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What's the difference between traumatic fear and moral anger? Trigger warnings won't tell you

  • Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
imageTo Humpty Dumpty, words mean whatever he wants them to mean.Pixabay, CC BY-SA

The debate over so-called “trigger warnings” continues to simmer, boiling over in the media every month or so. These warnings – statements alerting students, and other members of the public, if writing, video or other materials contain confronting images...

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Government spending explained in 10 charts; from Howard to Turnbull

  • Written by Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Bankwest Research Chair in Economic Policy, Curtin University

Successive Australian governments are usually judged on how they balance the budget and spend taxpayers’ dollars. The stereotypes are that Liberal governments keep a tight hold on the purse strings, while Labor governments are spendthrifts.

While total government spending has increased from around A$240 billion in 1998-99 to a predicted A$451...

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Viewpoints: is saturated fat really the killer it's made out to be?

  • Written by David Richmond Sullivan, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
imageA controversial editorial has questioned whether saturated fats really clog up your arteries and put you at risk of heart disease. But can it really overturn decades of research?from www.shutterstock.com

A recent editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine dismissed the widely held belief that a diet rich in saturated fats increases our...

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Changes to school funding - your questions answered

  • Written by Glenn C. Savage, Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and ARC DECRA Fellow (2016-19), Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
imageMost schools wills receive more money under the new reforms. Dean Lewins/AAP

Can’t get your head around the latest announcements in school funding? You’re not alone. Members of the public have been sending in the questions they want answered about the recent changes.

Education expert, Glenn Savage, from the University of Melbourne, has...

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  1. Naming suspects in criminal cases opens up ethical minefield
  2. Tax on 'unearned gains' is the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
  3. Whiteley: a seductive cinematic portrait of a serious artist
  4. Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky
  5. Pilot study on why academics should engage with others in the community
  6. Latham to fight for 'western civilisation' from the Liberal Democrats' kennel
  7. Julie Bishop keeps Abdel-Magied on Australian-Arab board
  8. Therapy for life-threatening eating disorders works, so why can't people access it?
  9. Politics podcast: Andrew Giles on schools funding
  10. TPG bid for Fairfax: what usually happens when private equity meets media?
  11. Discovering Charles Meere: an intriguing, subversive artist
  12. What are 'fasting' diets and do they help you lose weight?
  13. The Conversation chatbot launches in Facebook Messenger
  14. Government out of touch on housing policies ahead of budget: poll
  15. Macron crushes Le Pen 66-34 in French Presidential runoff
  16. The picture of who is affected by 'revenge porn' is more complex than we first thought
  17. Live odds ban debate exposes sport and gambling's uncomfortable mutual dependency
  18. How the politics of the budget might play out for a government in trouble
  19. Turnbull government aims to distance itself from its predecessor with the 2017-18 budget
  20. The future of flying cars: science fact or science fiction
  21. Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?
  22. Junk food packaging hijacks the same brain processes as drug and alcohol addiction
  23. Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
  24. Off the plan: shelter, the future and the problems in between
  25. Technology, once thought the enabler of democracy, is threatening to kill it off
  26. Catholics vow to go hard in schools fight with government
  27. The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks
  28. The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
  29. Obamacare repeal vote shows power of US hard right
  30. Gene drives may cause a revolution, but safeguards and public engagement are needed
  31. Vaccinate your puppies – a new strain of parvo has been found in Australia
  32. What happens when scientists stand up for science
  33. The strange accounting behind the proposed HECS changes
  34. Leave budget forecasting to Treasury: economists
  35. For cities, hosting major sporting events is a double-edged sword
  36. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's education reforms
  37. World Trade Organisation gives Australia's plain tobacco packs the (draft) thumbs up
  38. Beware the hype – springy soles won’t make you run much faster
  39. Weekly Quiz: which Australian author wrote The Spare Room?
  40. Why older Australians don't downsize and the limits to what the government can do about it
  41. Sustainable shopping: here's how to find coffee that doesn't cost the Earth
  42. Le Pen vs Macron: after an acrimonious debate, the French will now choose their next president
  43. Vital Signs: why the government still thinks it can 'grow away' the deficit
  44. Friday essay: caring for country and telling its stories
  45. Food as medicine: how what you eat shapes the health of your lungs
  46. The rise of the pro-player as Australia hosts its richest computer gaming event
  47. Higher-density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable
  48. Teachers shouldn't have to manage behaviour issues by themselves - schools need to support them
  49. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the government's education reforms
  50. Grattan on Friday: Catholic backlash over schools policy lights another Abbott-Turnbull spark

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