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The Conversation Australiaby David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle2d ago
From October, Australian children aged eight and under with developmental delay and autism will start accessing a new support system: Thriving Kids.
The Conversation Australiaby Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia2d ago
Australia is once again debating how gambling should be regulated, particularly the reach of online betting and gambling advertising. The arguments may sound modern, but the problem is not.
The Conversation Australiaby Didar Zowghi, Professor, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO2d ago
In the United States, leading HR software company Workday is currently facing a lawsuit over its use of job screening tools powered by AI which allegedly discriminated against applicants based on...
The Conversation Australiaby Ben Gray, Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago2d ago
At this time of year, crowded hospital emergency departments are a familiar sight around New Zealand. It’s also a symptom of a health system under intense pressure.
The Conversation Australiaby Edith Jennifer Hill, Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University2d ago
Wormhole begins quickly. Hannah McElhinney’s cousin, who has travelled to Malaysia for a medical treatment, has sepsis. She’s in a coma. One page later, she’s dead.
The Conversation Australiaby Adeel Razi, Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Monash University2d ago
One participant described “melding with the MRI machine, floor, walls and air”. Another described “losing all sense of self”, becoming at one with their surroundings.
The Conversation Australiaby Tiffani Apps, Associate Professor Digital Technologies for Learning | ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong2d ago
Some Australian parents are pushing for a return to “pen-and-paper learning” amid concerns about children’s attention spans and academic achievement.
The Conversation Australiaby Thiago N. Silva, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Australian National University2d ago
For around an hour each parliamentary sitting day, the prime minister and other ministers face a flurry of questions from the opposition and other members of parliament.
The Conversation Australiaby Heather L. Robinson, Research Associate - Creative Industries, Flinders University2d ago
Sydney’s Waverley Council, which includes Bondi Beach within its boundaries, has removed a book on the war on Gaza, titled How to Sell a Genocide, from its library shelves, pending review.
The Conversation Australiaby Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University2d ago
Mention psychotherapy and many people picture a familiar movie scene: someone lying on a couch, talking about their childhood, while a therapist sits behind them taking notes.
The Conversation Australiaby Sam Egger, Senior Biostatistician at the Daffodil Centre, Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney3d ago
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for a 75% cut to the tobacco tax and a freeze on any price indexation of the tax for three years.
The Conversation Australiaby Ruipeng Liu, Senior Lecturer in finance, Deakin University3d ago
Microfinance was once celebrated as Asia’s tool to lift people out of poverty. From Bangladesh to India, Cambodia and the Philippines, the promise was simple: provide small loans to low-income...
The Conversation Australiaby Felix Aplin, Lecturer, Department of Physiology and Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW3d ago
It’s a cold winter afternoon and you’ve just brought the washing in. Suddenly, you pause. Are these clothes a bit damp?
The Conversation Australiaby Bricklyn Priebe, Associate Lecturer in Criminology and Justice; Core Member, Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast3d ago
For many parents, keeping their children safe online is a top priority. But now there’s an emerging threat: “com networks”.
The Conversation Australiaby Jongkil Jay Jeong, Senior fellow, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University; Deakin University3d ago
Imagine your team has been tasked to deliver a high-stakes policy paper under intense time pressure.
The Conversation Australiaby Heather Handley, Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University3d ago
Erupting or silent, volcanoes have always captured our imagination. As volcanologists, we have seen how that fascination can collide with rolling news coverage and social media, amplifying false...
The Conversation Australiaby Mark Freeman, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology3d ago
There is a moment early in David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, where T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) looks into the burning flame of a lit match just prior to his transfer from London to...
The Conversation Australiaby Robert Clarke, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania3d ago
On any given week across Australia, thousands of people – mostly, but not always, women – gather in homes, bookshops, libraries and elsewhere, to talk about books.
The Conversation Australiaby Carly Stevens, Casual Academic, Biomedical Sciences, UNSW3d ago
People who use cannabis in their 20s and 30s are developing psychosis years earlier than non-users, according to our new study, published today in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
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