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Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to it

  • Written by: Jane Tomnay, Assoc. Professor / Director of Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, University of Melbourne
Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to itAustralian women can have an early medical termination – which involves taking two oral medications – up to the ninth week of pregnancy.Jonatán Becerra/Unsplash

Around one in six Australian women have had an abortion by their mid-30s. These women come from all age groups and demographics: some are mothers already, while...

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All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who 'point a sentence in the right direction'

  • Written by: Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland
All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who 'point a sentence in the right direction'Doing away with the apostrophe is not just the beginning of the end ... it's the end. www.shutterstock.com

Reports this week about the demise of the Apostrophe Protection Society may have been greatly exaggerated.

The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up in 2001 in the UK by retired journalist John Richards with the aim of “preserving the...

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It's the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don't blame the Greens

  • Written by: Rebecca Pearse, Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
It's the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don't blame the GreensIn 2009, a Bob Brown-led Greens party voted against an emissions trading scheme – but they can't be blamed for what came after.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Federal Labor this week commemorated a dubious anniversary – a decade of climate policy failure. And it pointed the finger of blame squarely at the Greens.

Labor claimed that had the Greens not...

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Morrison cuts a swathe through the public service, with five departmental heads gone

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

Scott Morrison has announced a dramatic overhaul of the federal public service, cutting the number of departments and creating several new mega ones, while removing five secretaries.

The departments will be reduced from 18 to 14.

But Morrison said there were no changes to his ministry or to portfolio arrangements.

“I’m very pleased, very...

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  1. Tick, tock... how stress speeds up your chromosomes' ageing clock
  2. The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong?
  3. Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to help
  4. Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do
  5. Explainer: the ideas of Kant
  6. To restore public confidence in apartments, rewrite Australia's building codes
  7. To stop a tech apocalypse we need ethics and the arts
  8. how hospital design supports children, young people and their families
  9. spending dips and saving soars as we stash rather than spend our tax cuts
  10. Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don't use it properly
  11. a mixed bag theologically and politically, with bravura performances
  12. the medevac repeal and what it means for asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru
  13. Having problems with your kid's tantrums, bed-wetting or withdrawal? Here's when to get help
  14. The top ranking education systems in the world aren't there by accident. Here's how Australia can climb up
  15. Global emissions to hit 36.8 billion tonnes, beating last year's record high
  16. Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie
  17. Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
  18. Neaera, the Athenian child slave raised to be a courtesan
  19. why army veterans are twice as likely to end up in prison
  20. How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55s
  21. Shark nets are destructive and don't keep you safe – let's invest in lifeguards
  22. Homes can be better prepared for cyclones. But first we must convince the owners
  23. how climate change will affect food production and security
  24. Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
  25. Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading
  26. a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our times
  27. Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years
  28. How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundaries
  29. The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails
  30. Limiting cash payments to $10,000 is more dangerous than you might think
  31. Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here's what you can do if you see it or experience it
  32. Students with disabilities need inclusive buildings. We can learn from what's already working
  33. Haring Basquiat at the NGV
  34. Why is my poo green?
  35. Market-led infrastructure may sound good but not if it short-changes the public
  36. brain stimulation holds huge promise, but is critically under-regulated
  37. Earth has a couple more chances to avoid catastrophic climate change. This week is one of them
  38. Westpac ticking every anti-money-laundering box wouldn't make much difference to criminals
  39. Lessons on terrorism and rehabilitation from the London Bridge attack
  40. We can reverse antibiotic resistance in Australia. Here's how Sweden is doing it
  41. Cancel culture, cleanskin, hedonometer ... I'm not sure I like any of Macquarie Dictionary's words of the year
  42. we should use genetics, geology and more to repatriate Aboriginal remains
  43. For hydrogen to be truly 'clean' it must be made with renewables, not coal
  44. how hospital design has been a matter of life and death
  45. Scientists re-counted Australia's extinct species, and the result is devastating
  46. New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion
  47. The PISA world education test results are about to drop. Is Australia getting worse?
  48. Comeback city? Lessons from revitalising a diverse place like Dandenong
  49. a virtuoso of white on white who left the art world too soon
  50. are your kids cheating on their virtual partners?

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