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Sky News is not yet Fox News, but it has the good, the bad and the uglies

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
imageGraham Richardson, Janine Perrett, Paul Murray and Ross Cameron shoot the breeze on Sky News.Sky News (Fair Use)

The Monday media section in The Australian newspaper, which is mainly just a platform for News Corp to promote its interests and attack its enemies, excelled itself on February 6 with this suggestive but essentially meaningless statement:...

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Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'

  • Written by Emmanuel Stamatakis, Associate Professor; Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Health Behaviours, University of Sydney
imageSitting down at work all day may not be so bad for you after all. How did we get it so wrong?from www.shutterstock.com

Sitting has been branded the “new smoking” for its supposed public health risks, especially for people with sit-down office jobs.

Over the past 15 years or so sitting has been linked with cancer, heart disease and...

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After all the talk, what is the Turnbull government actually doing for small business?

  • Written by Martie-Louise Verreynne, Associate Professor in Innovation, The University of Queensland
imageScott Morrison is continuing to make the case for the government's company tax cut plan to be passed.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Treasurer Scott Morrison continues to warn about the decline of Australia’s global competitiveness if the centrepiece of the 2016–17 federal budget – a company tax rate cut – is not passed.

However, such tax...

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Perceptions of genetically modified food are informed by more than just science

  • Written by Heather Bray, Senior Research Associate, University of Adelaide
imageThere are many considerations that go into buying food, and science is just one.Shutterstock

When people don’t seem to use science to make decisions, it is tempting to assume that it’s because they don’t understand the underlying science. In response, scientists and science communicators often just try harder to explain the...

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  1. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on a year at the top
  2. Clementine Ford and Lindy West talk Twitter and life on and off the Internet
  3. How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
  4. Before pregnancy even starts, healthy weight in mums and dads lowers obesity risk in children
  5. Regulations needed for litigation funders who can't pay out when cases fail
  6. Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul
  7. States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst
  8. That Lump of Coal
  9. FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?
  10. How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
  11. Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
  12. Moving on from home ownership for 'Generation Rent'
  13. Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
  14. The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre
  15. End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car
  16. How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation
  17. Molecules do not have colour!
  18. Morrison pushed NDIS 'hypothecation' announcement despite caution about timing from Turnbull's office
  19. 6 things young men should know about food, nutrition and getting in shape
  20. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  21. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  22. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  23. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
  24. WA state election: Liberals' deal with One Nation may come back to bite them
  25. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
  26. And then there were two: welcome back ABC Fact Check
  27. Basil Hetzel: Australian medical pioneer, and my friend
  28. Six psychiatric concepts that have mutated: for better or worse
  29. Errors in Centrelink's debt recovery system were inevitable, as in all complex systems
  30. Housing affordability problems might not be all bad
  31. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, January 2017
  32. The off-topic Conversation #117
  33. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll stay forever if you scrub out the loo
  34. 'Ice Wars' message is overblown and unhelpful
  35. Why housing supply shouldn't be the only policy tool politicians cling to
  36. To the mattresses: a defence of romance fiction
  37. We need a comprehensive housing approach to deal with heatwaves
  38. There are six styles of love. Which one best describes you?
  39. Rudd warns against a 'second Stolen Generation' by default
  40. There is a difference between a strong contest of views on energy policy and counter-productive hyper-partisanship
  41. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
  42. Australian banks go back to ACCC to further delay customers from getting Apple Pay
  43. A hologram of light and love
  44. The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
  45. Australia's looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
  46. Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out
  47. Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream
  48. Mainstream schools need to take back responsibility for educating disengaged students
  49. Baby galaxies light up the universe
  50. Health Check: do cold showers cool you down?

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