We have all the tools to achieve economic growth and environmental sustainability - we just have to choose to use them.
Early support could save lives and allow Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability to live with dignity in their communities.
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Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability are managed mostly by police, courts, prison and hospitals. It’s costing us millions, when kinder and cheaper alternatives exist.
The dreaded blue screen of death has become so ubiquitous it’s now fodder for comedy.
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The movie got some predictions right on what Doc and Marty would find when the arrive in the “future” today. But what could they find if they took another 30 year leap into the future?
Birth order clearly matters, just not for personality.
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The challenge is to intervene before users hit crisis point. A Hawaii-based program does just this and has achieved substantial reductions in drug use. A similar scheme could work in Australia.
Therapy, drugs or exercise? The depression treatment journey can be difficult to navigate.
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So you’re depressed. You know this because a health profession has told you so, or because there is no mistaking the symptoms. Perhaps you’ve been depressed before. What now?
Why should astronomy be different from any other field when it comes to sexual harassment?
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Cycling has flatlined in Australia since 2011, with many people citing safety concerns as the main reason not to ride. Wider recognition of cyclists’ right to be on the roads would help to boost the numbers.
Ros Kelly was the first in a long line of federal ministers to address themselves to the question of Australia’s emissions target.
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When Australia’s government first pledged to set an emission-reduction target, Jon Bon Jovi was riding high in the charts. The progress made in the 25 years since has hardly been a blaze of glory.
What’s to prevent an IT worker doing something against the public’s interest?
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Many professionals risk the wrath of their governing body if they act against any code of ethics. But not so the IT industry. Is it time for that to change?
Not all men condone violence nor resort to physical force to attain masculinity – and there is never an excuse for doing so.
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There is growing evidence indicating that violence against women may be the consequence of society’s rigid and stereotyped beliefs about what it means to be a “real man”.
“Mummy, I can’t do my homework!” Time for you to step in?
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If we can convince people that climate change is real and important, then surely they will act: this intuitive idea underlies many efforts to communicate climate change to the public. But it may not be the best way.
Are women really each other’s worst enemies? Probably not.
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Depictions of women bullying women are a mainstay of reality television shows, just as reports of Twitter fights between female celebrities are regular tabloid fare. It’s a phenomenon with a long history.
More science, maths, coding and more modern assessment measures: what a 21st-century education looks like.
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