By Susan Baidawi, Associate professor, Monash University
Across Australia, there is growing concern about young people not offending independently but allegedly being recruited, coerced and manipulated by adults into committing crime. Recent examples include:
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By Kimberley Reis, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Griffith University
This shock to our food system is not the first, and won’t be the last. A focus on band-aid solutions that prop up the current system undermines long-term resilience.
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By James L. Flexner, Senior Lecturer in Historical Archaeology and Heritage, University of Sydney
The Mangareva Islands are about 1,600 kilometres southeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. They get their name (which means “floating mountains”) from the way the sea spray breaking on the surrounding coral atolls, or motu, causes the ancient volcanic peaks to appear as if they are floating above the waves.
Today, the islands are home to about 2,000 people, many of whom work on the pearl farms in the idyllic turquoise lagoon. Dotted across the islands are the remains of dozens of remarkable pieces of architecture: homes built from coral.
As part of a larger project studying…
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By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Continuing his war against what he calls “fake news”, the US president is hobbling journalists and media outlets he considers to be hostile to him.
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By Laura Panza, Associate Professor, Economic History, The University of Melbourne
Modern economies are better prepared for an energy shock than in the 1970s, but there are still big risks ahead.
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By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
Put on your legal glasses for a moment. Then take our quick quiz to see if you can spot how this medicinal cannabis website bends the rules.
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By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Jake Goldenfein, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Kylie Pappalardo, Associate Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
The age of AI is leading to barriers being put up across the open web. This could be the fix.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
When I was a doctoral candidate at Oxford, I spent much of my time working in the papyrology rooms. Usually, my only company was the curator, a kind and learned Sardinian woman who is now a professor at the University of Milan.
One day, the news was that a famous novelist was coming to visit the Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection. “Have you heard of him?” the curator asked.
I had, but I’d never read his work.
“He has asked to be given a tour of the collection.”
The name of the famous…
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By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Adelaide University
Edward Snelling, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
Scientists thought giant dragonflies couldn’t survive in today’s atmosphere – but a study of dozens of insect species shows that’s not the case.
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By Zainab Darbas, PhD Candidate, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
In 2004, a largely anonymous team of Australian video game developers released a prototype video game titled Escape from Woomera.
In this 3D adventure, the player takes on the role of Mustafa, an Iranian refugee fleeing violent repression who is being held in a virtual re-creation of the (now-shut) Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
Mustafa is facing deportation…
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