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An average of 78 serving or ex-serving members of the Australian Defence Force have died by suicide every year for the past decade.
In 2021, the federal government announced a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. In September the commission released its final report, and yesterday we heard the government’s response.
Carolyn Heward from James Cook University is a clinical psychologist who has worked with current and former ADF personnel. She knows all too well the toll that military service can take.
So how did the government’s response to this crucial royal commission stack up? As Heward explains, it makes positive steps towards recognising and responding to the cultural and systemic issues that so often underpin defence and veteran suicide. But there are a couple of important missteps, too. And change won’t be easy.
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Phoebe Roth
Health Editor
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Carolyn Heward, James Cook University
The Australian government has released its response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Here’s what the response delivers on, and where it falls short.
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Toby Murray, The University of Melbourne
The trial is testing age verification, age estimation and age inference. All three options come with problems.
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Kerry H. Robinson, Western Sydney University; Cristyn Davies, University of Sydney; Emma F Jackson, Australian National University; Kimberley Allison, Western Sydney University
In a landmark study of 1,000 LGBTQ young people, we found many experience threats to “fix” them through sexual violence.
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Kyllie Cripps, Monash University; Marlene Longbottom, James Cook University
Two inquiries of recent times came with myriad recommendations to save Indigenous lives from domestic violence, but few have been acted upon.
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Jeannie Marie Paterson, The University of Melbourne
There’s no specific ban on adding fees to an advertised price before checkout – also known as drip pricing. But the practice can fall foul of laws that prohibit misleading conduct.
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Hugh Breakey, Griffith University
The average price of a ransom is A$560,000. Saving a life through strategic philanthropy? $A6,000. Journalist Jenny Kleeman investigates the many ways decision-makers put a price on the priceless.
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Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Claims of ‘activist’ judges usurping the law-making role of parliament are getting louder. But these need to be balanced against the slow and conservative nature of how the common law is developed.
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Saima Ahmad, RMIT University; Nilupama Wijewardena, RMIT University
Leaders who promote a bit of fun in the workplace can help their employees engage and be more innovative and actually want to come to work.
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Emily A. Buddle, University of Adelaide; Rachel A. Ankeny, Wageningen University
Research has found people see backyard chickens as pets – but wouldn’t take them to the vet. It raises important questions about how we relate to the non-human world.
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Melissa Cain, Australian Catholic University; Helen Sheehan, Australian Catholic University; Sarah Taouk, Australian Catholic University
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Chari Larsson, Griffith University
This year’s triennial sees artists focus on key issues such as labour migration, resource extraction, and expressions of home and community.
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Politics + Society
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Ehsan Noroozinejad, Western Sydney University; Nicky Morrison, Western Sydney University
Anthony Albanese’s decade-long vision for Australia’s cities has been brought to life. But there are some gaps.
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Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
It may be controversial, but the government’s social media ban for children under 16 has strong support in a new poll.
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Health + Medicine
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Niamh Chapman, University of Sydney; Dean Picone, University of Sydney; Eleanor Clapham, University of Tasmania
Busting for the toilet? Having a full bladder can raise your blood pressure. So make sure you go before you take a reading.
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Science + Technology
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Natasha Hurley-Walker, Curtin University
By searching sparsely populated regions of the galaxy, astronomers have for the first time found the source of a kind of signal that has puzzled them for years.
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Environment + Energy
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Jamie Pittock, Australian National University
The findings are simply unacceptable for a natural asset so fundamental to Australia’s environmental, cultural and economic wellbeing.
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Education
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Karen Nairn, University of Otago; Susan Sandretto, University of Otago
Instead of investing millions into schools vulnerable to the whims of private interests, the New Zealand government should be investing in bolstering exisiting public schools.
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Arts + Culture
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Joanna Mendelssohn, The University of Melbourne
Ruth Faerber, a major innovator of printmaking in Sydney in the postwar years, was also a generous and perceptive art critic.
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Books + Ideas
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Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Rick Morton brings complex evidence into an accessible format for the public – and policy makers – to understand.
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Business + Economy
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John Hawkins, University of Canberra; Selwyn Cornish, Australian National University
The government has finally passed long-delayed reforms to the way the Reserve Bank operates. Here’s what the changes will mean for our central bank.
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