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The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain

  • Written by Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remainImproving the provision of NDIS plans is a good thing. But in some parts of Australia, having a plan doesn't always mean being able to access services.From shutterstock.com

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Minister Stuart Robert this month announced a number of “practical changes” to the scheme.

Acknowledging the NDIS is not...

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Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria

  • Written by Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in SyriaDetention camps in Syria hold about 100,000 Syrian and foreign family members of IS suspects. Murtaja Lateef/EPA

The small number of Australians being held in prison camps in northern Syria has been an ongoing, albeit low-level, challenge for the Australian government. There are believed to be eight Australian fighters for the Islamic State in...

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An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet

  • Written by Dennis McNevin, Professor of Forensic Genetics, University of Technology Sydney
An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yetNo gene for cuteness has yet been identified -- but give it time.Shutterstock

Designer baby, anyone? A New Jersey startup company, Genomic Prediction, might be able to help you.

Genomic Prediction claims to be able to use DNA testing to predict disease risk in an embryo. The idea is to study hundreds or thousands of small variations in DNA, known as...

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A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen

  • Written by Gavin Rowell, Associate Professor in High Energy Astrophyics, University of Adelaide
A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seenThe HESS telescopes in Namibia are on the alert for high-energy gamma rays.HESS Collaboration / Clementina Medina

The brightest fireworks in the universe are called gamma-ray bursts and are created by the death throes of certain kinds of stars. These intense blasts release as much energy in one second as the Sun will over its whole lifetime, but we...

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  1. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  2. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  3. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  4. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  5. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  6. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  7. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  8. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  9. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  10. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  11. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  12. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  13. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  14. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  15. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  16. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  17. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  18. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  19. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  20. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  21. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  22. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  23. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  24. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  25. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  26. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
  27. Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers
  28. Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
  29. What the termite mound 'snowmen' of the NT can tell us about human nature
  30. Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself
  31. showing potential, but with room for improvement
  32. The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itself
  33. Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they're harder
  34. Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions
  35. Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations
  36. Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it
  37. Paul Keating attacks media for 'pious belchings' over China
  38. What are parasites and how do they make us sick?
  39. Turn down for what? Why you turn down the radio when you're trying to park your car
  40. Chat bots, James Dean ... can the digital dead rest in peace?
  41. Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it
  42. An 8-year-old made US$22 million on YouTube, but most social media influencers are like unpaid interns
  43. Making sense of menopausal hormone therapy means understanding the benefits as well as the risks
  44. Re-imagining a museum of our First Nations
  45. greenspace-oriented development could make higher density attractive
  46. Children learn through play – it shouldn’t stop at preschool
  47. The main problem with virtual reality? It's almost as humdrum as real life
  48. Chinese embassy says Liberal critics Hastie and Paterson should "repent"
  49. Michelle Grattan on the government's response to the bushfires
  50. Conditions built into Frydenberg's okay for Chinese baby formula takeover

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