‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control

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PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media. But our new research shows there are often...

The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime

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khak/Shutterstock Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion....

Tasmania likely heading for another minority government after next month’s snap election

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Tasmanias election on July 19 will be a welcome circuit breaker following the recent mayhem and dysfunction which has addled state politics. Governor Barbara Baker has finally granted Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliffs wish...

IVF is big business. But when patients become customers, what does this mean for their care?

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Monash IVF CEO Michael Knaap has resigned after one of the companys Melbourne clinics mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo to a patient. The patient wanted her partners embryo, but instead her own embryo was...

In most mammals, one gene determines sex. But 100 million years ago, platypuses and echidnas went their own way

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Rob D / Shutterstock For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas Australias unique egg-laying mammals have another developmental quirk: they dont use the same genetic toolkit as other mammals to...

Not all insecure work has to be a ‘bad job’: research shows job design can make a big difference

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Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock Inflation has steadied and interest rates are finally coming down. But for many Australians, especially those in low-paid, insecure or precarious work, the cost-of-living crisis feels far from...

Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged

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Peter Cade/Getty Emission control systems in modern cars have slashed air pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. But these systems face two major challenges: carmakers cheating on pollution tests and...