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January 2013
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“Reducing the rural road toll is a matter of time”
29 January 2013
More than half of the road fatalities in Australia occur on rural roads, and the greatest investment we can make to mitigate this is reducing speed limits on many of these roads. Indeed, fatal crashes and the cost of all road trauma on rural roads could b
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“Digital dilemma - who should pay for school internet access?”
23 January 2013
Reports earlier this month that government schools may soon be expected to pay for improved internet access might have come as a surprise.
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“Faking waves: how the NRA and pro-gun Americans abuse Australian crime stats”
21 January 2013
The Sandy Hook massacre and President Obama’s response to it has refocused attention on impact of regulation on American gun crime.
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“Killing king of doping won't destroy kingdom”
19 January 2013
Lance Armstrong is the arch-villain of the allegedly extinct era of doping in cycling. The cancer survivor, philanthropist and seven-time winner of the Tour de France has been burnt at the stake, both figuratively and literally. (Well, in effigy.)
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“What's the problem with asylum seekers?”
16 January 2013
What is the problem with asylum seekers? I'm not asking rhetorically. It's a serious question - perhaps the most serious question in the entire debate that surrounds them. And yet it is the one least asked.
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“Gun control could help the fight against homegrown terrorism”
16 January 2013
The gun control debate in the United States has been reawakened for the new year, with Vice President Joe Biden providing President Barack Obama with 19 recommendations for action on guns.
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“How mobile phone users are being massively ripped off”
9 January 2013
Outlaw sky-high roaming price agreements that fleece travellers.
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“Strategies for coping with extremely hot weather”
8 January 2013
Exposure to extreme heat can cause illness and even death for some people. But there are several small steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones.
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“The real cost of bushfire arson”
8 January 2013
Arson is Australia’s most costly crime, particularly bushfire arson
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“Smart road to safety”
5 January 2013
To reduce deaths on Victorian roads to effectively 20 per cent of what it was 40 years ago has been a massive achievement. But we can’t stop here.
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“Licence to Scare: James Bond and the media violence debate”
4 January 2013
Bob Hancox's study on increasing violence in James Bond films has revived a series of familiar concerns about the effects of onscreen aggression.
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“Big killers overshadow a simple one – injury”
2 January 2013
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Causes of Death data for 2010 paints an interesting picture of how the lives of 150,000 Australians ended that year.
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