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Health Check: is sleepwalking problematic and can it be 'cured'?

  • Written by: Helen Stallman, Senior Lecturer - Clinical Psychology, University of South Australia
imageIt's a myth that waking up a sleepwalker is dangerous. from www.shutterstock.com.au

People have long been fascinated with sleepwalkers — by those who roam during the night without awareness, climbing out of windows, walking down the street, urinating in a cupboard, or moving furniture.

Sleepwalking is one of a number of behaviours that can...

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Government cracks down on secret company payments to unions

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

The government has announced legislation to ban secret payments between employers and unions, with companies facing criminal penalties of up to A$4.5 million for breaches when the payment could have a corrupting influence.

While payments for “genuine” purposes will be permitted, they will have to be disclosed.

The crackdown was announced...

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When things go wrong in an automated world, would we still know what to do?

  • Written by: Peter Fisher, Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
imageAre we losing our skills as we hand more tasks to automated systems?Shutterstock/Michal Staniewski

We live in a world that is both increasingly complex and automated. So just as we are having to deal with more complex problems, automation is leading to an atrophy of human skills that may leave us more vulnerable when responding to unexpected...

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With battery storage to the rescue, the Kodak moment for renewables has finally arrived

  • Written by: David Holmes, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
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Who would have thought that, scarcely five weeks after Treasurer Scott Morrison, paraded a chunk of coal in parliament, planning for Australia’s energy needs would be dominated by renewables, batteries and hydro?

For months now, the Coalition has been talking down renewables, blaming them for power failures, blackouts, and an...

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More Articles …

  1. Boards must do more to stamp out wrongdoing that damages trust in charities
  2. Planet or dwarf planet: all worlds are worth investigating
  3. Gas crisis? Energy crisis? The real problem is lack of long-term planning
  4. Women are dropping out of economics, which means men are running our economy
  5. Value capture: a good idea to fund infrastructure but not easy in practice
  6. How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
  7. Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
  8. From pig hunting to quilting – why magazines still matter
  9. Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton's view
  10. Why should we obey the law?
  11. How we edit science part 1: the scientific method
  12. Unpicking the labyrinth that is India's Adani
  13. Embracing the bots: how direct to consumer advertising is about to change forever
  14. Contested spaces: conflict behind the sand dunes takes a new turn
  15. South Australia's energy plan deals a blow to state-federal relations
  16. The power of 'our song', the musical glue that binds friends and lovers across the ages
  17. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy crisis
  18. Book review: Love, loss and madness in The Green Bell
  19. Economics isn't ideology-free and it's misleading to suggest it is
  20. Wide-ranging ban on gambling ads during sport broadcasts is needed to tackle problem gambling
  21. Stephen FitzGerald: Managing Australian foreign policy in a Chinese world
  22. Snowy Hydro gets a boost, but 'seawater hydro' could help South Australia
  23. Friday essay: from grotesques to frumps - a field guide to spinsters in English fiction
  24. Psychology turns to online crowdsourcing to study the mind, but it's not without its pitfalls
  25. There's no need to lock older people into nursing homes 'for their own safety'
  26. Why consumers fall for 'sales', but companies may be using them too much
  27. The Yahoo hack: Are the Russians now go-to bad guys, real spies, or just criminals?
  28. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull turns to water as power debate fires up
  29. Punishing medical errors won't improve hospital safety or quality
  30. Russia expands in the Middle East as America's 'honest broker' role fades
  31. How to make a driverless car 'see' the road ahead
  32. Emissions standards on cars will save Australians billions of dollars, and help meet our climate targets
  33. The blockchain could help advertisers lock up our attention
  34. Where does the latest twist in the House of Hancock saga leave screenwriters?
  35. Contested spaces: flash disruptions on the CBD street
  36. Turnbull unveils Snowy plan for pumped hydro, costing billions
  37. Australian charities are well regulated, but changes are needed to cut red tape
  38. Year-on-year bleaching threatens Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status
  39. Two decades after Gangland, the precariat is ageing and cultural scapegoating thrives
  40. 'I don’t want to be teased' – why bullied children are reluctant to seek help from teachers
  41. The case for holding politicians to the same disclosure standards as company directors
  42. Speaking with: The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey on reporting on and living through terrorism in Paris
  43. Naming and shaming bankers may be satisfying, but could backfire
  44. Explainer: what is delirium and is it dangerous?
  45. Australians could get faster broadband with more kerbside NBN connections
  46. The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 3
  47. Politics podcast: Richard Di Natale on the future of work
  48. Turnbull warns of consequences if gas industry doesn't keep its promises
  49. Contested spaces: saving nature when our beaches have gone to the dogs
  50. We shouldn't ignore the potential of virtual reality advertising

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