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Does racism make us sick?

  • Written by: Yin Paradies, Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University
imageWhile most people would assume being the victim of racism can't be good for us, being a perpetrator of racism is also bad for our health. from www.shutterstock.com.au

In highlighting the importance of retaining section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus, speaking on Radio National today, said racial...

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Health Check: do cough medicines work?

  • Written by: Janet Sluggett, Research Fellow: Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University
imageCough and cold medicines shouldn't be used in young kids. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Having a cough can be distressing. It can disrupt sleep or even worsen urinary incontinence. So it’s not surprising 7% of Australians have reached for a cough or cold medicine in the last two weeks.

But with so many cough mixtures on the pharmacy shelves, it...

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Free speech: would removing Section 18C really give us the right to be bigots?

  • Written by: David van Mill, Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations, University of Western Australia
imageThe government claims changes to Section 18C are no longer on its agenda.AAP/Dan Himbrechts

Despite previously saying we all have the right to be bigots, Attorney-General George Brandis now says reform of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is no longer on the government’s agenda.

However, there are several senators – some new,...

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I won't be giving my name to census: Xenophon

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

Senate crossbencher Nick Xenophon will defy the requirement to provide his name when he fills out Tuesday’s census.

With controversy surrounding the extension of the retention of names from 18 months to four years, Xenophon wants to prompt a test case on the validity of the requirement.

He faces prosecution and a cumulative fine of A$180 a day....

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  1. Explainer: what is the census, and why does it matter?
  2. FactCheck: do welfare recipients owe the Australian government about $3.5 billion?
  3. Can you 'teach' workers to be more emotionally resilient?
  4. India's GST promises growth, reform and opportunities
  5. Size is largely in the mind: how your body image can change in two minutes
  6. The new Senate looms as a serious problem for a damaged Malcolm Turnbull
  7. Death by dingo: outsourcing pest control raises uncomfortable questions
  8. Without action, Asia-Pacific ecosystems could lose a third of their value by 2050
  9. Can we learn from Thucydides' writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?
  10. What if intelligent machines could learn from each other?
  11. Why technology makes us dishonest: ways to reduce cheating at self-service checkouts
  12. Further Senate results and analysis
  13. The 'no' campaign on marriage equality owes us better arguments
  14. Capitalism and Democracy [part 3]
  15. Whither anarchy: the fantasy of natural law
  16. Whither anarchy: ownness as a form of freedom
  17. Turnbull inquiry-lite bank plan falls short
  18. Latest PBO costings won't hold any parties to account
  19. Here's how you beat 'indestructible' head lice
  20. One Nation's Malcolm Roberts is in denial about the facts of climate change
  21. Whither anarchy: perspectives on anarchism and liberty
  22. Whither anarchy: freedom as non-domination
  23. Are university flagship courses actually workable? And will they be a disaster for equity?
  24. The white man's burden: Bill Leak and telling 'the truth' about Aboriginal lives
  25. Fast food companies use social networking sites to target children
  26. So, how did the new Senate voting rules work in practice?
  27. Road rage: why normal people become harmful on the roads
  28. The man who brought science and a touch of humanity to Australia's Olympic swimming hopes
  29. We don't remove comments just because we disagree with them
  30. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the new Senate
  31. Women are satisfied with 'women's work' but not with the pay
  32. Common method of preventing early births may be causing more
  33. Raising chisel to stone, and making art
  34. One of Marlowe's finest plays roars into the 21st century
  35. Rubbishing Rio – someone's got to do it
  36. Explainer: who's who on the new Senate crossbench?
  37. Survival of the fittest: the changing shapes and sizes of Olympic athletes
  38. In no mood for games: the pale Olympic flame of Rio 2016
  39. Pay doctors to keep patients healthy rather than just for treating illness
  40. Friday essay: why a building and its rooms should have a human character
  41. Reimagining NSW: how a happy, healthy regional and rural citizenry helps us all
  42. How we used a particle accelerator to find the hidden face in Degas's Portrait of a woman
  43. Should monopoly businesses have an obligation to create competition?
  44. Vital Signs: only the banks know how low rates can go
  45. Bitcoin users largely shrug off latest $69 m Bitcoin exchange heist
  46. Grattan on Friday: Twenty years on, the Perils of Pauline haunt another Liberal leader
  47. Weiner's erotic mediation: Bill Clinton's sex vs Anthony Weiner's sexting
  48. Bank executives forced before parliamentary committee for 'regular health check'
  49. St Vincent's scandal: what's the protocol for chemotherapy and are low doses less effective?
  50. State of the Climate 2015: global warming and El Niño sent records tumbling

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