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Health Check: what makes it so hard to quit drugs?

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imagePeople who haven't experienced drug dependence often don't know why it's so difficult to kick the habit. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Most people who use alcohol and other drugs do so infrequently and never become dependent (or “addicted” as it’s sometimes called). On average about 10% of people who use alcohol or other drugs are...

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It's not just a drop in GDP that should worry us

  • Written by: Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University

It seems like we haven’t had much good economic news lately. This was neatly summarised in the drop in national output (GDP) of 0.5% due to weak investment, both private and public.

Private investment is unexpectedly weak across most categories. New building investment fell by 11.5%, construction investment fell by 3.6%, while mining...

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For Australia to improve in maths, policymakers need to make a plan and stick to it

  • Written by: Vincent Geiger, Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
imageConstant reforms in maths education aren't helping Australia to improve its performance.from www.shutterstock.com

Australia is struggling to improve its performance in maths due to a lack of continuity in policymaking.

While Australia tends to plan in three-year cycles, the countries that are performing the best – or making significant...

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Why we should care more about the Logies

  • Written by: Liz Giuffre, Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney

This is the time of year when many of the nation’s good little boys and girls start making wish lists. It’s also when many of the good boys and girls of Australian television start asking their audiences to vote for them at the Logies.

You could, perhaps, dismiss each as an overly and unnecessarily commercial ritual – or you could...

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  1. Can New Zealand's new prime minister Bill English get used to playing the lead?
  2. The empire strikes back
  3. Why secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for age pensioners
  4. Australia is ripe for shareholder activism
  5. How HIV's evasion tactics could help fight the flu
  6. Review: the fine art of scorn from Twain to Trump
  7. Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its deceptive tactics in a post-truth world
  8. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 8
  9. Australia's harness racing leads the world in banning the whip on horses
  10. New evidence gives supporters of chiropractic a headache
  11. Disgruntlement on show after COAG meeting
  12. To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading
  13. Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
  14. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 7
  15. Fifty years on, Pine Gap should reform to better serve Australia
  16. The latest Productivity Commission report isn't strong enough on improving consumer protection
  17. What Conversation articles had the biggest impact on you in 2016?
  18. Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change
  19. The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans
  20. Kidman sale finally gets green light
  21. Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
  22. Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
  23. Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
  24. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's carbon emissions policy
  25. Time scarcity is a slippery slope to inactivity
  26. Friday essay: what is it about Versailles?
  27. You say 'elite media', I say real journalism. And now more than ever we must fight to keep it
  28. Law to be strengthened on family violence
  29. How to prevent injury from sport and exercise
  30. How we can change our body shape with exercise
  31. Why capital is fleeing China and what it means for Australia
  32. To pay solar households fairly, we need to understand the true value of solar
  33. Not just nets: how to stop shark attacks without killing sharks
  34. Kitchen Science: the chemistry behind amazing meringue and perfect cappuccino
  35. Grattan on Friday: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return?
  36. The great Australian plays: The Torrents, the Doll and the critical mass of Australian drama
  37. How to grow an evolutionary tree
  38. Behind Singapore’s PISA rankings success – and why other countries may not want to join the race
  39. Our drugs policies have failed. It's time to reinvent them based on what actually works
  40. Why the Iran nuclear agreement is a deal worth honouring
  41. Trumpian deswampification
  42. Why iron is such an important part of your diet
  43. Climate shenanigans at the ends of the Earth: why has sea ice gone haywire?
  44. Density threatens liveability if we miss the big picture of how a city works
  45. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 6
  46. Uncertainty over US-China relations under President Trump may be made clearer at Davos
  47. Business Briefing: what super is doing to banking and finance
  48. Seven essential tips to breaking up with sugar
  49. Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health
  50. Exercise: motivation gets you started, but routine keeps you going

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