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Apartment life for families means living at close quarters, but often feeling isolated too

  • Written by: Elyse Warner, Lecturer in Health and Social Sciences, Deakin University
Apartment life for families means living at close quarters, but often feeling isolated tooMost new apartments were not designed with families in mind and parents of young children can struggle to make social connections.Lolostock/Shutterstock

Newer high-rise developments in Australia’s inner-city areas are increasingly home to parents raising young children. In the 2016 Census, family households represented nearly half of...

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The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDP

  • Written by: Julie Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDPOn tap, therapeutic, and much more valuable than cow's milk.ShutterstockThe National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDPCOAG Health Council. August 2, 2019

Australia’s new National Breastfeeding Strategy sets ambitious goals. By 2022 it wants 40% of Australian babies to exclusively breastfeed until they are six months old. At present it’s 25%.

By 2025 it wants 50%.

Beyond that it...

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remembering and reflecting on Australia's biggest prison escape 75 years on

  • Written by: Rebecca Hausler, PhD Candidate, Researcher, and Sessional Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland
remembering and reflecting on Australia's biggest prison escape 75 years onThe burial of some of the Japanese prisoners of war who lost their lives in the mass outbreak from B Camp, (the Japanese section), at No. 12 Prisoner Of War compound in the early hours of August 5, 1944. Australian War Memorial (073487)

Today (August 5) marks the 75th anniversary of Australia’s largest prison escape: the Cowra breakout, in...

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Koala-detecting dogs sniff out flaws in Australia's threatened species protection

  • Written by: Romane H. Cristescu, Posdoc in Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
Koala-detecting dogs sniff out flaws in Australia's threatened species protectionMaya the detection dog was part of a team sniffing out koalas. Marie Colibri/USC

In a country like Australia – a wealthy, economically and politically stable nation with multiple environmental laws and comparatively effective governance – the public could be forgiven for assuming that environmental laws are effective in protecting...

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  2. Nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars
  3. Albanese says Voice must be in the Constitution
  4. Australia depends less on Chinese trade than some might think
  5. Beefing up security isn't the only way to make hospitals safer
  6. Want to avoid a botched beauty procedure? This is what you need to be wary of
  7. An astronomy expert explains how The Bachelor's research will help us discover new planets
  8. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor's hard reality
  9. The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic – and this unnerves Beijing
  10. Who is Raheem Kassam? Calls to ban the far-right speaker blur line between free speech and hate speech
  11. How Hong Kong protesters have been winning the battle for public space
  12. International students rank Melbourne and Sydney in world's top cities – but we can make them feel safer
  13. Renters hold the key to low voter turn-out at federal elections
  14. 2℃ of global warming would put pressure on Melbourne's water supply
  15. There's no evidence 5G is going to harm our health, so let's stop worrying about it
  16. the battle for the soul of the US Democrats that's taking place before our eyes
  17. The Australian Dream is must-see for lovers of football and this country
  18. Labor battles to keep warm in a cold climate
  19. High Court challenge in Kooyong and Chisholm unlikely to win, but may still land a blow
  20. Australia can pick up its game and land a Moon mission
  21. What is herd immunity and how many people need to be vaccinated to protect a community?
  22. As question time becomes political theatre, does it still play a vital role in government?
  23. why two chief justices support the Voice to parliament, and why that matters
  24. How not to police financial services. Balanced scorecards don't work for bankers
  25. What sort of 'development' has no place for a billion slum dwellers?
  26. Breeding Thoroughbreds is far from natural in the race for a winner
  27. Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for Australia
  28. Are there certain foods you can eat to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease?
  29. New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissions
  30. Don't just blame government and business for the recycling crisis – it begins with us
  31. Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting tools
  32. More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it
  33. High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44
  34. No, it's not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study
  35. After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?
  36. can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?
  37. A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate
  38. Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne
  39. 'I'm an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?'
  40. What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?
  41. wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business
  42. Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
  43. Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?
  44. People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood
  45. Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times
  46. With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'
  47. The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight
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  49. journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help
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