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Drug resistance: how we keep track of whether antibiotics are being used responsibly

  • Written by: Kirsty Buising, Associate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
imageSome patients may be prescribed antibiotics as preventatives, rather than to treat infections.from www.shutterstock.com.au

While we know increasing numbers of bacteria all over the world are becoming more resistant to existing antibiotics, we need to learn more about how antibiotics are being used in healthcare settings.

We know overuse and...

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Decoration or distraction: the aesthetics of classrooms matter, but learning matters more

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imageA primary function of school displays should be to allow children to see their own work around the classroom and school walls.Shutterstock

On a recent holiday to Greece, my 30-year-old daughter took a trip down memory lane and visited her old primary school. She posted a photo to Instagram captioned:

It might look like a jail but at least the view...

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Shinzo Abe gambles on sending Japan to a snap election – but it may yet backfire

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageReuters/Toru Hanai

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of the national parliament, the Diet, on September 28, with an election to be held on October 22. Called more than 12 months earlier than needed, the snap poll was a calculated gamble by the leader of the conservative LDP to strengthen his hand.

But within days of...

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If Australia says 'yes', churches are still free to say 'no' to marrying same-sex couples

  • Written by: Robyn J. Whitaker, Bromby Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, University of Divinity
imageReligious organisations have freedom under Australian law to practise their own doctrines and marriage rituals.Shutterstock

As debate about marriage equality escalates in light of the postal survey, there is much discussion about religious freedom and the potential effect on organised religion. But what exactly would change for Christian churches...

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  8. FactCheck: will Safe Schools be 'mandatory' if same-sex marriage is legalised?
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  10. Revealed today, Elon Musk's new space vision took us from Earth to Mars, and back home again
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  12. Australia's new national space agency will help students reach for the stars in STEM
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's not-so-new message on energy security
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