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Editor's note
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A veterinarian, an agriculture specialist and a religious scholar walk into the live export debate and what comes next isn’t all that funny. After Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud announced a review of the sheep trade to the Middle East we wanted to know what exactly Australia would have to do to humanely sell meat to the world. We put the question to Andrew Butt, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning at RMIT University, Andrew Fisher, Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Shakira
Hussein, writer and researcher with the National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. And from the live export debate, to the the meat on your
plate, one of the most popular pieces this week focused on whether it’s okay to eat raw meat. The answer: poultry and all minced, rolled, stuffed, tenderised and similar types of meat (including burgers) need to be cooked right through.
Also, surely you haven’t forgotten but tomorrow is Eurovision! Enjoy this essential piece of pre-reading about the history of Eurovision’s diverse sound.
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Molly Glassey
Newsletter Editor
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Energy + Environment
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Support is growing for a ban on live export, but what will replace it?
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Andrew Butt, RMIT University; Andrew Fisher, University of Melbourne; Shakira Hussein, University of Melbourne
In the face of shocking footage of animals dying on ships, it seems impossible that our live export trade will remain as it is. Here are three areas to address.
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Eyes in the sky: drone footage is becoming a vital tool for monitoring ecosystems.
Deakin Marine Mapping Group
Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Blake Allan, Deakin University
Ecology is in the midst of a technological revolution. From tiny sensors that can be fitted to animals, to swarms of remotely-piloted drones, researchers have a host of new ways to study the natural world.
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Health + Medicine
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If you drop your food, it’s less about time spent on the floor and more about the surfaces.
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Cathy Moir, CSIRO
The "sniff test" doesn't work every time, and other food safety tips.
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Chess players live up to 14 years longer than the general population.
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Philip Clarke, University of Melbourne; An Tran-Duy, University of Melbourne; David Smerdon, The University of Queensland
Deaths of chess players led to alarm the game could cause fatal stress. Some researchers have tested that theory.
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Education
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The legacy of capping funding for universities will be a less skilled future workforce, and an Australian youth that miss out on the educational opportunities available to their parents.
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Omer Yezdani, Australian Catholic University
Discontinuing the demand driven system will mean less people are able to get a higher education, particularly groups of people who are already at a disadvantage.
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Attending an elite university appears to play a comparatively small role in determining a graduate’s starting salary.
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Massimiliano Tani, University of New South Wales, Canberra at Australian Defence Force Academy; Chris Heaton, Macquarie University; David Carroll, Monash University
Attending an elite university plays a small role in an undergraduate's starting salary compared to other factors, such as high ATAR, the field of study they chose and the region in which they work.
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Cities
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Have Australian commuters really enjoyed gains in quality of life that would justify all those billions of dollars spent on transport infrastructure?
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Christopher Standen, University of Sydney
We spend on average about an hour a day travelling. Given this is unlikely to change, how can we make this time more productive and enjoyable?
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Being in a park tends to make people feel more positive, although the time of day and the season also affect their moods.
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Kwan Hui Lim, University of Melbourne; Dave Kendal, University of Tasmania; Kate Lee, University of Melbourne
The positive mood of tweets varies with time of day and season, but it's consistently higher in parks than in built-up areas, where people are more likely to express anger and fears.
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Arts + Culture
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Eleni Foureira performs Cyprus’s 2018 Eurovision entry, Fuego, in the first semi-final in Portugal.
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Jess Carniel, University of Southern Queensland
Since it began in the 1950s, Eurovision has embraced everything from metal to the global juggernaut of Scandi-pop, and of course the Eurodance and disco synonymous with Eurovision.
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Australian pulp fiction: these works can be read as a symptom, laying bare the unspoken fears, desires, dreams and nightmares of the time.
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Peter Doyle, Macquarie University
Mid-20th century pulp fiction was trashy, tasteless, exploitative and lurid. There’s a lot there to love. You might read pulp as a cultural Freudian slip, loony bulletins from the collective Id.
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FactCheck
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Social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley, speaking on Q&A.
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Rosanna Scutella, RMIT University
On Q&A, social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley said "about 30%" of homeless people have a job. Is that right?
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Science + Technology
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An image from 1886 showing a group of Indigenous Australians posed around the lower Murray River in flood.
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Morgan Disspain, Southern Cross University
As the health of the Murray Darling Basin is in decline, fish ear bones recovered from ancient Aboriginal camp sites can provide vital data about river health in the past.
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Social media platforms have given a new generation voice and influence for civic good.
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Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology; David Craig, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The activism of the Parkland teens is a reminder of where social media gets it right. We mustn't forget them in our rush to regulate.
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Politics + Society
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The dual citizenship crisis claimed five more scalps today: Katy Gallagher, Susan Lamb, Rebekha Sharkie, Justine Keay and Josh Wilson.
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Anne Twomey, University of Sydney
Today's High Court decision against Katy Gallagher has clarified how to interpret the constitution on this matter. But the problem of dual citizenship can only be properly fixed by a referendum.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will consider staying in the nuclear deal, despite the withdrawal of the U.S.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Trump's announcement confirms he is no longer listening to moderate voices in his administration when it comes to dealings with Tehran
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Business + Economy
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There still isn’t clear research showing company tax cuts will increase employment or wages.
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Ross Guest, Griffith University
Comparing companies that receive a tax cut with those that don't isn't the right methodology to conclude that tax cuts create more employment or higher wages.
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Bill Shorten confirmed the plan to scrap cash payments for excess franking credits.
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Roger Wilkins, University of Melbourne
Labor's plan to axe franking credit refunds has reignited debate over the income and wealth of older Australians.
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