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Should family members of those with mental illness have access to their health information?

  • Written by: Rachel Yates, Associate Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
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The tragic death of former Adelaide Crows’ coach Phil Walsh, killed by his son Cy suffering from a mental illness, has highlighted the difficulties faced by families of those with mental health issues.

Phil Walsh’s wife Meredith emphasised her...

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Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system

  • Written by: Dean Ashenden, Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
imageGovernments must move away from seeing education solely as an economic benefit.from www.shutterstock.com

For 50 years, Australia’s policymakers have been persuaded that growth at every level of the education system would be a good thing in itself – and would drive economic growth and social progress.

That faith is now under unprecedented...

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Senate kills plebiscite, leaving same-sex marriage on indefinite hold

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Senate has put to the sword the ill-fated plebiscite, killed by a remarkable combination of supporters and opponents of changing the law to allow gay people to marry.

It was defeated on Monday night 33 to 29 with Labor, the Greens, the three-member Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch voting against it. The government attracted just six of the...

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Under President Trump the misinformed citizen will reign supreme

  • Written by: Giovanni Navarria, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS), University of Sydney
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In just a few hours the world will finally know who is to succeed Barack Obama in the White House. Will it be Hillary Clinton, as most reputable polls seem to indicate? Or will Donald Trump’s lies, unorthodox strategies and unspeakable lows ultimately pay off?

For many, the answer hinges on a single variable: information....

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  1. Intelligence agencies to be scrutinised
  2. How Jakarta's first Chinese Indonesian governor became an easy target for radical Islamic groups
  3. Hanson backs sending her senator to the High Court
  4. Community organisations lack the funding and data to measure their impact
  5. US Election Day predictions: President, Governors, Senate and House of Representatives
  6. Human Rights Commission takes on Turnbull
  7. Hope and aspiration at the National Architecture Awards
  8. European leaders taking cues from Australia on asylum seeker policies
  9. Health Check: why do we get a stitch and how can we stop it?
  10. Explainer: what are antibodies and why are viruses like dengue worse the second time?
  11. For single parents, it pays to work
  12. 2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030 - it's time to adapt
  13. The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
  14. Obama, Trump, Clinton and the affordances of distance
  15. The off-topic Conversation #111
  16. Review: The naked nude from the Tate
  17. QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings
  18. Corruption looks different in China
  19. Fogies, insiders and press release summarisers: art criticism in Australia
  20. Some of the world's strangest species could vanish before they're discovered
  21. How to find a good app for mental health
  22. How to teach literacy so no child is left behind
  23. The blight on our media (and it's not 18C)
  24. Information before regulation to make amateur brain stimulation safer
  25. Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
  26. Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
  27. With a less confrontational approach to whaling, more whales could be saved
  28. 18C case against students dismissed but conservatives' push for change continues
  29. What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV
  30. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Senate crossbench
  31. Explainer: what is glaucoma, the 'sneak thief' of sight?
  32. Time to toss one of banking's four pillars out of the nest?
  33. Hazelwood's closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions
  34. Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change
  35. The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?
  36. Daily commutes are draining our water reserves
  37. We need better treatments for childhood cancer, with less side effects
  38. The risk of reading too much into the rise of Donald Trump
  39. Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity
  40. Vital Signs: Australia not immune from global market uncertainty
  41. Preserving cities: how 'trendies' shaped Australia's urban heritage
  42. Ancient fishes kept their young in a nursery
  43. Increased access to data could bring many benefits but faces significant challenges
  44. Grattan on Friday: Industrial bills test Turnbull's negotiating skills – and backbone
  45. Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election
  46. Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration
  47. DiCaprio's documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn't radical enough
  48. Both Trump and Clinton would see the US run like a corporation
  49. Alan Jones goes after wind farms again, citing dubious evidence
  50. Courts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act

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