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A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imageA tax on sugary drinks wouldn't just prevent obesity, it could recoup some of the costs from obesity to the taxpayer. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Obesity is a major public health problem In Australia. More than one in four adults are now classified as obese, up from one in ten in the early 1980s. And about 7% of children are obese, up from less...

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Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?

  • Written by: Peter Allen, Lecturer in Film and Television, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
imageFelicity Jones as Jyn Erso and Diego Luna as Captain Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, set for release on December 15.© Lucasfilm Ltd

Star Wars: The Force Awakens left audiences desperate to know WWLS? (What Will Luke Say?) But fans will be waiting quite some time to find out. The new film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which...

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Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageFake News

Fake news is still very much the subject of the news at the moment. There is a growing realisation that there is very little that can be done to stop it.

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that ordinary Facebook users can simply flag sites, and links to stories, as “fake”. However, a study to be published this week...

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Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study

  • Written by: Jocelyn Wright, Editorial Intern, The Conversation
imageRisk-taking was the only gender norm in the study associated with both positive and negative mental health outcomes. from shutterstock.com

Men who see themselves as playboys, and as having power over women, are more prone to poor mental health than those who conform less to traditionally masculine norms, according to a new study.

The study,...

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