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Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing

  • Written by: Melissa Sweet, Independent journalist and health writer; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Founder of Croakey.org. PhD candidate, University of Canberra
imageIn the SBS documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, Peter Garrett traces the history of his grandmother, who worked in the "lock hospitals" as a nurse.Screenshot/Who Do You Think You Are/ SBS

This article was co-authored by Kathleen Musulin, a Malgana/Yawuru woman living in Carnarvon and a member of the Carnarvon Shire Council lock hospital...

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How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees

  • Written by: Travers McLeod, Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
imageAsia is home to the world’s largest known stateless group, the Rohingya.Reuters/Rafiquar Rahman

September has seen a surge of international summits. First came the G20 in Hangzhou, then ASEAN and the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, plus the Pacific Islands Forum in Pohnpei.

And, on consecutive days this week, the United Nations in New York...

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Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?

  • Written by: Alex Reilly, Deputy Dean and Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
imageMalcolm Turnbull has announced a permanent rise in Australia's humanitarian refugee intake to nearly 19,000.EPA/Jason Szenes

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that Australia will increase its refugee intake from 13,750 to 18,750 in 2018-19. Australia will also resettle refugees from Central America.

Turnbull made the announcement at the...

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Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies

  • Written by: Merryn Netting, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children's Theme; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; Affiliate Lecturer, The University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide
imageUp to one in ten infants have a proven food allergy.Andy Lim/Shutterstock

In the 1970s, when we were in school, food allergies were rare. But Australian children now have the highest rate of food allergy in the world. Up to one in ten infants and two in ten school-aged children have a proven food allergy.

In the 14 years to 2012, there was a 50%...

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  1. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  2. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  3. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  4. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  5. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  6. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal
  7. Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success?
  8. If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
  9. Common Australian mosquitoes can't spread Zika
  10. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged?
  11. Could Clinton win Utah?
  12. 'Not fit to be president': Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
  13. If you love me, don’t feed me bacon
  14. The future of the US Supreme Court is at stake no matter who wins in November
  15. Migrants are sacrificing their working rights because of greedy governments
  16. Perspectives on migrants distorted by politics of prejudice
  17. From placeholder to pathfinder: innovative temporary site uses help us reimagine city spaces
  18. Turnbull should drive a regional refugee solution
  19. Invasive predators are eating the world's animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home
  20. Gold Coast light rail study helps put a figure on value capture's funding potential
  21. Recognition: Yes or No? The ABC asks the wrong questions of the wrong people
  22. To move forward on reconciliation, Australia must recognise it has a race relations problem
  23. Explainer: what are cataracts?
  24. Academics are unhappy – it's time to transform our troubled university system
  25. The OzAsia Festival is young and confident – here are the shows to watch
  26. Barnaby Joyce's challenge: applying the whip to the Nationals' whip
  27. FactCheck Q A: Is Australia one of the few countries worldwide to accept foreign political donations?
  28. Can an app help us find mindfulness in today's busy high-tech world?
  29. FactCheck Q A: would the Constitution need to be changed to ban political donations from unions?
  30. Health Check: how do I know if I drink too much?
  31. The Paralympics is changing the way people perceive disabilities
  32. To cut urban sprawl, we need quality infill housing displays to win over the public
  33. The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
  34. Australia's educational policies both embody and entrench low expectations of students
  35. Full response from a spokesperson for Doug Cameron
  36. Private resettlement models offer a way for Australia to lift its refugee intake
  37. Australia has an internationalisation, not an innovation and R D problem
  38. A degree doesn't count for South Sudanese job seekers
  39. Today's leaders could learn from Menzies, who built modern Australia without acting in haste
  40. Child sex abuse doesn't create paedophiles
  41. Gaps in education data: there are many questions for which we don't have accurate answers
  42. The great movie scenes: Antonioni's The Passenger
  43. Disruption over Macquarie Island calls for some clever Antarctic thinking
  44. 'Grotesque spectacle'? Rio has a long way to go to become more accessible
  45. Hard to see compromise on same-sex marriage plebiscite
  46. Here she comes again – how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  47. Humans can make rockfalls from earthquakes more dangerous
  48. WA ReachTEL: Liberals stage big recovery to election winning position
  49. Community wellbeing best measured from the ground up: a Yawuru example
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