To believe or not to believe: child witnesses and the sex abuse royal commission
Mar 01, 2016 15:24 pm UTC| Law
Testifying from Rome on Monday, Cardinal George Pell told the royal commission into child sex abuse that the Catholic Church had a predisposition not to believe children who made complaints about abuse. You would be...
True blood: cutting through confusion about pathology cuts
Mar 01, 2016 15:18 pm UTC| Law Business
The pathology sector in Australia is no longer a cottage industry. It is dominated by a handful of billion-dollar enterprises that analyse blood, tissue and other samples. These tests enable timely diagnosis of a range of...
How child support can better help single mothers
Mar 01, 2016 15:08 pm UTC| Law Life
Child support is often a highly charged, contested aspect of parenting after a relationship breaks down. It has the potential to counter child poverty but is often less a resource than an intransigent problem in the lives...
If you want more organs for transplant, stop asking the family's opinion
Mar 01, 2016 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Organ donation has been a hot political topic in the UK of late. Wales introduced a new rule last December that presumed that people gave permission to donate organs in the event of their death (barring a family veto),...
Why has trust in charities been declining?
Feb 29, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many of us regularly donate to charity in order to do good. From rare diseases to abused animals and cancer research, each year we donate around 10 billion to a diverse range of causes such as homelessness, cancer research...
Police drones: can we trust the eyes in the skies?
Feb 29, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Law Life Technology
In Australia, unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are now being used by the police in most states as a tool to help fight crime or to assist in rescue missions. For example, drones are being used to locate people on...
Does Australia spend $1.5 billion a year on drug law enforcement, with 70% due to cannabis?
Feb 29, 2016 04:08 am UTC| Law
Of the A$1.5 billion spent annually on drug law enforcement, 70% is attributable to cannabis. Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm, speaking in parliament in support of the passage of the Narcotic Drugs Amendment...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects