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Preparing elite athletes for transition to life after sport should begin in childhood

  • Written by: Andrew Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
imageChildren need to develop a few channels in life where they can get to know themselves and develop their self-esteem.shutterstock

Two recent high-profile Australian examples have laid bare the struggles of many retired athletes in their transition from elite sport to life beyond. Swimmer Grant Hackett admitted he has “mental health...

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Seven steps to help you choose the right home care provider

  • Written by: Lee-Fay Low, Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
imageSome people will find it harder than others to choose a new home care service provider to help with gardening or getting out and about.from www.shutterstock.com

Older people needing extra help to live at home, whether that’s help with bathing, gardening, transport or physiotherapy, now have greater choice when it comes to the types of...

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Trade, security ties and engaging the Indonesian diaspora – what you need to know about Widodo's Australia visit

  • Written by: Colin Brown, Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Officials from both Canberra and Jakarta must have been privately relieved last night. The first official visit to Australia by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) had finally taken place, and gone off without a hitch.

Jokowi is nearly half way through his five year term of office, yet has only now made the relatively short...

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  2. Trade data shows Australia can get more out of a deal with the EU than the UK
  3. Business investment is weak, but an unfunded company tax cut won't fix it
  4. Merging our brains with machines won't stop the rise of the robots
  5. Weekly Dose: GHB, a party drug that's easy to overdose on but was once used in childbirth
  6. The typical university student is no longer 18, middle-class and on campus – we need to change thinking on 'drop-outs'
  7. Why we need an 'energy Landcare' to tackle rising power prices
  8. Coalition trails 45-55% and Turnbull's ratings sink in Newspoll
  9. Working for the (Australia Post) man
  10. Turnbull turns shock-and-awe on Abbott
  11. Explainer: What is VX nerve agent and how does it work?
  12. Where were all the women in the Stone Age?
  13. Booksellers, the alt-right and Milo Yiannopoulos
  14. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan and Deep Saini on penalty rate cuts
  15. Hairdressers in rural Australia end up being counsellors too
  16. Voters' dislike of politics makes fixed four-year parliamentary terms look appealing
  17. Perth's Museum of Water documents our intimate relationship with a precious resource
  18. Here's what smart cities do to stay ahead
  19. Netanyahu's visit in perspective: Australia has more important relationships than Israel
  20. Here's what must be done to detect, disrupt and deter phoenix activity in Australia
  21. Fourteen penalties: Sydney’s A-League derby off the pitch
  22. Why researchers have a duty to try and influence policy
  23. Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
  24. Vital Signs: there's never been a tougher time to be a central banker
  25. The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home
  26. Friday essay: the revolutionary vision of Jane Austen
  27. Do you know what's in the herbal medicine you're taking?
  28. Our big cities are engines of inequality, so how do we fix that?
  29. Tony Abbott says government's challenge is 'to be worth voting for'
  30. Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten's own goal becomes Turnbull's political problem
  31. Politics podcast: Hugh Saddler on Australia's energy crisis
  32. Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
  33. How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?
  34. YouTube star PewDiePie rails against 'the media', but he's a part of it too now
  35. Sunday penalty rates cut opens new fight between government and opposition
  36. Explainer: how Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
  37. 'I can live with either one': Palestine, Israel and the two-state solution
  38. In the rooms of power and ordinary people, Bligh's banking appointment is a masterstroke
  39. Some brain training programs are backed by evidence. Here's how to pick them
  40. WA's decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
  41. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic contenders – and why Moonlight should win
  42. Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names
  43. Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks
  44. Too hot to learn – why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
  45. Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
  46. Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
  47. Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late
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Designing Eco-Friendly Custom Water Bottles for Your Next Event

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