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Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health

  • Written by: Lennert Veerman, Senior health economist, Cancer Council NSW
imageTaxing sugary drinks to tackle obesity would lead to a stronger economy, new research shows.from www.shutterstock.com

Many studies have looked at the potential benefits of a sugar tax in terms of the longer, healthier lives and reduced health expenditure associated with tackling obesity.

But our new study goes one step further. It predicts that...

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Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters

  • Written by: Jason von Meding, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Newcastle

Decades of gentrification in London and other European cities (including Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Istanbul) have enacted a form of social cleansing. This has pushed away low-income and marginal residents, divided the rich from the poor, and generated inequalities among citizens.

The Hammersmith area, where the Grenfell Tower is located, has been...

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As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit

  • Written by: Di Dickenson, Director of Academic Program BA, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
imagePlatform 9 and 3/4, the portal to Harry Potter's magical world, at Kings Cross in London. Harry Potter image from www.shutterstock.com

It’s 20 years on June 26 since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first in the seven-book series. The Philosopher’s Stone has sold more than 450 million copies and...

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Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive

  • Written by: Joan Leach, Professor, Australian National University
imageInterviewing scientists - shown here is physicist Louise Harra - is a skill that takes experience and in depth knowledge on the part of the journalist. uclmaps/flickr , CC BY-SA

The oldest known human bones; the first detection of gravitational waves; the successful landing of a rover on Mars, and the discovery of the Higgs boson particle: all of...

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  2. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  3. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  4. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  5. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  6. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  7. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  8. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  9. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  10. Are China and the US destined for war?
  11. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  12. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  13. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  14. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  15. We need our country; our country needs us
  16. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  17. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  18. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  19. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  20. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  21. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  22. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  23. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  24. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  25. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  26. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
  27. Science can be beautiful, but please don't call it basic
  28. Monitoring Build Times: Maintaining our Fast feedback Loop
  29. Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be
  30. Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it
  31. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Macron's party wins French lower house elections
  32. Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers
  33. Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence
  34. A national amnesty will not rid Australia of violent gun crime
  35. The off-topic Conversation #125
  36. 'The way they manipulate people is really saddening': study shows the trade-offs in gig work
  37. Mixed media: how Australia's newspapers became locked in a war of left versus right
  38. Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city
  39. A quarter of kidney donors are living: what you need to know to be a donor
  40. At home with Emily Dickinson
  41. Your guide to solving the next online viral maths problem
  42. Only a mother could love 'em: why cockroaches and termites are great parents
  43. Fewer students are going to public secondary schools in Australia
  44. Will the Greens let the teachers' union bully them over schools funding?
  45. Twenty years after the handover, Hong Kong proves itself a headache for China
  46. Turnbull's Trump riff won't please The Donald but it could be a hit at home
  47. Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why
  48. Weekly Quiz: how did Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey?
  49. There are ways to reduce injuries in kids that don't involve wrapping them in cotton wool
  50. With the rise of subscription and online TV, we need to rethink local content rules

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