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Adoption not necessarily the best solution for troubled child protection system

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imageLong-term stable foster placements can achieve similar outcomes to adoption. Shutterstock

Victorian child protection law reforms due to come into effect next month will give parents two years from when a child is removed to demonstrate that the child should be returned to their care. Failure to do so will result in parents permanently losing custody...

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What is this thing called love?

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imageResearchers are divided about the nature of love, and whether it is universal or changeable.Shutterstock

Love it or loathe it, Valentine’s Day is a celebration of romantic love. But what exactly is romantic love? Researchers are increasingly interested in this question, and the answer is not at all clear.

What is an emotion?

Everyone from Plato...

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