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Editor's note
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Barracking has a long history in Australian rules football. When the sport started to gain a mass following in the late 1800s, its supporters became notorious for their passionate jeering, yelling and profane outbursts during matches. One early football official described barracking as the “delightful privilege of abusing umpires”.
As Matthew Klugman writes, however, barracking took an ugly turn in the 1980s, with the racial vilification of players. This season, the AFL has taken action to try to control unruly barrackers, prompting anger and mockery. Barracking should remain a part of the game, Klugman says, but in a way that neither threatens nor vilifies others.
This weekend marks 30 years since Australia first connected to the global internet. But, as Justin Zobel writes, things were very different – and a lot slower – online then. It took several technological leaps to give us the online experience we enjoy today.
The internet of 1989 is thankfully consigned to the distant past. But if you want to help secure the future of expertise-driven journalism on the web, please make a donation today.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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The AFL quickly retreated on its deployment of Behavioural Awareness Officers to monitor unruly fans. But who should be making sure spectators don’t get out of control?
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Matthew Klugman, Victoria University
Barracking has been a colourful and controversial part of Australian Rules football since the game's inception. Now, the AFL is trying to maintain order – and fans are irate.
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Out of the science labs, our internet connectivity is now part of our everyday lives.
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Justin Zobel, University of Melbourne
In just three decades we've gone from a very limited internet connection in Australia to now sharing our lives online.
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Dr Violetta Wilk, Edith Cowan University
A blue boat shed in Perth, Western Australia, shows the power of social media and the rise of unpaid influencers in marketing.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
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Arts + Culture
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Helen Vatsikopoulos, University of Technology Sydney
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Education
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Kellie Bousfield, Charles Sturt University
Governments usually measure outcomes by standardised tests, such as NAPLAN. If schools are scrambling to improve their outcomes to gain funding, this can have a detrimental effect on teaching quality.
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Health + Medicine
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Eileen Baldry, UNSW; Chris Cunneen, University of Technology Sydney
Children are still being held in police cells and juvenile detention for low-range offences, under alarming conditions. Here's how their mental health and future prospects suffer.
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Environment + Energy
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Alyssa Weinstein, Australian National University
You can barely communicate with your kids, but these creatures are sending complex interspecies instructions.
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Paul Humphries, Charles Sturt University; R. Keller Kopf, Charles Sturt University
Federal environment minister Sussan Ley said the environment doesn't necessarily need all its water, whereas farmers do. But denying rivers even part of their water can harm their health in many ways.
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Cities
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Neema Nassir, University of Melbourne
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Jenny Donovan, La Trobe University
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle
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Gerhard Hoffstaedter, The University of Queensland; Sara Riva, Griffith University
Current responses to the world's refugee crisis are inhumane and ineffective. We propose five ways forward to help the world's most vulnerable people.
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Andrea Carson, La Trobe University; Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University
A recent survey found Australian news consumers are the 'lightest' news consumers out of 38 countries, use fewer sources to access news and are more likely to subscribe to Netflix than news.
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Science + Technology
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Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University
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Alina Donea, Monash University
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