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Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%

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

The Reserve Bank has cut the official interest rate by another 0.25 percentage points to a new low of 1%, reflecting continuing concern over the slow economy.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said the latest cut, which came a month after the RBA made a similar cut of 0.25 percentage points, would help “make further inroads” into the...

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K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social

  • Written by: Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Associate Professor of Korean Studies, University of Western Australia

The phenomenal success of K-pop (Korean pop music) and its biggest export bands such as BTS, EXO, Blackpink, MONSTA X and Red Velvet can largely be credited to their highly active and dedicated fandom. This is a group not to be dissed, as Channel Nine discovered recently after airing a segment on “global crazes” featuring BTS, a...

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Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetesFor women who have had gestational diabetes, maintaining a healthy diet can help lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on.From shutterstock.com

Gestational diabetes is a specific type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy.

Once you’ve had gestational diabetes, your risk of having it again in your next pregnancy is higher. So too...

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We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama

  • Written by: Dr Anna Huggins, Senior Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology
We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt dramaOne former member of Australia's government review tribunal has described robo-debt as a form of 'extortion'.Shutterstock

Federal MP Amanda Rishworth raised concerns over the weekend that Australia could be headed for another robo-debt ordeal after the government reportedly confirmed the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will use data matching to...

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  1. With China's swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself
  2. Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn't need to do as much?
  3. how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
  4. Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren't always useful – and could even be harmful
  5. a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city
  6. in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?
  7. Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench
  8. Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s
  9. ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government's anti-union legislation
  10. A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright
  11. At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
  12. Regardless of what the Federal Court says, you shouldn't put 'flushable' wipes down the loo
  13. why do we crave comfort food in winter?
  14. how can penguins stay warm in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica?
  15. Demolish your front fence. It would be an act of radical kindness
  16. Nearly 30% of kids experience sibling bullying – as either bully or victim
  17. 'Have you been feeling your spirit was sad?' Culture is key when assessing Indigenous Australians' mental health
  18. Thirty years on, the Fitzgerald Inquiry still looms large over Queensland politics
  19. To carve out a niche in space industries, Australia should focus on microgravity research rockets
  20. Dolphin researchers say NZ's proposed protection plan is flawed and misleading
  21. Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprises
  22. a winter deciduous Australian tree
  23. Michelle Grattan on Australians' attitudes to China, the G20 summit and the Israel Folau saga
  24. After defamation ruling, it's time Facebook provided better moderation tools
  25. Period pain is impacting women at school, uni and work. Let's be open about it
  26. How the 'Sydney School' changed postwar Australian architecture
  27. Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist
  28. How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away
  29. mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?
  30. how 19th century ideas influenced today's attitudes to women’s beauty
  31. Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke
  32. Xi Jinping's grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his 'Chinese dream'
  33. If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?
  34. having a bob each way on US and China is Australia's own super power
  35. Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up
  36. Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass
  37. Turnbull slams Porter for "nonsense" advice
  38. what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
  39. Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary
  40. how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identity
  41. Bellingcat's report on MH17 shows citizens can and will do intelligence work
  42. Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20
  43. why it's time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence
  44. Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it
  45. Our ailing aged care system shows you can't skimp on nursing care
  46. Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?
  47. Is Australia's electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?
  48. Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?
  49. Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice
  50. could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?

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