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Editor's note
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Two in five Australian women will be physically or sexually assaulted at some point at their adult life. But while Australians are more aware that such violence is common, the results of a new survey show some worrying attitudes about the victims. Some 42% of Australians believe women lie about being sexually assaulted, while 31% said a lot of times, women who said they were raped had “led the man on” then had regrets. As Kristin Diemer and her colleagues write, attitudes are a barometer of socially acceptable behaviour, and need to change to ensure perpetrators are held to account.
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Fron Jackson-Webb
Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor
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Top story
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Two in five Australian women have experienced physical or sexual violence.
Jorge Flores
Kristin Diemer, University of Melbourne; Anastasia Powell, RMIT University; Kim Webster, University of Melbourne
Australians are more aware of domestic violence and sexual assault than before. But a worrying proportion blame victims for abuse, think women are lying, and don't believe consent is always necessary.
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Brisbane’s South Bank parkland isn’t exactly getting out in the wild, but experiences of urban nature are important for building people’s connection to all living things.
Anne Cleary
Anne Cleary, Griffith University
Moves to connect people with nature for both the conservation and health benefits point to the need for people to experience nature as they find it in the city, rather than only out in natural areas.
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The big battery has notched up a year in operation, during which it has been widely hailed as a success.
AAP Image/David Mariuz
Aleesha Rodriguez, Queensland University of Technology
A year ago, the world's largest lithium-ion battery began dispatching power to South Australia's grid. It has been a remarkable success but there are some concerns that have so far escaped scrutiny
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Environment + Energy
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Catherine Ganter, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The summer forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology predicts a hot, dry summer.
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Science + Technology
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Steve Barnes, CSIRO
Liquid minerals containing sulfur behave like a hot knife through butter – they're so corrosive they can melt their way through solid rock.
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Rob Nicholls, UNSW
It probably won't surprise you that if you ask Alexa to give you the best price on a product, the assistant will usually offer the price that's available on Amazon.
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Politics + Society
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Kaz Ross, University of Tasmania
The belief in so-called 'white genocide', once an extreme-right view of neo-Nazis, is starting to gain ground in Australia and influence the rhetoric of politicians.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
While the Liberals are losing out
politically because of their low female representation and inability to properly address the problem, on the crossbench the women are now standouts (and a majority).
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Eddie Synot, Griffith University
The final report on constitutional recognition is disappointing in many respects, but Labor's pledge to establish a First Nations voice will give many in the community hope.
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Selda Dagistanli, Western Sydney University
The Australian justice system must do more to acknowledge the colonial system on which it is built, which inherently privileges whiteness.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Malcolm Turnbull has struck back angrily at a report that he has been helping independent Kerryn Phelps, his successor in Wentworth, as chaos continues to fracture the Liberals.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Frydenberg reiterates that the Liberal party is still a "broad church" and says he isn't concerned about other MPs like Craig Kelly following Banks' suit.
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Sukhmani Khorana, University of Wollongong
Writing Apu out of The Simpsons is a simplistic solution to the issue of diversity in media. Instead, we need to support programming created by people of colour.
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Rachel Carey, University of Melbourne; Jennifer Sheridan, University of Melbourne; Kirsten Larsen, University of Melbourne
To improve access to locally grown food and help prevent disruptions to supply chains caused by climate change, we need to support farming on the fringes of cities.
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Education
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Kristelle Hudry, La Trobe University; Cathy Bent, La Trobe University
A recent study has shown educators can include and teach children on the spectrum in mainstream childcare, alongside their non-autistic peers.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
The best time to shut down negative gearing is when few people are taking it up. That time is now.
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Andrew Stewart, University of Adelaide; Jim Stanford, University of Sydney; Tess Hardy, University of Melbourne
Wage growth has been at near depression levels for half a decade. It needs a push.
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Arts + Culture
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Susan Bradley Smith, Curtin University
Writerly acts of confession are garish, they are vulgar and dazzling, but they are the only form of disobedience at many a woman writer’s disposal.
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Alana Blackburn, University of New England
Many school music teachers aren't trained recorder players. And cheap and badly made recorders are often sold in discount stores. But this an instrument with a fine musical pedigree.
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Health + Medicine
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Paul Beggs, Macquarie University; Helen Louise Berry, University of Sydney; Martina Linnenluecke, Macquarie University; Ying Zhang, University of Sydney
Pollutants from fossil fuel combustion cause thousands of premature deaths nationwide every year. This is just one way our climate change policies impact on the nation's health.
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