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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
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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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with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?

  • Written by: Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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New Zealand’s 2020 general election will be like no other in our history.

It comes in the wake of a remarkable government-led act of collective solidarity that has sacrificed businesses and livelihoods in the cause of protecting those who would have been most vulnerable to COVID-19: the old, those with health conditions,...

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How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

  • Written by: Caroline Spry, Honorary Associate, PhD, La Trobe University
How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in AustraliaCaroline Spry, Author provided

Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought.

What are culturally modified trees?

Aboriginal people have...

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University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'

  • Written by: Leesa Wheelahan, Professor & William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, University of Toronto
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This essay is based on an episode of the University of Technology Sydney podcast series “The New Social Contract”. This audio series examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through this global pandemic.


Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently announced a...

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

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