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Ms Dhu coronial findings show importance of teaching doctors and nurses about unconscious bias

  • Written by: Gregory Phillips, Associate Professor, Research Fellow in Aboriginal Health, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute

In delivering her findings of the coronial inquest into the death of 22-year-old Ms Dhu during time spent in a Western Australian jail cell, state coroner Ros Fogliani was highly critical of some actions of police and medical staff.

She reportedly said Ms Dhu’s medical care in one instance was “deficient” and both police and...

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Berlin: who will stand up for liberalism and tolerance now?

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
imageReuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Poor Angela Merkel. Given Germany’s history and her own cautious nature, it’s not been easy being the defacto leader of the European Union at the best of times. But these are far from the best of times, either for Germany or the wider world.

What looks to be another terrorist attack in Berlin will make an already...

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Tofu turkey? Paleo feast? Christmas culinary traditions are ever changing

  • Written by: Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia
imageStrawberry Santas are an adorable addition to the evolving traditions of Christmas food. Alan Dow/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

As the silly season nears, the popular media obsesses over the tension between serving traditional Christmas fare or adopting current foodie trends. But what are traditional foods other than past trends that have stuck?

Recent census...

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Endocrine disrupting chemicals – is there any larger, more neglected health problem?

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney

It is a safe assumption that the large majority of people reading this article will have heard little to nothing about the problems of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) or xenoestrogens. There are some 800 chemicals suspected as being capable of interfering with hormone receptors, synthesis, conversion or cell signalling during critical...

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