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Tick-tock – for healthy mums and kids, dad’s age counts

  • Written by: Sarah Robertson, Professor and Director, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
Tick-tock – for healthy mums and kids, dad’s age countsIt's not just women who need to consider their age when planning a family.rawpixel

Women are regularly reminded of their ticking biological clock. It turns out men should also pay attention to age when it comes to having a family.

A new study published today in the British Medical Journal provides persuasive evidence that children – and...

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Abolish stamp duty. The ACT shows the rest of us how to tax property

  • Written by: Brendan Coates, Fellow, Grattan Institute
Abolish stamp duty. The ACT shows the rest of us how to tax propertyThe ACT has Australia's best state tax system, NSW the worst.Shutterstock

This week we’re exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australia’s states, as detailed in Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here.

You might think that being a state (or territory) treasurer is...

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how using everyday items for play benefits kids

  • Written by: Brendon Hyndman, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Postgraduate Studies in Education, Charles Sturt University
how using everyday items for play benefits kidsPlaying with every day items increases kids' creativity and engagement. from www.shutterstock.com

Primary school students have over 4,000 recess and lunch periods. This is a substantial period of time we can utilise to improve play habits and behaviour.

To enhance the quality of outdoor play, primaryschoolsacrossAustralia are moving away from more...

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To tackle inequality, we must start in the labour market

  • Written by: Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney

This article is the second in the Reclaiming the Fair Go series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and the Sydney Peace Foundation to mark the awarding of the 2018 Sydney Peace Prize to Nobel laureate and economics professor Joseph Stiglitz. These articles reflect on the crisis caused by economic inequality and...

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  1. What are ‘decodable readers’ and do they work?
  2. Phubbing (phone snubbing) happens more in the bedroom than when socialising with friends
  3. Why are unions so unhappy? An economic explanation of the Change the Rules campaign
  4. After a deadly month for domestic violence, the message doesn't appear to be getting through
  5. Cricket Australia's culture problem is it still doesn't think fans are stakeholders in the game
  6. Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rights
  7. State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success
  8. Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it
  9. How new spinal injury treatments help some people to walk again
  10. What teeth can tell about the lives and environments of ancient humans and Neanderthals
  11. Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
  12. the protest songs of New Caledonia's independence referendum
  13. While I Was Waiting captures the tragedy of the Syrian civil war in Damascus
  14. what any country can and can't do in Antarctica, in the name of science
  15. Traditional culture may help Indigenous households manage money better
  16. Food fraud, the centuries-old problem that won't go away
  17. I have an exam tomorrow but don't feel prepared – what should I do?
  18. National interest test for research grants could further erode pure research
  19. which human uses are OK for protected areas?
  20. To make housing more affordable this is what state governments need to do
  21. If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?
  22. We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done
  23. How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the world
  24. 'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online
  25. Russia is a rising military power in the Asia-Pacific, and Australia needs to take it seriously
  26. India unveils the world's tallest statue, celebrating development at the cost of the environment
  27. the many meanings of monsters
  28. How to watch a scary movie with your child
  29. Forget bouncing back, balance is the healthiest way to manage weight post-pregnancy
  30. No state has all the answers in school education
  31. Protecting the 'right to be forgotten' in the age of blockchain
  32. When you're not PM but behave like you are
  33. The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift, but other countries are still streets ahead
  34. Satirist Jonathan Biggins on sending up the pollies
  35. Labor is making big promises for a Pacific development bank, but questions remain
  36. a literary hero with bite
  37. why Australia’s hospitals and health care is failing
  38. The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home
  39. Australian cricket's wake-up call on a culture that has cost it dearly
  40. How to pitch to The Conversation
  41. Five questions (and answers) about casual employment
  42. The Conversation wins a UN Day Media Award
  43. how political donations could be reformed to reduce potential influence
  44. Indian diaspora in New Zealand and Australia
  45. If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignored
  46. Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views on race
  47. Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengths
  48. How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks
  49. Infrastructure splurge ignores smarter ways to keep growing cities moving
  50. It's clear why coal struggles for finance – and the government can't change that

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