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It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking

  • Written by: Coral Gartner, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smokingThe recent vaping-related deaths in the US have brought the issue into the spotlight around the world.From shutterstock.com

Health authorities in the United States are investigating 530 cases of lung illness, including seven deaths, reportedly connected to vaping. Some of these patients have been diagnosed with lung inflammation caused by inhaling...

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What is the charge of concealment of birth and why is it still happening in Australia?

  • Written by: Amanda Gardiner, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
What is the charge of concealment of birth and why is it still happening in Australia?There has been a long history of women being charged with, and prosecuted for, concealment of birth both within WA and the rest of Australia.Shutterstock

In August, a 24-year-old woman appeared before the Western Australian District Court after pleading guilty to concealing the birth of her newborn baby in 2018.

The charge of concealment of birth...

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We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians

  • Written by: David Holmes, Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politiciansMelbourne's ABC weather presenter Paul Higgins discussing a trend towards warmer April days.ABC/MCCCRH

One of the great paradoxes of climate change communication in Australia is that politicians command the most attention on the issue, yet are among the least trusted sources of climate information.

Research has shown that domestic politics has the...

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on the ending of a friendship

  • Written by: Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne
on the ending of a friendshipShutterstock

Friendship is an incomparable, immeasurable boon to me, and a source of life — not metaphorically but literally.

-Simone Weil

About eight years ago, I went to dinner with a dear friend I had known for more than 40 years. It would be the last time we would see each other and by the end of that evening I was deeply shaken. But more...

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  1. Ignoring young people's climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety
  2. Another stolen generation looms unless Indigenous women fleeing violence can find safe housing
  3. Why do men have nipples?
  4. putting government money where policy needs to go
  5. We don't need another inquiry into family law – we need action
  6. NBN's new price plans are too little, too late
  7. The big budget question is why the surplus wasn't big
  8. It's Newstart pay rise day. You're in line for 24 cents, which is peanuts
  9. Your brain has 'landmarks' that drive neural traffic and help you make hard decisions
  10. Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform but bootlicks One Nation on family law
  11. How rising temperatures affect our health
  12. How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system
  13. Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand
  14. investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
  15. inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan
  16. the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane
  17. There's a good reason we're moderating climate change deniers: uninformed comments undermine expertise
  18. it's almost all about housing
  19. For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram
  20. two reef scientists share their climate grief
  21. Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility
  22. NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament
  23. 3 keys to getting the policy mix right
  24. Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead
  25. Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is 'not much'
  26. Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
  27. family loss and sorry business that invokes laughter and tears
  28. Now the senators are taking on John Setka
  29. How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?
  30. How big is the International Space Station?
  31. sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments
  32. Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)
  33. why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soon
  34. our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians
  35. the nations leading and failing on climate action
  36. Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
  37. Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends
  38. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  39. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  40. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  41. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  42. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  43. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  44. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  45. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  46. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos
  47. Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
  48. embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop
  49. Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it
  50. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters

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