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Contested spaces: 'virtuous drivers, malicious cyclists' mindset gets us nowhere

  • Written by: Frank Mols, Lecturer in Political Science, The University of Queensland
imageWith Australian roads originally built and designed with only motorists in mind, drivers and cyclists are still learning to share.shutterstock

This is the seventh article in our Contested Spaces series. These pieces look at the conflicting uses, expectations and norms that people bring to public spaces, the clashes that result and how we can...

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Why we're wasting money on medical tests and how behavioural insights can help

  • Written by: Peter Bragge, Associate Professor, Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) at Behaviour Works, Monash University
imageDoctors know most scans for low back pain are useless, but they have trouble convincing patients. from www.shutterstock.com

In 2013 and 2014, more than 314,000 CT scans of the lower back were ordered in Australia, most of which showed no abnormalities. In routine cases of low back pain, X-rays and CT scans provide no meaningful information to guide...

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One Nation's preference deal in the WA election comes back to bite it

  • Written by: Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
imagePauline Hanson after her One Nation party performed worse than expected at the WA election.AAP/Rebecca Le May

One Nation thought it could smell sweet electoral success for much of the Western Australian state election campaign.

The party had reason to be confident about its prospects, despite the recent debacle concerning Rod Culleton, the former...

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Dr Google probably isn't the worst place to get your health advice

  • Written by: Rachael Dunlop, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Who is your preferred source for health advice? Gwyneth Paltrow? Pete Evans? Or qualified medical practitioners – like Dr Oz?

I hate to break it to you, but if you’re getting advice from any of these people, you’re quite likely being misled.

For example, contrary to Gwyneth Paltrow’s website, experts advise inserting jade...

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  1. A murky cauldron – modern witchcraft and the spell on Trump
  2. How Facebook and Google changed the advertising game
  3. The decoupling delusion: rethinking growth and sustainability
  4. Turnbull's refusal to rule out preferencing Hanson raises questions about the 'real Malcolm'
  5. The Conversation's FactCheck granted accreditation by International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter
  6. Labor wins WA in a landslide as One Nation fails to land a blow
  7. Labor romps to landslide win in WA election
  8. Labor very likely to win WA election as One Nation slumps
  9. Our gas market hits the red zone , as predicted
  10. Vale Bill Leak: a satirist who played hard and took no prisoners
  11. Banning foreign political donations won't fix all that ails our system
  12. Companies should stick to the standards to avoid misleading investors
  13. New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches
  14. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election
  15. Goodbye glamour-puss and rugged hero: smokers lose brand identity with plain cigarette packaging
  16. So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
  17. Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
  18. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
  19. Not 'all is forgiven' for asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka
  20. Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens
  21. Friday essay: video games, military culture and new narratives of war
  22. Five myths about the new cervical screening program that refuse to die
  23. Young workers expect their older colleagues to get out of the way
  24. Faking it: we should make manipulating algorithms for political purposes a crime
  25. Why 'green-black' alliances are less simple than they seem
  26. Grattan on Friday: One Nation blows WA campaign but will Hanson’s supporters care?
  27. Politics podcast: WA election – Mark McGowan accuses Turnbull of bluffing
  28. Research Check: will using lice products give my children behavioural problems?
  29. Australians' attitudes to vaccination are more complex than a simple 'pro' or 'anti' label
  30. What our backyards can tell us about the world
  31. The daily life of a Neanderthal revealed from the gunk in their teeth
  32. Democracy needs more trees and less Trump
  33. Weekly Dose: while the media panic about ice, we should worry about carfentanil
  34. FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?
  35. The great movie scenes: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  36. Contested spaces: we need to see public space through older eyes too
  37. Face Value: sentiment analysis shows business leaders are positive about the year ahead
  38. DNA reveals Aboriginal people had a long and settled connection to country
  39. Roe 8: Perth's environmental flashpoint in the WA election
  40. Indonesia vows to tackle marine pollution
  41. Selective schools increasingly cater to the most advantaged students
  42. Banning orders won't solve alcohol-fuelled violence – but they can be part of the solution
  43. Here's Looking at: Brook Andrew's Sexy and dangerous
  44. Health Check: do men really sweat more than women?
  45. Politics podcast: WA poll – Kim Beazley on One Nation
  46. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, February 2017
  47. Warm for the human form, from Rodin's bronzes to stone slabs
  48. Why 'digital gold' won't ever kill off the real thing
  49. Here's how citizen power can drive mental health reform
  50. Contested spaces: a user's guide to shared paths

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