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Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

Instead of falsely positioning prisons as economic panaceas and buying into the myth that they create safety through punishment and exclusion, the evidence shows governments need to enact new policies and direct funding towards the infrastructure that strengthens communities and enhances security for all: housing, health care, education, healthy environments and sustainable employment opportunities.

Why your spin bike has become a clothes rack – and what you can do about it, according to behavioural science

Why your spin bike has become a clothes rack – and what you can do about it, according to behavioural science

Psychologist found events that mark the passage of time (birthdays, holidays, new years) allow people to mentally consign their failures to the past and start again with a clean slate.

Like your pet more than people? So did some of the Greco-Romans

Like your pet more than people? So did some of the Greco-Romans

well-treated animals are good at remembering kindness […] a human being however […] can become the bitter enemy of a friend and for some trifling and casual reason blurt out confidences to betray the very man who trusted him.

Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore?

Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore?

For its legitimacy, the criminal trial traditionally relies on open justice, independent prosecutors and the lay jury (the “black box”), all overseen by the impartial umpire, the judge, and backed up by the appeal system.

People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?

People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for instance, released a video apologising for using photos depicting white people in aid settings and which aren’t representative of the majority local staff they employ.

The hidden costs of building a home: what every family should know

The hidden costs of building a home: what every family should know

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Why is the Reserve Bank independent from government, and why does it matter?

Why is the Reserve Bank independent from government, and why does it matter?

Yet government taking direct control of setting interest rates would run contrary to both long-standing historical trends and international financial norms, including the independence of the central bank.

Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom

Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom

It may sound straightforward, but proving substantial truth requires producing admissible evidence strong enough to satisfy the civil standard of proof: on the balance of probabilities.

Are the far-left and far-right merging together? That’s what the ‘horseshoe theory’ of politics says, but it’s wrong

Are the far-left and far-right merging together? That’s what the ‘horseshoe theory’ of politics says, but it’s wrong

Shannon Brincat does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.