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Gambling problems account for half of ACT losses: ANU study
People with gambling problems account for almost half of gambling losses in the ACT, new analysis of gambling trends has found.Research by The Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research found while only 5.7 per cent of the population has some degree of problem gambling, they…
FactCheck Q&A: is $30 billion spent every year on 500,000 Indigenous people in Australia?
By Dr Nicholas Biddle, Fellow, ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and Depity Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM). Reviewed by Prof. Dennis Foley (University of Newcastle) and Elise Klein (University of Melbourne). This article first appeared in The…
Giving voice to the victims: ANU Arts Law alumna Katrina Marson
ANU Arts / Law alumna, Katrina Marson, has been named the 2016 ACT Young Lawyer of the Year by the ACT Law Society in recognition of her outstanding professional achievements and community involvement. Katrina, who tutors in Evidence Law in the ANU College of Law, is currently working…
Chinese university to host conference on ANU scholar’s book about organ donation
One of the foremost universities in China will in September host a global conference exploring ideas raised in a book by a social scientist at The Australian National University (ANU).Professor Catherine Waldby, Director of the ANU Research School of Social Sciences, says she is honoured that the…
School of Music renews sounds of bygone era
An ANU School of Music lecturer and Honours student are working to keep audio recordings and production techniques of the past alive. Associate Professor Samantha Bennett has been leading the effort to restore and digitise reel-to-reel tapes that document the School’s past. The project,…
Asian moving image cultures come to ANU
“As a researcher in art history, I’ve found it fascinating to see the ways in which in many Asian contexts, the past and the present collide quite regularly,” says Dr Chaitanya Sambrani, a senior lecturer in the ANU School of Art’s Centre for Art History and Art Theory. Along with Dr…
Australia should look overseas for ideas to increase its number of women MPs
By Emeritus Professor Marian Sawer, ANU School of Politics and International Relations Australia continues its slide in the international league table for representation of women in national parliaments. In 1999, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) ranked Australia 15th in the world. By June…