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Blog Central is a space for RMIT academics and senior staff to blog about their areas of expertise and interests.
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Not all monsters are created equal
While ABC’s recent Four Corners program showing Australian cattle being subjected to inhumane treatment in Indonesian abattoirs prompted calls for an immediate ban on live exports to Indonesia, society’s response to the treatment of animals in general is complex. My PhD research explores the character of the cyborg in science fiction – specifically the scientifically [...]
Posted in Art & Design, Entertainment, Media & Communications, Research, Writing Tagged abattoir, animal abuse, animal human hybrid, animal welfare, Australian cattle, Being Human, ethical animal treatment, H.G. Wells, Indonesia, Island of Doctor Moreau, Splice, True Blood, Twilight, vampire, werewolf Comments closed
Measuring hidden unemployment
On 7 June, the Reserve Bank of Australia board will meet to decide whether to increase the official interest rate. One measure that is likely to be highly scrutinised is the unemployment rate – this measure is the most commonly used statistic to gauge the labour market. On the surface, it appears that Australia is [...]
Posted in Economics & Finance, Media & Communications, Politics Tagged GFC, Global Financial Crisis, interest rate, labour market, Reserve Bank of Australia, unemployment rate Comments closed
Fukushima’s implications for Korea’s nuclear dilemmas
In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Korea – a tiny nation festooned with reactors in the South and one small light water reactor under construction in the North – has some serious thinking to do on the nuclear front. The South’s ambitious reactor expansion plan no longer seems viable and the [...]
Posted in Media & Communications, Politics, Sustainability, Technology Tagged environment, Fukushima, North Korea, nuclear power, radiological hazard, renewable energy, smart grid, South Korea Comments closed
A case of what not to do