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Youngest in class twice as likely to take ADHD medication

  • Written by: Martin Paul Whitely, Visiting Fellow, Murdoch University
imageIf ADHD is a neurobiological disorder, a child’s birthdate or gender should have no bearing on their chances of being diagnosed.from www.shutterstock.com.au

New research has found the youngest children in West Australian primary school classes are twice as likely as their oldest classmates to receive medication for Attention Deficit...

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Loose-cannon Trump enters the tinderbox of US-Russia-China relations

  • Written by: Joseph Camilleri, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageA Trump administration raises many questions about how America's relationships with other world powers will play out.Reuters/Lucy Nicholson

Donald Trump’s inauguration speech had one simple message: “America first”. His was an inward-looking vision of the future in which America would set about regaining all that has been stolen...

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Explainer: what rights do workers have to getting paid in the gig economy?

  • Written by: Joellen Riley, Dean and Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney

The gig economy is offering Australians jobs, but it comes at a cost. These are often temporary positions, where workers are independent and have to take on more risks.

In our series Working Well in the Gig Economy we ask experts how workers can cope in this new environment.


Most workers want to be paid a fair rate for their work, they want to...

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Things fall apart: why do the ecosystems we depend on collapse?

  • Written by: David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

People collapse, buildings collapse, economies collapse and even entire human civilizations collapse. Collapse is also common in the natural world – animal populations and ecosystems collapse. These collapses have the greatest impact on us when they affect resources our industries depend on, leaving ecosystems in tatters and sometimes...

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  1. 2017: The year ahead in cinema
  2. Could Russian hacking pose a threat to Australian democracy?
  3. NSW ReachTEL: Coalition has big lead with One Nation at 16.3%
  4. 'America first' – Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States
  5. Why Australian supermarkets continue to look to the UK for leadership
  6. Three theories for what's causing the global productivity slowdown
  7. ASEAN countries should find a solution to end the persecution of Rohingya
  8. Who will keep predatory science journals at bay now that Jeffrey Beall's blog is gone?
  9. President Trump threatens to undermine key measure of climate policy success
  10. What comes next for Nick Kyrgios is up to Nick Kyrgios
  11. Explainer: what are the limits to charities advancing political causes?
  12. Obama's legacy: history will judge him more kindly than his critics think
  13. Australians on Twitter were 'positive' about the US election of Donald Trump
  14. Syria, Russia and Turkey – the uneasy alliance reshaping world politics
  15. Ultra, super, clean coal power? We've heard it before
  16. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - the truth about the vomitorium
  17. Breast milk banking continues an ancient human tradition and can save lives
  18. Australia needs to invest if it wants the tourism boom to continue
  19. Vital Signs: brace yourselves for the new economic reality
  20. All hail Trump, the great transgressor!
  21. Australia's privacy laws gutted in court ruling on what is 'personal information'
  22. Aussie rules football still has a way to go to be considered 'feminist'
  23. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?
  24. Baird's early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come
  25. 2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
  26. Australian science making some progress amid the march of ministers
  27. Is 2017 the year to ditch the term 'innovation'?
  28. Clemency for Chelsea Manning – but will Assange or Snowden also find the US merciful?
  29. Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
  30. The world's best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm
  31. Printing more money isn't the answer to all economic ills
  32. Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there's a lot we could all do now
  33. If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra's clout would be a backward step
  34. Explainer: Why the human voice is so versatile
  35. The search for MH370 is over: what we learnt and where to now
  36. Stinking dead fish portend major problem with carp herpes release
  37. University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
  38. Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
  39. Do 8 men really control the same wealth as the poorest half of the global population?
  40. What's in store for new health minister Greg Hunt?
  41. How professional sport handicaps youth sporting culture
  42. What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?
  43. FactCheck: what are the facts on rising child care prices?
  44. Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China's opening up has slowed
  45. When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
  46. A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long
  47. Ways to spend spare time online
  48. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
  49. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  50. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further

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