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Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?

  • Written by: Nial Wheate, BPharm Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
imageChemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. It is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a cancer treatment plan.From Shutterstock,

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer in humans and animals. It is rarely used in isolation and is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, or a combination of...

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Not all students with a disability need funding

  • Written by: Linda J. Graham, Associate Professor in Education, Queensland University of Technology
imageThe majority of support funding is used to 'buy' teacher aide time.from shutterstock.com

The Australian Education Union’s (AEU) claim that over a quarter of a million students with a disability are not receiving any additional funding in school was widely picked up by the media.

But this claim misrepresents what the data shows, and falsely...

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Taking Asia’s temperature at Shangri-La

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageDelegates arrive ahead of the 2016 Shangri-La Dialogue. World leaders will again converge on the Singaporean hotel this weekend for the 2017 meeting.Reuters/Edgar Su

Every year since 2002, defence ministers, senior officials, military officers and policy experts have gathered in Singapore to take part in the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Held in the hotel of...

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Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys

  • Written by: Julie Moschion, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne
imageOf those who have experienced homelessness, 62% cite family breakdown or conflict as the main reason for becoming homeless for the first time.shutterstock

Australia is going through a well-documented housing affordability crisis. Single parents are especially vulnerable to rising housing costs, as they rely on a single income to provide a decent...

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  1. After-hours GP home visits strain the budget (and don't help emergency departments)
  2. Three charts on: Australia's changing drug and alcohol habits
  3. The world's coral reefs are in trouble, but don't give up on them yet
  4. Global stocktake shows the 43 greenhouse gases driving global warming
  5. The best way to support writers is to feed them new ideas
  6. Regional universities have a pivotal role to play in Australia's City Deals
  7. Fancy government financing could still cost the taxpayer
  8. From botnet to malware: a guide to decoding cybersecurity buzzwords
  9. Liberal MP confronts Turnbull over aged care decisions
  10. Companies should take charge of the potential toxins in common products
  11. Juno mission unveils Jupiter’s complex interior, weather and magnetism
  12. After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognition
  13. No rest over Easter as the barrage of news continues on Twitter
  14. It's happening again ... our love affair with TV reboots
  15. Twitter's plan to help young people not get too overwhelmed by bad news doesn't go far enough
  16. Research shows if you improve the air quality at work, you improve productivity
  17. Curious Kids: Why do adults think video games are bad?
  18. Sydneysiders blame foreign investors for high housing prices – survey
  19. The government should pick towns, not industries, to fund
  20. Christianity does not play a significant role in Australian politics, but cultural conservatism does
  21. The science of taste, or why you choose fries over broccoli
  22. How we can help refugee kids to thrive in Australia
  23. The US quitting the Paris climate agreement will only make things worse
  24. Tax take shrinks as online accommodation agents rake it in
  25. GetUp raises nearly $200,000 in crowdfunding to campaign against Peter Dutton
  26. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Plus UK and French elections
  27. When it comes to ransomware, it's sometimes best to pay up
  28. Review: Wonder Woman reinvigorates tired superhero conventions
  29. Trump demands a post-post-truth response
  30. Around the world, environmental laws are under attack in all sorts of ways
  31. Turnbull should deliver Gonski schools plan faster: Grattan Institute
  32. Improving Australia’s health requires better use of patient information
  33. Australia's videogames are inventive, acclaimed and world-class, so where's the government support?
  34. Fifty years on from the 1967 referendum, it's time to tell the truth about race
  35. Why the seemingly tidy, leaked proposal for hospital funding may be a problem policy
  36. Confused about changes to school funding? Here's what you need to know
  37. The government will likely get more from the bank levy than Labor or the big four think
  38. Should we negotiate with terrorist hostage takers?
  39. The truth about the Amazons - the real Wonder Women
  40. How old is too old for cholesterol lowering medications?
  41. Why Gold Coast light rail was worth it (it's about more than patronage)
  42. Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth's 'wiggle'
  43. Apple working on AI chip for mobile devices bringing them a new level of intelligence
  44. Why the KPIs on university engagement need more thought
  45. Women rely on the family home to support them in old age
  46. There's something queer about Tumblr
  47. Who tilts at windmills? Explaining hostility to renewables
  48. Not dead yet: how MP3 changed the way we listen to music
  49. Sustainable shopping: for eco-friendly jeans, stop washing them so often
  50. Explainer: the rise of naked tourism

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