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Fat nation: the rise and fall of obesity on the political agenda

  • Written by: Phillip Baker, Alfred Deakin Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
imageWhy have successive federal governments not regulated junk food marketing to control obesity? The reasons aren't as obvious as you might think.from www.shutterstock.com

When we hear the word “obesity”, the words “crisis” or “epidemic” often follow. And as being overweight, obese and eating an unhealthy diet are le...

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‘Right wrongs, write Yes’: what was the 1967 referendum all about?

  • Written by: Russell McGregor, Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University
imageAt a demonstration, Faith Bandler (right) and her daughter Lilon (2R) appeal to national unity as grounds for constitutional amendment. Aboriginal Studies Press

On May 27, 1967, campaigners for Aboriginal rights and status won the most-decisive referendum victory in Australian history.

The referendum attracted more than 90% of voters in favour of...

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Vital Signs: Trump's innumerate budget makes Australia's look plausible

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: An innumerate US budget puts poor people last, and Australia is yet to have a sophisticated discussion...

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  2. Friday essay: desecration and romanticisation - the real curse of mummies
  3. The plan to protect wildlife displaced by the Hume Highway has failed
  4. Green space – how much is enough, and what's the best way to deliver it?
  5. Grattan on Friday: Pauline Hanson's strategist James Ashby can be a risky guy to have around
  6. Protesters fight 'invisible displacement' by mine
  7. From live streaming to TOR: new technologies are worsening online child exploitation
  8. Five reasons investors shouldn't swear off IPOs
  9. Health Check: can chopping your vegetables boost their nutrients?
  10. Lindt Cafe siege inquest highlights need for police to change their closed-off culture
  11. Indigenous players didn't invent Australian rules but did make it their own
  12. The economics behind Uber’s new pricing model
  13. Managing demand can save two power stations' worth of energy at peak times
  14. Beauty, fashion and looking 'hot': YouTube's powerful messages for girls
  15. Star Wars turns 40 and it still inspires our real life space junkies
  16. What needs to happen to build resilience and improve mental health among junior doctors
  17. Investors are exploiting returns on debt financing to muscle out home buyers
  18. Let graduates use super to pay off HELP debt faster
  19. FactCheck: will 700,000 workers be 'ripped off' by penalty rate cuts, as Bill Shorten said?
  20. Manchester's Blue Monday and the Folly of Cowardice
  21. How we could make the retirement system more sustainable
  22. Politics podcast: Chris Bowen on Labor's budget responses
  23. Full response from a spokesperson for Brendan O'Connor
  24. Full response from the McKell Institute regarding its report on penalty rate cuts
  25. Sorry everyone: on the internet, you're always the product
  26. Poor kids hit puberty sooner and risk a lifetime of health problems
  27. Australian cricketers' pay dispute: will lightning strike twice in the same place?
  28. The way we walk can be used to power and secure our devices
  29. Australia's involvement in an 'Anglosphere' is the delusion of a golden age that never existed
  30. Sgt Pepper's at 50 – the greatest thing you ever heard or just another album?
  31. Aussie retailers need to adapt to a world built on speed
  32. Pirates of the Caribbean 5: there be some good science in that there film
  33. Curious Kids: If a huge huntsman spider is sucked into a vacuum cleaner, can it crawl out later?
  34. Widespread invasive species control is a risky business
  35. Thinking big gives top predators the competitive edge
  36. How do we choose who gets the flu vaccine in a pandemic – paramedics, prisoners or the public?
  37. The insecurity of private renters – how do they manage it?
  38. Turnbull offers May 'any and every support' after terror attack
  39. 'Giving a Gonski' will be torrid test for Greens
  40. The 'digital handmade': how 3D printing became a new craft technology
  41. Mr Burns: post-apocalyptic Simpsons musical shows theatre's future is dazzling
  42. Carnage at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester a suspected terrorist attack
  43. Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve childhood cancer treatment?
  44. Congressional Republicans would prefer Pence, so why not impeach Trump?
  45. Did humans evolve in Europe rather than Africa? We don't have the answer just yet
  46. 'Fake refugees': Dutton adopts an alternative fact to justify our latest human rights violation
  47. The world would be better off if Trump withdraws from the Paris climate deal
  48. Twiggy Forrest donation: more philanthropy means more risk-taking – and that's good
  49. Why you should donate to The Conversation
  50. Report: government won't rule out underwriting Adani's Carmichael coal mine

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