Bond University is Australia’s leading independent, not-for-profit university. Established in 1989, Bond had earned a reputation for its commitment to creating and supporting the next generation of corporate and community leaders and thinkers.
Australia has had a good start to the Rio Olympics. But does that mean that the strategy created in response to Australia’s poor Olympic performance in 2012 is working?
Rather than assisting in prevention and allowing children to mature out of offending, juvenile detention does the opposite.
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Important questions are being asked about why children were abused in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. But we also need to ask why children are being detained at all.
Open-plan offices may seem like a good idea but research shows they have a negative effect on employees.
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The 2016 State of Origin rugby league competition is over for another year and the focus has shifted to off-field events with claims for compensation for brain injury.
In just four swipes on the interface of your phone, another person can access a wealth of your personal information.
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In what circumstances can police search your phone? Must they obtain a search warrant? And what will happen if you refuse to provide your passcode or fingerprint required to access your phone?
Australia has been cognisant of the challenges aviation security poses.
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An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that company’s products.
Is Pauline Hanson right to suggest that with bombs and stabbings and murders featured nightly on TV that the situation in Australia is growing worse?
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Was Pauline Hanson right to say that crime is getting worse in Australia?
Thought by many to be caused by alcohol, a skin condition is actually to blame for bulbous red noses seen on elderly men.
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Many people will have seen a middle-aged or elderly man with an abnormally big red nose. Most think of it as synonymous with alcoholism, however it’s a real condition that is not caused by alcohol.
We could be doing much more to prevent heart attacks.
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A report by a taskforce reviewing Queensland’s anti-bikie laws is a step in the right direction for dealing with organised crime as a whole, rather than just focusing on one small sub-group.
Expanding the definitions of disease can cause a cascade of overtesting and overtreatment.
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The creation of new “pre-conditions” is turning millions of people into patients across the globe.
Victoria Police had reportedly warned Joseph Acquaro, who was gunned down in Brunswick this week, that he was a target of mafia groups.
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Harm doesn’t just come in the form of side-effects or further testing. The “cons” of any treatment also include the costs, which can be financial, emotional, and the costs of the individual’s time.
Consorting laws have been introduced under the pretext of combating organised crime – including that committed by bikie gangs.
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Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have introduced restrictive “consorting” laws. But are the laws justified? Are they an efficient and effective way to combat organised crime?
Panellists discussed domestic violence on Q&A on February 1, 2016.
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L'Organisation mondiale de la santé vient de publier une liste noire de 12 familles de superbactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques. Voici ce que chacun peut y faire.
Doctors and patients are aware of the problem – they just don’t see themselves as responsible for it.
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The evidence suggests too much medicine is doing us harm, particularly when treating knee pain, back pain, chest pain and screening for prostate cancer.