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Editor's note
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And now back to your daily dose of research and analysis from Australia’s sharpest minds.
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Misha Ketchell
Editor & Executive Director
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Top story
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
Ideally, Australia would introduce constitutional protections for media freedom. But, in the meantime, four laws need urgent reform to better balance those freedoms with national security.
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Residents play Pimp my Suburb, an exercise in engaging the community in achieving higher density while preserving what they love about their neighbourhood.
Anthony Duckworth-Smith
Anthony Duckworth, University of Western Australia
Faced with local planning changes like infill development people often fear they could lose the neighbourhood they love. But serious games are proving effective in giving locals a say in their future.
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Charlotte Best in the Australian Netflix original drama Tidelands (2018). Research last year found that only around 1% of the Netflix Australia catalogue was Australian content.
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Ramon Lobato, RMIT University; Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology
Netflix may be inching closer to becoming a “local” media company, with an increased presence in our small but profitable national market. Will this lead to more locally-made content?
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Education
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John Fischetti, University of Newcastle
Technology has disrupted the way universities offer courses, the types of skills we will need, and the duration for which we will need them. Here are three things universities must do to survive.
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Business + Economy
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Leonora Risse, RMIT University
Five decades ago Australia's industrial relations system endorsed the concept of 'equal pay for equal work'. So why does the gender pay gap endure?
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Jessica C Lai, Victoria University of Wellington; Alana Harrison, Victoria University of Wellington; Hongzhi Gao, Victoria University of Wellington; Samuel Becher, Victoria University of Wellington
A food heath labelling system Australia and New Zealand introduced five years ago is under review and needs a significant overhaul to make it useful for consumers looking for healthy options.
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Science + Technology
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Mathew Marques, La Trobe University
Conspiracy theories help sports fans make sense of unexpected events – like when a whole rugby team becomes sick before a world cup final, or the retirement of Michael Jordan from basketball.
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Health + Medicine
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Tony Broe, Neuroscience Research Australia
As the Aged Care Royal Commission shifts its focus to aged care for Indigenous Australians, access isn't the only challenge. Often problems arise when services don't accommodate their cultural needs.
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Cities
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Rebecca Williamson, Australian National University
ParentsNext requires places like libraries and public pools to monitor parents' attendance at activities. This undermines their role as spaces of inclusion and support.
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Arts + Culture
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Zoltan Szabo, University of Sydney
If The Return of Ulysses is not Monteverdi’s most inspired creation, it is close to it. And Pinchgut Opera's premiere may have been the first time this wonderful work was presented professionally in Australia.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Setka has been backed by the Victorian branch of his union who this week called for the national executive to issue a statement of support.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Washington's reimposition of harsh sanctions against Iran is one of the Trump administration's most irresponsible acts.
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Jane McAdam, UNSW
A refugee policy built on deflecting the issue, rather than confronting it, is not sustainable. We cannot continue to 'contract out' our international obligations.
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