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the story behind our dairy woes

  • Written by: Andrew Fisher, Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, University of Melbourne
the story behind our dairy woesA dairy cow grazes on the lawns in front of Parliament House in Canberra in 2015, as part of an industry event.Dean Lewins/AAP

The plight of Australia’s dairy farmers is on the political agenda this week, after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson narrowly failed in her Senate bid for a minimum milk price. But getting fair payment for their goods...

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1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain

  • Written by: Justin Sinclair, Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their painEndometriosis is a chronic condition that causes pain, infertility and gastrointestinal symptoms.Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found outside of the womb. It affects around one in ten women of reproductive age, causing pain, infertility and...

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Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read

  • Written by: Pamela Snow, Professor and Head, Rural Health School, La Trobe University
Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to readPhonics allows children to read nonsense words, such as ones found in Dr Seuss books.Josh Applegate/Unsplash

Being able to read means being able to make meaning from printed words. At a functional level, we read to get the message – such as how many times per day to take our medication – but in a literate society reading provides much...

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it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?

  • Written by: Joshua Zadro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?Will my surgery work? Well, it depends on who you ask.from www.shutterstock.com

Patients might not be getting the best advice about which treatments do or don’t work, according to our study published today. We found professional societies are more likely to call out other health professionals for providing low-value treatments rather than...

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  1. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  2. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  3. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  4. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  5. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  6. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  7. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  8. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  9. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  10. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  11. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  12. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  13. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  14. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work
  15. We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first
  16. Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts
  17. Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling
  18. Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war
  19. Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost
  20. Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem
  21. Government set to win its new powers against unions
  22. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
  23. Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for 'difficult' students?
  24. Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?
  25. does monetary policy work any more?
  26. Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home
  27. Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies
  28. How NZ's colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka
  29. Michelle Grattan on the government's drought relief package and Labor's election post-mortem
  30. Labor's election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke
  31. the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court
  32. Engineered stone benchtops are killing our tradies. Here's why a ban's the only answer
  33. Remote Indigenous Australia's ecological economies give us something to build on
  34. a short, sharp history of the bayonet
  35. Labor's post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done
  36. Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home
  37. Queensland Health's history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be
  38. Australia's drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point
  39. Woke to the past, Shaun Prescott’s The Town moves beyond colonialism and then its protagonist
  40. Labor's election post-mortem warns against 'becoming a grievance-based organisation'
  41. This laundry is changing the vicious cycle of unemployment and mental illness
  42. Abusing a robot won't hurt it, but it could make you a crueller person
  43. Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, Germany is still working to meet east with west
  44. Australian unis' financial strife in three charts
  45. Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying
  46. men with sexist ideas of masculinity are more likely to abuse women
  47. How to deal with smartphone stress
  48. Government sets up concessional loan scheme for drought-hit small businesses
  49. Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls
  50. Tweaking prescribing rules won't fix chemical restraint in aged care

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