts that could weaken it.
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By Lindsay Gibson, Assistant Professor, Social Studies and History Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
James Miles, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
When deciding whether and how to respond to residential schools denialism, teachers should consider the type of denialism, the students involved and their school and community context.
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By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Australian Prime minister Anthony Albanese appears to be listening to artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ warnings to the world about the dangers of the technology they are developing.
Over the weekend, he said global rules were needed to regulate the development of AI “to make sure that humans remain in control”.
This comes after Dario Amodei, the boss of AI firm Anthropic, called…
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By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
The weather is warming up and the hay fever season has begun, but more people are experiencing cases of influenza than expected for spring.
In the two weeks to September 6, flu cases were up 27% on the previous two weeks. And case numbers are rising.
How is this year’s flu season different?
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By Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
Donna James, Lecturer in Heritage and Tourism, Western Sydney University
Expecting backpackers to work in tough conditions for months, only to be entered into an uncertain visa ballot, is a gamble for farmers and regional communities.
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By Russell Blackford, Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Newcastle
There is a ‘deep disquiet’ within liberal democracies: a feeling, manifested on both sides of politics, that the conventional order has failed and is beyond reform.
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By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
When you’re pulled into a dispute with your kids, resist running a court case. We want to build our children’s conflict resolution skills instead.
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By Noah D. Cohen, Associate Lecturer, Associate Degree in Applied Policing, Western Sydney University
Netflix is billing its new series as a ‘modern reimagining’ of the 1971 experiment. But over the past 55 years, the original has become much criticised.
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