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what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business

  • Written by Abdel K. Halabi, Senior Lecturer in Accounting , Federation University Australia

This week the deputy premier of New South Wales, home to most teams in Australia’s National Rugby League, suggested getting football fans back in the stands might be an issue of fundamental rights.

If 20,000 people could rally in support of Black Lives Matter in central Sydney, John Barilaro reportedly said, the NRL could handle similar in a...

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Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all

  • Written by Shamit Saggar, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Institute, University of Western Australia
Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for allMick Tsikas/AAP

Australia is routinely compared with other rich, developed nations. Its economy, schooling, health care, infrastructure and social values are regularly put up against those of Western Europe and North America, allowing intelligent comparisons to be drawn. Like is compared with like.

But when it comes to the ethnic composition of its...

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could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?

  • Written by Peter Sly, Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland
could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?Shutterstock

Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Among the trials happening in Australia is one my team is about to begin, looking at something called OM85.

OM85 is not a conventional drug, but a combination of molecules extracted from...

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My baby has 'tongue-tie'. Should I be worried?

  • Written by Sharon Smart, Lecturer, Researcher & Course Coordinator (Master of Speech Pathology), School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
My baby has 'tongue-tie'. Should I be worried?Shutterstock

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! Is it joyful? What if your baby cries, fusses and isn’t feeding well? Perhaps you’ve tried breast and bottle-feeding without success.

After talking to family, friends and searching social media, someone mentions your baby may have a tongue-tie. Could this be the answer?

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  1. with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  2. How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
  3. University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'
  4. At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
  5. how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery
  6. it would help not to pay businesses late)
  7. it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'
  8. Heading back to the gym? Here's how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation
  9. Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
  10. Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford
  11. Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way
  12. The national cabinet's in and COAG's out. It's a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks
  13. Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
  14. Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time
  15. It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year
  16. By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests
  17. does your driving speed make any difference to your car's emissions?
  18. If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness
  19. Attending the G7 in the US carries great diplomatic risks for Australia
  20. 'Forced' evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door
  21. where you can wear slippers, crack peanuts, and knit 'to your heart's content'
  22. You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job
  23. bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon
  24. how to protect your kids from in-person sexual abuse
  25. how to protect your kids from online sexual abuse
  26. how would they bring the International Space Station back down to Earth?
  27. racism, COVID-19, and the inequality that fuels these parallel pandemics
  28. Black Lives Matter outrage must drive police reform in Aotearoa-New Zealand too
  29. How Marriage Therapy Help Your Relationships
  30. How far away can dogs smell and hear?
  31. Student teachers must pass a literacy and numeracy test before graduating – it's unfair and costly
  32. Local news sources are closing across Australia. We are tracking the devastation (and some reasons for hope)
  33. 20% of pregnant Australian women don't receive the recommended mental health screening
  34. The housing boom propelled inequality, but a coronavirus housing bust will skyrocket it
  35. Desire Lines is a small love story inside an epic tale
  36. Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off
  37. Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  38. Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment
  39. Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump
  40. New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way
  41. why my battle for access to the 'Palace letters' should matter to all Australians
  42. Grindr is deleting its 'ethnicity filter'. But racism is still rife in online dating
  43. do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?
  44. Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin
  45. We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat
  46. why do we have boogers?
  47. the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
  48. Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll
  49. We've discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them
  50. what can go wrong when governments let algorithms make the decisions
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