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It’s more than 1,000 days since the Albanese government received the findings of a House of Representatives inquiry into the harmful impacts of online gambling, led by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy.
Murphy’s report made 31 recommendations, including a “phased, comprehensive ban on all gambling advertising on all media; broadcast and online, that leaves no room for circumvention”.
There was rare cross-party support for the recommendations, and significant pressure from all sides to act on them. Yesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally unveiled a modest reform package, removing ads from primetime media and from players’ uniforms, and banning celebrity endorsements.
As Deakin University experts Samantha Thomas and Hannah Pitt write, these changes are a promising step forward but also a cautious, politically palatable compromise.
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Niall Seewang
Sport + Society Editor
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Samantha Thomas, Deakin University; Hannah Pitt, Deakin University
Anthony Albanese’s new gambling reforms promise much but are really a cautious, politically palatable compromise.
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Martin Kear, University of Sydney
The war in the Middle East is a huge political book for the Israeli prime minister in an election year – but it may come at a great cost.
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Marit E. Kragt, The University of Western Australia
Without adequate fertiliser, crops such as wheat and barley produce lower yields with lower protein content.
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Jenny Graves, La Trobe University
By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level playing field’ actually means in sport.
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Andres Fielbaum, University of Sydney
The riskier the ride, the cheaper your food delivery.
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Miki Perkins, The Conversation
Citizen science relies on people like you. Here are five projects where science lives beyond the lab.
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Charlotte Gupta, CQUniversity Australia
If you love a late-night chocolate egg, you may struggle to sleep. A sleep expert explains why.
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Wendy Hargreaves, University of Southern Queensland
For one thing, most of it isn’t the kind of music you’d want to shop to.
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Politics + Society
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Peer Ebbesen Skov, Auckland University of Technology; Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Rockwool Foundation; Livvy Mitchell, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
New Zealand’s shift to community-based sentences has cut costs, helped offenders to retain work and higher earnings, with no major change to substantive reoffending.
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Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne; Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi, The University of Melbourne; Neema Nassir, The University of Melbourne
Victoria and Tasmania have announced free fares, but NSW is firmly against the idea. Will it work to get people out of cars?
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Health + Medicine
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Jack Janetzki, Adelaide University ; Lisa Kalisch Ellett, Adelaide University
Here’s what’s in place to protect supplies in the short term, and the risks of long-term instability.
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Business + Economy
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Natalie Elms, Queensland University of Technology; Ashesha Weerasinghe, Queensland University of Technology
From cyber attacks to artificial intelligence, no business can ignore the role of technology. New research shows Australia’s boardrooms are missing key expertise.
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Education
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Christiane Kehoe, The University of Melbourne; Elizabeth Westrupp, Deakin University
Get-togethers with friends and family are fun but rarely perfect. Children can feel overwhelmed or overexcited. Adults get triggered.
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Environment + Energy
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Scott Dwyer, University of Technology Sydney
There’s been a surge of interest in EVs as the oil crisis hits – and secondhand EVs are especially in demand
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Muhammad Fikri Sigid, University of Waikato; Hamish Lewis, University of Waikato; Luke Harrington, University of Waikato
New models show NZ’s heaviest rainfall is likely to grow more intense and frequent, with some regions facing twice as many extreme events by 2100.
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Arts + Culture
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Peter Edwell, Macquarie University
The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a lot easier to start than end.
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Ellie McFarlane, RMIT University
What the film lacks in depth, it makes up for in heart, spirit and spectacular landscapes.
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Books + Ideas
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Farid Zaid, Monash University; Daniel Heller, Monash University
When we lose the ability to politely disagree, it narrows the space for thinking out loud. Here are 5 tips for conversations that allow constructive disagreement.
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Keeping kids off of social media
"I can only laugh at the amount of concerned energy being put into Australia’s pointless and absurd social media ban for under 16s, surely a case of ‘those who forget (or wilfully ignore) history are doomed to repeat it’. The list of technologies and media that have been subject to identical bans throughout history because they might ‘harm’ some vulnerable group (but not those who put the bans in place) is long. Printing, the telephone, cinema, books, newspapers and comics have all been subject to bans, censorship or moral panics, and every single one we now take for granted and use daily. Some people would only be satisfied if all we had to read and inform us
was the Bible, and even that has some questionable content!"
Gavin Oakes, West Melbourne VIC
Albo speaks to the nation
"The PM sought to get everyone's attention yesterday and my wife and I sat down together to listen. At the end we simultaneously looked at each other lost for words. Our expectation that we might hear something of significance was obviously an erroneous expectation. I have been on this earth long enough to have seen on the rarest of occasions an inspirational speech that was a turning point in a career. However more often, there are desperation speeches that are portentous of a reversal of career fortunes."
Gerard McDonald
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