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    Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?
    Parker, C (The Conversation, 2023-12-01)
    Online platforms are awash with ads for so-called “green” products. Power companies are “carbon neutral”. Electronics are “for the planet”. Clothing is “circular” and travel is “sustainable”. Or are they? Our study of more than 8,000 ads served more than 20,000 times in people’s Facebook feeds found many green claims are vague, meaningless or unsubstantiated and consumers are potentially being deceived. This costs consumers, as products claiming to be greener are often more expensive. And it costs the planet, as false and exaggerated green claims – or “greenwashing” – make it seem more is being done to tackle climate change and other environmental crises than is really happening. The widespread use of these claims could delay important action on tackling climate change, as it dilutes the sense of urgency around the issue.
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    2024 Elections: The Third Candidate, Anies Baswedan
    Pausacker, H ( 2023-08-08)
    In the three elections since Indonesia has been holding direct presidential elections – 2009, 2014 and 2019 – there have been only two candidates for the top job. But when registration opens on 19 October 2023, is it likely we will see three people vying for the top job: Prabowo Subianto, Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan. This makes a run-off election between the top two candidates more likely. Recent opinion polls indicate Anies is unlikely to make the second round of presidential candidates. But, regardless, he seems determined to stay in the running, with support from the Coalition of Change for Unity. This is made up of the National Democrat Party (NasDem), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat). So, who is Anies, and why is he so determined to stay in the race?
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    Screening of Chinese Investments Intensifies
    McCalman, P ; Puzzello, L ; Voon, T ; Walter, A ( 2022)
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    Project 113 Sexual Offences: Background Paper
    Tarrant, S ; Douglas, H ; Tubex, H (Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, 2022-12-20)
    This paper discusses background social issues relevant for considering sexual offence laws. We examine the issues from three perspectives: • The harmfulness of sexual violence; • Common misconceptions about sexual violence; and • Complainants’ experiences of the criminal justice system
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    National plan to allow battery cages until 2036 favours cheap eggs over animal welfare
    Parker, C ; Bromberg, L ( 2021-07-05)
    Eggs laid by battery hens would be phased out within 15 years under a plan to improve poultry welfare in Australia. The proposal signals some relief for the 10 million or so egg-laying hens still kept in battery cages in Australia. But it doesn’t go far enough.
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    Gaining Clarity of the Ethicial Issues of a Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
    Munsie, M ; Gyngell, C ; Taylor-Sands, M ( 2020)
    Given the implications for potential take-up of a COVID-19 vaccine, it's important to unpack religious as well as the general ethical concerns from using human cell lines.
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    Crown, Collingwood and the Corporate Conscience
    Bant, E ( 2021)
    The different failures at Crown and Collingwood shows that the law need to go beyond individuals when holding corporations to account.
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    Pathways to Prosecution for Australian Soldiers' Crimes in Afghanistan
    Cormier, M ; Duxbury, A ( 2020)
    It was confirmed in the Brereton report that there’s ‘credible information’ to substantiate the unlawful killing of 39 people by Australian special forces personnel in Afghanistan. These shocking allegations led Prime Minister Scott Morrison to announce last week that a special investigator’s office will be established to assist the Australian Federal Police to investigate these alleged crimes. The information contained in the Brereton report will now serve as a guide for the special investigator’s office, which will focus on gathering evidence that will be admissible in criminal prosecutions.