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20% of pregnant Australian women don't receive the recommended mental health screening

  • Written by Katrina Moss, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in maternal and child health, The University of Queensland
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One-fifth of Australian women still don’t receive mental health checks both before and after the birth of their baby, our research published today has found. Although access to recommended perinatal mental health screening has more than tripled since 2000, thanks largely to government investment in perinatal mental health, our...

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The housing boom propelled inequality, but a coronavirus housing bust will skyrocket it

  • Written by Ilan Wiesel, Senior Lecturer in Urban Geography, University of Melbourne
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A housing boom that lasted from the mid-1980s with only minor interruptions has added to rising income inequality in Australia. Yet an impending housing market bust, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting spike in unemployment, will not restore greater equality. On the contrary, recent history shows housing...

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Desire Lines is a small love story inside an epic tale

  • Written by Jennifer Gribble, Honorary Professor, Department of English, University of Sydney
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Chronicling four generations of two families, Felicity Volk’s Desire Lines is set against landmarks of 20th century Australian history, encompassing a geographical span that begins in the Arctic Circle and ends in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Desire Lines is a richly textured celebration of Australia –...

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Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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In its latest move to spur business investment, the government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year.

The six-months extension, which will be legislated, will cost $300 million in revenue over the forward estimates.

As part of the government’s pandemic emergency measures, in March it announced...

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  2. Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment
  3. Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump
  4. New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way
  5. why my battle for access to the 'Palace letters' should matter to all Australians
  6. Grindr is deleting its 'ethnicity filter'. But racism is still rife in online dating
  7. do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?
  8. Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin
  9. We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat
  10. why do we have boogers?
  11. the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
  12. Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll
  13. We've discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them
  14. what can go wrong when governments let algorithms make the decisions
  15. Michelle Grattan on recession, the HomeBuilder program and Morrison's phone call with Trump
  16. Why do protests turn violent? It's not just because people are desperate
  17. Let's fix Australia's environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it
  18. Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery
  19. the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here's how to tell if yours will survive
  20. HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised
  21. There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music
  22. HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet
  23. There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia's pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery
  24. Curious Kids: why do we burp?
  25. After Robodebt, it's time to address ParentsNext
  26. High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion
  27. Trump's photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new
  28. Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy
  29. here's how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia
  30. the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars
  31. Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation
  32. Morrison government toughens foreign investment scrutiny to protect 'national security'
  33. In publishing Tom Cotton, the New York Times has made a terrible error of judgment
  34. New Zealand hits a 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus – but we predict new cases will emerge
  35. Scott Morrison’s HomeBuilder scheme is classic retail politics but lousy economics
  36. Heading back to the gym? Here's how you can protect yourself and others from coronavirus infection
  37. Statistician David Gruen and the race for real-time pandemic data
  38. it might be a marketing ploy, but it also shows leadership
  39. the black square is a symbol of online activism for non-activists
  40. Lessons from history point to local councils' role in Australia's recovery
  41. a world first effort to return threatened pangolins to the wild
  42. Sixty years on, two TV programs revisit Australia's nuclear history at Maralinga
  43. There's another health crisis looming – what happens when the pokies switch back on?
  44. Henry Parkes had a vision of a new Australian nation. In 1901, it became a reality
  45. Are your kids using headphones more during the pandemic? Here's how to protect their ears
  46. how Australia compares to the rest of the world
  47. 4 ways Australia's coronavirus response was a triumph, and 4 ways it fell short
  48. Why even the best case for jobs isn't good. We'll need more JobKeeper
  49. Economic snap-back? Not so fast
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