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Paramedics treating more young women for alcohol intoxication than men

  • Written by: Lily Nothling, Editorial Intern, The Conversation
imageMore than a bit of harmless fun: last year there were 247 ambulance requests for young women aged 13 to 18 in Western Australia. Michael Discenza/Unsplash

More young people are needing emergency assistance for alcohol intoxication than in previous years, new data from Western Australia show.

The state-wide ambulance figures show ambulance call-out...

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Will Australians ever give up Uber?

  • Written by: Rohan Miller, Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Digital Business, University of Sydney
imageAn unfriendly workplace, lawsuits and resignations -- what will it take for Australians to give up Uber?www.shutterstock.com

From the start, the ride-sharing service Uber offered app-based convenience and positioned itself as a saviour to beleaguered taxi customers. But the company, led by one-time chief executive Travis Kalanick, has now found...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's Gonski 2.0 win and citizenship changes

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageJoel Carrett/AAP

Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with the University of Canberra’s vice-chancellor, Deep Saini. Topics on the agenda include:

  • The Gonski proposal passing through the parliament;

  • The controversial changes to citizenship legislation;

  • The difficult dance of creating policy from the Finkel review;

  • The winter of...

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