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How much food should my child be eating? And how can I get them to eat more healthily?

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
How much food should my child be eating? And how can I get them to eat more healthily?Shutterstock

Children need healthy food in the right amount so they get all the nutrients needed to grow, learn and thrive.

The Australian dietary guidelines outline the number of daily servings children need each day from each food group, based on their sex and age:

This is just a guide; your child’s needs will depend on their activity...

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After a summer of extremes, here's what to expect this autumn

  • Written by: Catherine Ganter, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

The past Australian summer was a season of two contrasting halves. So did the midsummer weather change make a dint in the drought, and is it likely to continue through autumn?

The first half of summer was exceptionally hot, dry and dusty. Parts of eastern and southern Australia were engulfed by significant bushfires, and smoke haze covered large...

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Beethoven's only opera bristles with contemporary relevance

  • Written by: Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
Beethoven's only opera bristles with contemporary relevanceWASO/Rebecca Mansell

Review: Beethoven’s Fidelio. West Australian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Opera and Perth Festival.

There’s something disconcertingly compartmentalised about opera – particularly opera in concert. The audience stays lit throughout, and the chorus sit behind the orchestra looking at us looking at them.

The...

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Why Modi's India has become a dangerous place for Muslims

  • Written by: Priya Chacko, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Adelaide
Why Modi's India has become a dangerous place for MuslimsHARISH TYAGI/EPA

Last week, India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its worst communal violence targeting a religious minority in more than 30 years. The death toll currently stands at 43 and parts of northeast Delhi remain under lock-down.

As per usual after incidents of violence against minorities in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

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  2. The world may lose half its sandy beaches by 2100. It’s not too late to save most of them
  3. Adolescent family violence is a growing problem – and the legal system is making it worse
  4. Understanding emotions is nearly as important as IQ for students' academic success
  5. Unearthing a traditional Irish village that lingered in a South Australian field
  6. Worried about your child getting coronavirus? Here's what you need to know
  7. From crocodiles to krill, a warming world raises the 'costs' paid by developing embryos
  8. Petronius’s Satyricon – sex, satire and naughty boys
  9. First locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in Australia, as Attorney-General warns drastic legal powers could be used
  10. The deadly opioid fentanyl is turning up in disguise on Sydney streets, making illicit drug use even riskier
  11. A meeting of monsters at the Adelaide Biennial brings us closer to our fears
  12. Four bins might help, but to solve our waste crisis we need a strong market for recycled products
  13. We're staring down the barrel of a technical recession as the COVID-19 coronavirus enters a new and dangerous phase
  14. the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention
  15. Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It's the last thing our wildlife needs
  16. Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates
  17. here are 5 ways to actually boost retirement incomes
  18. Airlines take no chances with our safety. And neither should artificial intelligence
  19. Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions
  20. 3 ways public health has saved lives from history to the modern day
  21. Galloping gargoyles! Is Harry Potter losing his (earning) power?
  22. Morrison government will use purchasing power to encourage plastics recycling
  23. Sun Yang ban shows world swimming body must establish an integrity commission
  24. How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years
  25. Circa's new production explores the ordinary, extraordinary mass of humanity
  26. Why do I sweat so much?
  27. an outrageous depiction of girls grasping their emerging sexuality and power
  28. One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant's worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it
  29. Michelle Grattan on the government's emergency plan, climate change, and Bettina Arndt
  30. Last summer's fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here's what has happened since
  31. It's now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we're preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases
  32. Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?
  33. a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
  34. Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough
  35. a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading
  36. Angus Taylor sets down 'markers' to measure success of government's technology roadmap
  37. Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate
  38. Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance
  39. Let’s 'declare war on type 2 diabetes' – Australian of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar
  40. Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?
  41. Sanctions, a failing economy and coronavirus may cause Iran to change its involvement in Syria
  42. Equinor has abandoned oil-drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight
  43. A year from the Christchurch terror attacks, NZ intelligence records a surge in reports
  44. Is cruising still safe? Will I be insured? What you need to know about travelling during the coronavirus crisis
  45. Stocking up to prepare for a crisis isn't 'panic buying'. It's actually a pretty rational choice
  46. Albanese says we can't replace steelmaking coal. But we already have green alternatives
  47. the cuter they are, the harder we fall
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