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Editor's note
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Just as the government announces greater powers for the Australian Defence Force to combat terrorism, new research shows counter-terrorism measures can hinder trade. While increased security like this may help to protect lives, it also creates costly delays, surcharges and barriers that reduce trade.
And Australia’s drag kings have been strapping and packing since the 90s, but recently seemed like they were fading from view, at least partly due to evolving conversations around gender. But now a new bunch of women are shaking up drag culture.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Terrorism has resulted in higher security surcharges at ports and airports.
Caron Firouz
Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University; Cong S. Pham, Deakin University
The effects of terrorism in one country spill over across national borders to reduce the trade of other nations. This reduction in trade is long lived and may make it harder to combat terrorism.
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Cities
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Nicole Kalms, Monash University; Hannah Korsmeyer, Monash University
Most women feel unsafe when using public transport. Instead of gender segregation, researchers suggest gender-sensitive design could be a better way to ensure safety for all.
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Politics + Society
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Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University
While Islamic State might be taking significant blows, including the recapture of the key Iraqi city, there is no reason to expect the violent and radical group will disappear.
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Jason Ferris, The University of Queensland; Adam Winstock, King's College London; Larissa Maier, University of Zürich; Renee Zahnow, The University of Queensland
Responsible Service of Alcohol laws should be coupled with public discussion that encourages people to take responsible for their own drinking behaviour.
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Health + Medicine
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Frank Bowden, Australian National University
In the last decade we've seen a ten-fold increase in the number of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics.
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William Isdale, University of Melbourne
William Isdale talks to Professor Julian Savulescu about the ethical implications of geneticaly modifying humans.
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Environment + Energy
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Stephen Berry, University of South Australia; David Michael Whaley, University of South Australia; Trivess Moore, RMIT University
There's an international push towards low-emissions housing. New research investigates what it's like to actually live in low-energy houses.
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Jennifer Lavers, University of Tasmania; Alexander Bond, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
After making worldwide headlines with the story of the Pacific "garbage island", researchers were sent a photo of the same beach, white sand free of litter, as recently as 1992.
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Science + Technology
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Ralph Holz, University of Sydney
Most people have never heard of the software that makes up the machinery of the internet
- especially the tools that keep us safe.
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Peter Stratton, The University of Queensland; Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology
Not everyone agrees on how artificial intelligence will change the way we live. But it's not all doom and gloom either.
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Business + Economy
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Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology
Moves by major to supermarkets to only offer plastic bags for a charge could make these businesses more than a million dollars a year, but it may only have a small impact on the environment.
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Featured jobs
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James Cook University — Townsville City, Queensland
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Featured events
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