AQ: Australian Quarterly

28/07/2025

We can effectively eradicate infection in Australia - and it's not that far away. But what needs to happen to achieve this amazing milestone! walks us through what is next in vanquishing the spectre of HIV.

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25/07/2025

Your Weekend FREE READ: State of the Nation with Prof Kerrie Wilson.

For the Queensland Chief Scientist, connecting science to community and engaging citizens in the scientific process, is critical to building trust and inoculating our society against manipulation of the knowledge we all rely on.

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24/07/2025

Time for Australia to back. Australia is seeing a growing trend of cashed-up corporations and polluters using the courts to try and silence NGOs, protest groups, and community opposition using so called SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation - suits.

Their sinister motivations aim to weaken scrutiny, silence dissenting voices and bankrupt the organisations standing you for human rights, democracy, and our environment. This malignant exercise of power is making Australia more litigious and further weakening civil society.

Australia needs to SLAPP back now, before it’s too late.

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22/07/2025

In the new AQ - Hands on the Wheel: Social Media and Youth Mental Health

At 16, when a young person wants to get their Learner’s licence and drive a car, there are systems in place requiring supervision, study and practice, car safety standards, and road rules - we don’t just hand them the keys to the car and tell them to have fun!

Yet with new laws banning under-16s from social media platforms, when they do come of age they are entering a sphere that is unregulated, un-policed, and not necessarily age-appropriate.

What can we do to make social media more like getting your first car?

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Orygen

21/07/2025

In the new AQ: 'Youth Crime in Australia: Rhetoric vs Reality'. The topic of youth crime frequently dominates public discourse. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, the issue has become a lightning rod for fear and anxiety.

These discussions, however, often obscure the evidence – youth crime is actually on the decline – which leads to policy solutions that are not only ineffective but also dangerously counterproductive.

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01/07/2025

Out today - the new AQ, featuring: "Youth Crime in Australia: Rhetoric vs Reality"

In Australia, the topic of youth crime frequently dominates public discourse. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, the issue has become a lightning rod for fear and anxiety about the state of society, the safety of citizens, and the future of our young people across the country.
Yet youth crime is actually on the decline – which leads to policy solutions that are not only ineffective but at dangerously counterproductive.

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29/06/2025

In the new AQ: "Time for Australia to SLAPP back" from , from .

Australia is seeing a growing trend of cashed-up corporations and polluters using the courts to try and silence NGOs, protest groups, and community opposition using so called SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation - suits.

There sinister motivations aim to weaken scrutiny, silence dissenting voices and bankrupt the organisations standing you for human rights, democracy, and our environment. This malignant exercise of power is making Australia more litigious and further weakening civil society.

Australia needs to SLAPP back now, before it’s too late.

Get the best in evidence-informed debate, delivered right to your door for only $28 a year! https://aq.magazine.com.au/

26/06/2025

In the new AQ: "Hands on the Wheel: Social Media and Youth Mental Health"

At 16, when a young person wants to get their Learner’s licence and drive a car, there are systems in place requiring supervision, study and practice, car safety standards, and road rules - we don’t just hand them the keys to the car and tell them to have fun!

Yet with new laws banning under-16s from social media platforms, when they do come of age they are entering a sphere that is unregulated, un-policed, and not necessarily age-appropriate.

What can we do to make social media more like getting your first car?

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Orygen

25/06/2025

Get a Sneak Peek of the upcoming July edition of AQ - https://aips.org.au/aq-magazine/current-edition

Featuring Big Business' increasing use of suits on civil society; explaining why the rhetoric of youth crime doesn't match the reality, ending HIV in Australia and much more!

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Science/Policy/Society - AQ

23/06/2025

New AQ out 1st July - subscribe to get it first! www.aq.magazine.com.au

Featuring David Ritter Greenpeace Australia Pacific on suits to silence social protest, Orygen on the unspoken issues of social media and youth mental health, Dr Jason Ong on the end of HIV in Australia, the Qld Chief Scientists on fighting misinformation, and A/Prof Susan Baiwadi on fixing the wrongs of the youth justice system...all in the July AQ.

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28/05/2025

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10/01/2025

AI facial recognition has already been used on Australians - do you know if your face has been scanned? Australia is behind the rest of the world in regulating the controversial tech - and we all need to be involved in the discussion.

Otherwise, once again, we will be the lambs, watched over by faceless wolves. Find out more, only in AQ: https://buff.ly/3TG4wWR

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