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Australian teens do close to the least physical activity in the world

  • Written by: Brendon Hyndman, Senior Lecturer in Personal Development, Health & Physical Education / Course Director of Postgraduate Studies in Education, Charles Sturt University
Australian teens do close to the least physical activity in the worldTeenagers across the world are failing to meet physical activity targets – but Australian teens are doing worse than most.From shutterstock.com

In a study published in The Lancet today, we find out how 1.6 million adolescent school students from across 146 countries are faring in terms of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) physical...

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Why New Zealand courts should take poverty into account in sentencing decisions

  • Written by: Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Victoria University of Wellington
Why New Zealand courts should take poverty into account in sentencing decisionsAn analysis of some of the most serious cases of financial fraud in New Zealand shows white-collar offenders received discounted sentences despite a range of aggravating factors.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

A Court of Appeal decision in New Zealand set a precedent last month, allowing offenders to argue their drug addiction should be...

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Albanese promises a 'productivity project' in an economic vision statement harking back to Hawke and Keating

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

Anthony Albanese puts a “productivity project” at the centre of his economic agenda in the second of his “vision statements”, which seeks to further distance him from the Shorten era.

“Productivity is the key to economic growth, international competitiveness and, ultimately, rising living standards underpinned in large...

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Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us all

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us allWin-win? No-one would be worse off under the UNSW proposal. Over time it should pay for itselfShutterstock

Australia’s system of childcare support is pretty good.

It ensures high-quality care is provided to a large number of children, it is targeted through income-based subsidies, and it is attentive to the needs of disadvantaged children and...

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

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