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Why the housing shortage exacerbates scabies in Indigenous communities

  • Written by Simon Quilty, General and Acute Care Physician and Senior Lecturer, Flinders University, Katherine Hospital campus, Flinders University
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Scabies is a disease of antiquity, one of the scourges of those on the First Fleet but no longer known for most in Australian society. However, in the far remote Northern Territory, scabies infection remains endemic, and in some regions almost 70% of Aboriginal children in remote areas had been infected within their first year of life.

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The environment needs billions of dollars more: here's how to raise the money

  • Written by Paul Martin, Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England
imageAustralia: there's a lot of it to look after.Thomas Schoch/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Extinction threatens iconic Australian birds and animals. The regent honeyeater, the orange-bellied parrot, and Leadbeater’s possum have all entered the list of critically endangered species.

It is too late for the more than 50 species that are already...

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Rethinking how we assess learning in schools

  • Written by Geoff Masters, CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
imageStudents don't always know if they are making any progress in their learning.from www.shutterstock.com

In this series we’ll explore how to improve schools in Australia. Some of the most prominent experts in the sector tackle key questions, including why we are not seeing much progress; whether we are assessing children in the most effective...

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Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a 'person'?

  • Written by Kyle Bowyer, Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
imageScience fiction has already explored the theme of robot rights, such as the film Bicentennial Man.Columbia Pictures

Science fiction likes to depict robots as autonomous machines, capable of making their own decisions and often expressing their own personalities. Yet we also tend to think of robots as property, and as lacking the kind of rights that...

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  1. Trump, the wannabe king ruling by 'twiat'
  2. Cory Bernardi leaving Liberal fold without parliamentary followers
  3. What is a balanced diet anyway?
  4. Ouch! The drugs don't work for back pain, but here's what does
  5. How regions can persuade fly-in fly-out workers to live locally
  6. Whores through the ages: 'Tis Pity entertains but fails to cut through
  7. Can you sue someone for giving you a bad reference?
  8. Health Check: are painful periods normal?
  9. The tag is cut: how will the Trump-Turnbull spat damage the alliance?
  10. Twelve myths about e-cigarettes that failed to impress the TGA
  11. Deb Wilks: Corporates need to stump up for the arts
  12. Hissstory: how the science of snake bite treatments has changed
  13. Declining sport viewership shows why we should keep it on free TV
  14. Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive
  15. The world is watching Australia’s decline in schools education. We know how to fix it, but the parents must listen
  16. Australia on the move: how GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion
  17. From clean cut kids to Christian comics to Riverdale: the Archiverse revolution
  18. If we are reaching neoliberal capitalism's end days, what comes next?
  19. Newspoll shows Coalition trailing 46-54% at start of new parliamentary session
  20. Snapchat's IPO filing does nothing to justify its US $25 billion valuation
  21. Three ingredients for running a successful environmental campaign
  22. Joe Hockey lobbies Trump's right-hand men over refugee deal
  23. WA Newspoll: 54-46 to Labor with One Nation at 13%
  24. High Court confirms Rod Culleton is not a senator – so what happens next?
  25. Joyous, comic and grim: the best new Indigenous playwrights
  26. How storytelling drives finance and economics
  27. Eight podcasts to get between your ears this year
  28. Maybe moderate drinking isn't so good for you after all
  29. Vital Signs: time to shift the goalposts on investor lending again?
  30. University vice chancellors say Trump order threatens global research
  31. To resist Trump’s tyranny, just don’t comply
  32. Will the diplomatic aggravation and reputational damage to Turnbull and Australia have been worth it?
  33. Growth of women’s football has been a 100-year revolution – it didn't happen overnight
  34. The legal minefield of 3D printed guns
  35. How do you know if your child is ready to start school?
  36. Hard work, not 'Confucian' mentality, underpins Chinese success overseas
  37. Friday essay: trace fossils – the silence of Ediacara, the shadow of uranium.
  38. ADHD: claims we're diagnosing immature behaviour make it worse for those affected
  39. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull should walk away from the refugee deal
  40. New coal plants wouldn't be clean, and would cost billions in taxpayer subsidies
  41. The government is right to fund energy storage: a 100% renewable grid is within reach
  42. Sensible reform to finance affordable housing deserves cross-party support
  43. Turnbull's $1.75 million donation is bad news for Australian democracy
  44. Turnbull’s energy game-changer
  45. Do vegetarians live longer? Probably, but not because they're vegetarian
  46. US embassy says refugee deal stands, but Trump casts new doubt in tweet
  47. Finding flow: learning Ruby on the job
  48. Why do we need a phonics test for six-year-olds?
  49. Make housing affordable and cut road congestion all at once? Here's a way
  50. What's the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?

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