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.
The Turnbull government’s package of measures to respond to domestic violence is a step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done.
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While a single, smaller portion leads people to eat less, having multiple smaller portions on offer appears to lead some people - notably the diet-conscious - to eat more.
Uber is popular. But is it ‘no safer than hitchhiking’?
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The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?
Biomedical science has made our lives immeasurably better, but it’s time to accept that too much medicine can be as harmful as too little.
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By forgetting that medicine postpones death rather than saving lives, we persuade ourselves it might somehow keep extending our life and come to view death as a failure of medicine.
There are over 1.5 million Apps available on iTunes, and 1.6 million for Android.
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Today’s organised crime occurs through loose and undefined networks made up of criminal entrepreneurs and freelancers with little concern for group branding or loyalty.
Bottles of anabolic steroids seized in a 2014 raid in New South Wales.
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Two new reports reveal that Australia is catching fewer steroid shipments at our borders – yet the number of national steroid seizures and arrests have risen to record highs.
An independent UK inquiry estimated that perhaps one in five of the cancers detected via breast cancer screening are overdiagnosed.
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Researchers have been talking about the dangers of overdiagnosis for some time. But now a national survey shows most people aren’t told about the risk it poses to their health – and they want to know.
Acute non-specific low back pain is a very common problem that usually gets better without any treatment.
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Not so long ago, getting an x-ray for acute back pain was the norm. And they are still used far more frequently than is necessary.
Senior Queensland Police at the 2014 launch of the Stay on Track Outback road safety project, sponsored by Santos, Izuzu and others.
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The Queensland Police will now disclose all sponsorships, after a backlash over almost A$700,000 in unnamed donations. But what are the lessons from elsewhere about police and corporate donors?
The emotional appeals of the opposing views on vaccination are both driven by concern for children.
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The plan to withhold payments of child-care and family tax benefits for unvaccinated children could cost non-compliant parents up to A$15,000 a year. But is it ethical to punish parents?
The Dallas Buyers Club ruling is a further attack on online privacy.
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How does the ACC report help inform the debate around methylamphetamine, and what practical lessons can Australian society and law enforcement draw from it?
Revenge porn is a serious breach of privacy, but social media sites and the law are starting to crack down.
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