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How to manage your essential medicines in a bushfire or other emergency

  • Written by Andrew Bartlett, Associate Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
How to manage your essential medicines in a bushfire or other emergencyIn an emergency, like a bushfire, making sure you have enough of your regular medication can mean the difference between life and death. But there are many ways to prepare.from www.shutterstock.com

Some people find managing their medication difficult at the best of times. But in an emergency, like a bushfire or cyclone, this can be harder still.

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A push to make social media companies liable in defamation is great for newspapers and lawyers, but not you

  • Written by Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia

At his Wednesday address to the National Press Club, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the federal government is pursuing “immediate” defamation law reform.

The announcement seemed a bit odd, as defamation is a subject for state and territory governments to legislate on. A NSW-led law reform process has been ongoing for years.

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Westpac scandal

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

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini discusses the Westpac scandal with Michelle Grattan. They then delve into the government’s recent changes to the robo-debt program, and Scott Morrison’s announcement that the government will be bringing forward infrastructure projects. They also talk about what to expect in the last...

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What do Sydney and other cities have in common? Dust

  • Written by Malini Sur, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Sydney and its suburbs have been enveloped in haze over the past few days. The haze is a mixture of bushfire smoke and dust blown in from western New South Wales. As particles move from rural locations, like Gospers Mountain in this case, they make grey cities.

In Australia, dust blurs the distinction between the bush and the city. Elsewhere it...

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  1. Australian teens do close to the least physical activity in the world
  2. Why New Zealand courts should take poverty into account in sentencing decisions
  3. Albanese promises a 'productivity project' in an economic vision statement harking back to Hawke and Keating
  4. Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us all
  5. Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment
  6. Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for them
  7. a short, shaky history of curing with vibrations
  8. These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's working
  9. Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on
  10. How 1 bright light in a bleak social housing policy landscape could shine more brightly
  11. why does wood crackle in a fire?
  12. Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends
  13. New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supply
  14. Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy
  15. Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science
  16. NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency
  17. The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain
  18. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  19. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
  20. A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
  21. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  22. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  23. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  24. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  25. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  26. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  27. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  28. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  29. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  30. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  31. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  32. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  33. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  34. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  35. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  36. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  37. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  38. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  39. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  40. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  41. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  42. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  43. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  44. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  45. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  46. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
  47. Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers
  48. Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
  49. What the termite mound 'snowmen' of the NT can tell us about human nature
  50. Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself

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