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Grattan on Friday: Careful, Mr Dutton, Donald Trump might hear you

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

It’s the tiniest start. But the first offshore refugees leaving Papua New Guinea and Nauru for the United States this week represented a new life for more than 50 people and a glimmer of hope for others.

So it was a nasty, jarring note when Immigration Minister Peter Dutton marked their departure with a derogatory spray.

Dutton, appearing in...

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Research Check: will binge-watching TV increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease and diabetes?

  • Written by: Josephine Chau, Lecturer in Prevention and Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageThis study didn't actually measure sitting and its relationship to inflammation - which causes disease. D.Reichardt/Flickr, CC BY

A recent study published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise was reported in many media outlets as a bringer of “bad news” to television watchers, with the Herald Sun noting:

Every hour...

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Cycling and politics: Australia’s World Road Championships selection controversy

  • Written by: Craig Fry, Associate Professor of Public Health, Victoria University

Sport and politics don’t mix, as the saying goes. But like many of those sayings that work in theory, in reality, it’s untrue.

Take Australian cycling, for instance. Politics has been a part of the sport ever since the arrival of money and trophies. The disputes date back to the late 1800s, when amateur and professional cycling bodies...

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