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If you've been sexually assaulted, here's what doctors and nurses do next

  • Written by: John Gall, Clinical Associate Professor and Forensic Physician, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
If you've been sexually assaulted, here's what doctors and nurses do nextDoctors and nurses will collect vital evidence and arrange care with understanding and compassion at a traumatic time.from www.shutterstock.com

Sexual assault is a traumatic event that affects people in different ways, both mentally and physically. So doctors and nurses know care immediately after an assault needs to be understanding, compassionate...

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Australia isn't avoiding prodding the Chinese bear

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

It was a revealing line. Yang Hengjun, the Australian citizen arrested on suspicion of espionage, says an investigation officer from the Chinese Ministry of State Security told him that “Australia was dependent on China for its trade and economy, and Canberra wouldn’t help me, let alone rescue me”.

It was, one supposes, part of an...

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Māori and Pasifika scholars remain severely under-represented in New Zealand universities

  • Written by: Tara McAllister, Research Fellow, University of Auckland
Māori and Pasifika scholars remain severely under-represented in New Zealand universitiesThe number of Māori and Pasifika students is growing, but they do not see themselves represented among the people who teach them.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The number of Māori and Pasifika students attending New Zealand universities has been increasing steadily, with 75,625 Māori and 32,465 Pasifika enrolled in 2018.

But for...

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No, minister! Keep NAPLAN results away from student job applications

  • Written by: Jessica Holloway, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Research for Educational Impact (REDI), Deakin University

This year’s NAPLAN results left many questioning the value of the test, as once again there has been little change in numeracy and literacy scores across most age groups.

But Victorian Education Minister James Merlino has proposed a radical solution to make NAPLAN more relevant.

He suggests linking Year 9 NAPLAN results to a performance...

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  1. The government has released its draft religious discrimination bill. How will it work?
  2. The winter was dry, the spring will likely be dry – here's why
  3. how I cracked a 70-year-old coded message from beyond the grave
  4. Boys dance too - and in Japan they are celebrated
  5. Religious Discrimination legislation would hit big companies harder than small business
  6. Boris Johnson has suspended the UK parliament. What does this mean for Brexit?
  7. No, there's no evidence cookies can help with lactation
  8. Combating cancer, finding frogs, building bones, and capturing carbon all recognised at 2019 Eureka Prizes
  9. Yang Hengjun's legal prospects in China appear grim, despite Australia's forceful defences
  10. There's no evidence caesarean sections cause autism or ADHD
  11. the patriotic v the protest movement
  12. Yang Hengjun case a pivotal moment in increasingly tense Australia-China relationship
  13. More streaming services could change what we watch on TV and how we watch it
  14. Yang appeals to Scott Morrison in message issued by supporters
  15. How fast can a human cycle? With aerodynamic help, the 300km per hour barrier seems easily within reach
  16. It's not just the ABS. It's also the Productivity Commission downplaying the growth in inequality
  17. NSW ALP secretary suspended after revelations about Huang Xiangmo money
  18. Academic urges universities to get out from under the 'shadow of Beijing'.
  19. here are 4 things unions can do to stay relevant
  20. This is why nuking a hurricane will not work, Mr Trump
  21. Aboriginal woman Tanya Day died in custody. Now an inquest is investigating if systemic racism played a role
  22. When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with 'two lots of grief'. Here's how we can help
  23. Why we need to protect the extinct woolly mammoth
  24. How pioneering photographer Frank Hurley came face to face with the future of the Great Barrier Reef in 1922
  25. Government boost scrutiny over Chinese targeting of university sector
  26. what happens if you commit a crime in space?
  27. After a border dispute and spying scandal, can Australia and Timor-Leste be good neighbours?
  28. The science behind diet trends like mono, charcoal detox, Noom and Fast800
  29. Why BP is getting into bed with David Jones. The promising marriage of petrol and gourmet food
  30. Twenty years after independence, Timor-Leste continues its epic struggle
  31. how emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon future
  32. Would you buy a new apartment? Building confidence depends on ending the blame game
  33. Guide to the classics: The Great Gatsby
  34. Trauma, racism and unrealistic expectations mean African refugees are less likely to get into Australian unis
  35. Lachlan Murdoch and scores of other business chiefs want to put people before profits? Really?
  36. How New York’s Union Square helped shape free speech in the US
  37. Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple
  38. Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks
  39. How can a 17-year-old place gain heritage status? What this means for Melbourne's Fed Square
  40. it's time to change that
  41. Legal and welfare checks should be extended to save Aboriginal lives in custody
  42. Albanese one step closer in long march towards John Setka's expulsion
  43. Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Yang Hengjun is not Australian spy
  44. What Tim Fischer's cancer tells us about the impact of Agent Orange on other Vietnam veterans
  45. Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?
  46. G7 throws up plenty of controversy and debate, but little compromise
  47. why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forward
  48. Explainer: the ideas of Foucault
  49. Fall in ageing Australians' home-ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policy
  50. Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate change

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