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Palliative care for children often involves treating the whole family

  • Written by Anthony Herbert, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
imagePalliative care specialists also need to pay attention to a sick child's siblings.Joshua Clay/Unsplash

This article is part of our series on demystifying palliative care, where experts explain the process of end-of-life care in Australia.

While we prefer not to think about it, death affects us all at some point. But that conversation is forced much...

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Higher education cuts will be felt in the classroom, not the lab

  • Written by Michael Whelan, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Southern Cross University
imageTeaching-focused academics are often considered to be "lesser" academics.Shutterstock

In a recent Productivity Commission report, the bias of universities in favour of research over teaching was exposed.

The proposed higher education reform that would have seen A$380m cut from university funding was rejected by the Senate, but the word is that...

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Galapagos species are threatened by the very tourists who flock to see them

  • Written by Veronica Toral-Granda, PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University
imageLife's not such a beach for Galapagos native species these days.shacharf/shutterstock

Native species are particularly vulnerable on islands, because when invaders such as rats arrive, the native species have nowhere else to go and may lack the ability to fend them off.

The main characteristic of an island is its isolation. Whether just off the coast...

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What should governments be doing about the rise of Artificial Intelligence?

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageGovernment strategiesposteriori/Shutterstock

There is little doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming almost every facet of human life. How far this transformation will go and what the full ramifications for society will be are still unknown but this hasn’t prevented people from making both optimistic and dire predictions.

Elon...

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  4. Response from the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) for a FactCheck Q A on gun buybacks and gun deaths
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  11. George Brandis suggests Joyce and Nash didn't really make their ministerial decisions
  12. The Conversation’s 2017 Yearbook - Articles from Australia's top thinkers
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  14. History says department stores will struggle in the future
  15. Why #metoo is an impoverished form of feminist activism, unlikely to spark social change
  16. How should Australia respond to China's influence in our universities?
  17. Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities
  18. Buying fresh potatoes and carrots all year round is destroying Australia's soil
  19. Why we're building a climate change game for 12-year-olds
  20. Federal Coalition will be watching the Queensland election anxiously
  21. Palaszczuk must grapple with One Nation, and history, in unpredictable Queensland election
  22. Labor should head left to win 25 November Qld election
  23. Joyce will be safe in New England but the High Court disrupts the government
  24. High Court rules Joyce and Roberts ineligible. SSM plebiscite turnout high
  25. The High Court sticks to the letter of the law on the 'citizenship seven'
  26. Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research
  27. High Court knocks Barnaby Joyce out in dual citizenship case as byelection looms in New England
  28. Finally, unproven stem cell clinic practices might be curtailed
  29. Xi Jinping unveils China’s new leadership team
  30. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on calls for Michaelia Cash's resignation
  31. Politics podcast: Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott on a national energy plan
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  36. The case of Michaelia Cash and her leaking adviser illustrates a failure of ministerial responsibility
  37. Students will suffer if Australia and New Zealand change tertiary fee agreement
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  46. Grattan on Friday: Cash takes a hit in the government's pursuit of Shorten
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