By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Buly Cardak, Associate Professor of Economics, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
Heng Jiang, Associate professor, La Trobe University
Nicola Thomas, Lecturer in Economics
Western Australians spend about the same as people in other states when it comes to gambling, but gambling problems in WA are much, much lower.
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By Danusha Jayawardana, Research Fellow in Health Economics, Monash University
David Johnston, Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
Nicole Black, Associate Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
Trong-Anh Trinh, Senior Research fellow, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
Medicare rebates are meant to make psychologist visits cheaper and more accessible. But data shows those on the lowest incomes are missing out.
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By Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
Patrick Harris, Associate professor, UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW
Vanita Yadav, Senior Research Fellow, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño – a natural weather phenomenon that drives variations in temperature and winds across the Pacific – could make this summer a sweltering one.
This raises the question: are we ready for extreme heat?
Our
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By Luke Rowe, Lecturer and Researcher (Science of Learning), Australian Catholic University
A good principle when studying with artificial intelligence is: think first, use AI second (or, in some cases, not at all).
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By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
The poster for the National Gallery of Victoria’s upcoming triennial features artwork made with AI. But the artist’s work is critical of our AI future.
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By Yves Rees, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
“Orlando had become a woman – there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been.”
“Orlando was a man until the age of thirty; when he became a woman and has remained so ever since.”
With their unabashed acceptance of gender fluidity, these declarations ring with the politics of our present moment. They would be at home in a contemporary trans memoir or Instagram caption. Over on X, they would send a certain children’s author and her followers into a predictable frenzy.
Remarkably, however, these sentences were penned…
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By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
Dawn Duncan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago
Australians and New Zealanders will be the world’s first gamers to play the new R-rated video game – which could see employees not turn up to work on November 20.
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By Anna Wang, Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNSW
The sugar-plus-amino acids combination involved in fake tanning is the same broad class of chemistry that happens in cooking. You are, in a sense, toast.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Representatives from across the international community are meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to ensure that children everywhere can thrive in a world marred by war, climate chaos and other fundamental challenges.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pickup truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, on February 3, 2020. © 2020 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images Burkina Faso’s unelected parliament has unanimously adopted a new penal code that restores the death penalty for high treason, terrorism, acts of espionage, parricide and importation of expired or prohibited products. The country had abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 2018 while its last known judicial execution took place in 1988.Reinstating capital punishment…
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