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If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignored

  • Written by: Sebastian Rosenberg, Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignoredDespite numerous inquiries and hundreds of recommendations in mental health over the years, little has changed. from www.shutterstock.com

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has promised to hold a royal commission into mental health if Labor wins the November state election. Last week’s announcement comes a couple of weeks after the federal...

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Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views on race

  • Written by: Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Australia has become a destination for a legion of far-right speakers from North America and the UK in recent months.

Milo Yiannopoulos’ controversial visit last December resulted in violent clashes between protesters and a A$50,000 bill for Yiannopoulos for extra policing. (He never paid it.) Nonetheless, Yiannopoulos is planning a return in...

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Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengths

  • Written by: Peter Sun San Wong, Researcher, Southern Cross University
Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengthsIt takes all sorts: workplaces can harness as strengths the differences that usually disadvantage people with autism.Shutterstock

Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and this situation is not improving. The Economist has described this as “a tragic toll, as millions of people live idle and isolated outside the...

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How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks

  • Written by: Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risksSlot machines flash bright lights and play musical sounds as you play. from www.shutterstock.com

Lights and sounds coming from electronic gambling machines – also known as EGMs, pokies or slots – contribute to their addictive potential according to new research published today.

Scientists from the University of British Columbia,...

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  4. Some questions for Simon Birmingham, from two researchers whose ARC grant he quashed
  5. Uncomfortable comparisons. Why Rod Sims broke the ACCC record
  6. Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion
  7. Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early voting
  8. diverting population growth to the regions
  9. Is there anything hotter than the Sun?
  10. Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development
  11. State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's why
  12. Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wisely
  13. Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
  14. Why car sharing had a slow start in Australia
  15. How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed
  16. Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
  17. The ancient origins of werewolves
  18. Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
  19. The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
  20. Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please
  21. Michelle Grattan on the Wentworth washup
  22. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
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  24. Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
  25. Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels
  26. More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia's suffragists is yet to be won
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  28. can you cut your cancer risk by eating organic?
  29. Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
  30. Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment; pushing up interest rates would be wrong
  31. Please, not another super scheme, Mr Keating. It's what the pension is for
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  33. a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him
  34. Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
  35. Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
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  37. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
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  39. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  40. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  41. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  42. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  43. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  44. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  45. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  46. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
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