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Editor's note
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The internet crosses international borders, which means crime does too. Our new series explores the opportunities and legal challenges of policing digital spaces, especially on the “dark web”.
Hadeel Al-Alosi begins with her piece on virtual child pornography. Computer-generated images are now so good they can fool almost anybody into thinking they’re real. Police can use this to catch perpetrators anywhere in the world, but how far does the law allow them to go?
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A computer generated ten-year-old girl called Sweetie, who was used by Dutch children’s rights group Terre Des Hommes during an online child sex sting.
AAP Image/Terre des Hommes Netherlands
Hadeel Al-Alosi, Western Sydney University
It's increasingly difficult to tell virtually-created images from those of real children.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
The North Korea nuclear crisis is exposing the reality of US decline and the growing limitations of its ability to shape the strategic environment in northeast Asia.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Nick Xenophon's position on contentious legislation – currently media reform – is crucial for the government.
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Greg Walsh, University of Notre Dame Australia
Conscience protections for those opposed to same-sex marriage should not be seen as excusing bigotry. Rather, it is a legitimate means of best promoting everyone’s welfare.
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Arts + Culture
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Chris Mackie, La Trobe University
The story of the Odyssey is a quintessential quest that relates to the passage through life and the importance of love, family and home. Odysseus's adventures have influenced everyone from Batman to Bob Dylan.
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Cities
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Linley Lutton, University of Western Australia
Planners wish to correct past errors by increasing densities, discouraging car dependency and mixing land uses. But imposing imported strategies on Australian cities is producing unhappy results.
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Business + Economy
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Julie Walker, The University of Queensland
Data shows that growth in total CEO pay has outstripped average Australian wage growth in every year of the last five years. But perhaps we need to look more closely.
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Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Sean Sands, Monash University
Retailers and shopping centre operators need to entice customers to stores, leading to some interesting experiments.
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Health + Medicine
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Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Queensland University of Technology; Ryan McAndrew, Queensland University of Technology
Hedonism has a complex relationship with binge drinking – part cause, part solution. Here's why.
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Cara McDonald, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Many of us cover our faces with foundation and other beauty products every day. Here's what we know about whether they are doing us damage.
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Environment + Energy
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Glenn Simmons; Bruce Robertson; (David) Hugh Whittaker, University of Oxford; Elisabeth Slooten; Fiona McCormack, University of Waikato; Graeme Bremner; Nigel Haworth; Simon Francis Thrush; Steve Dawson
New Zealand’s fisheries are considered among the best managed in the world, but this perception doesn't match the facts.
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Science + Technology
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Neil Wilkins, University of Bristol
Within hours of North Korea's latest underground nuclear test, Japan and South Korea were both able to independently confirm it had happened. How?
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James H. Hamlyn-Harris, Swinburne University of Technology
Pacemakers are Internet of Things devices for the human body, but they're still not particularly secure.
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Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
Only days to go before NASA's Cassini space probe ends its two decades mission to explore Saturn. So what has it revealed about the ringed planet, the second largest in our Solar System?
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Education
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Tahl Kestin, Monash University; John Thwaites, Monash University; Katie Ross, University of Technology Sydney; Leanne Denby, Macquarie University; Marjan van den Belt, Victoria University of Wellington
Universities can contribute to the goals through education, research, innovation and leadership, but they need to get started now.
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Featured jobs
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University of Tasmania — Hobart, Tasmania
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Griffith University — Bundall, Queensland
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University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria
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Featured events
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Level 6, 14–20 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia — Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
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35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia — University of Western Australia
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The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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Old Geology Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney, Australian Capital Territory, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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