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journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help

  • Written by: Margaret Simons, Associate professor, Journalism, Monash University
journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can helpAccording to the ACCC, the number of journalists employed in print and online businesses in Australia dropped by 20% from 2014-18.Lukas Coch/AAP

Once upon a time, step onto a train and you could be pretty sure that most of the passengers would have their noses buried in newspapers. These days, commuters look at their phones. It’s a powerful...

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Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis

  • Written by: Michelle Glass, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Otago
Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabisThe New Zealand government is introducing a scheme for regulating medicinal cannabis.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Cannabis-based products will be allowed to bypass usual processes required for medicines in New Zealand and go directly onto the market without any proof of safety or effectiveness. This unprecedented proposal is contained in the...

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HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government

  • Written by: Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Melbourne
HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for governmentWork-family time and money challenges should be seen by governments as ideal opportunities for good policy-making.Shutterstock

Australian parents are disadvantaged by a lack of affordable childcare, with childcare costs rising by about 145% in real terms since 2002, the latest HILDA study reveals.

The annual survey found the majority of Australian...

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There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeing

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeingThings were improving until 2009. HILDA finds there's been little improvement since.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up.

“Childcare is up 28%, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20%, specialists … up nearly 40%,”...

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  1. Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?
  2. your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist
  3. a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships
  4. Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women
  5. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  6. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  7. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  8. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
  9. India's tiger numbers are going up
  10. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  11. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  12. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  13. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  14. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  15. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  16. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  17. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  18. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  19. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  20. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  21. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  22. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  23. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  24. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  25. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
  26. Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat
  27. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  28. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
  29. A wet cough for four weeks means it's time to get it checked out
  30. Pat Larter, pioneering 'femail' artist who gave men the Playboy treatment
  31. The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?
  32. Morrison finds some cats defy herding
  33. An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
  34. Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
  35. What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?
  36. Fudged research results erode people's trust in experts
  37. have scientists found the cause of endometriosis?
  38. Morrison brings his own man in to head the Prime Minister's department
  39. is whitening bad for teeth?
  40. From Star Wars to Apocalypse Now, director’s cuts are all the rage. But do they make the films any better?
  41. Media watchdog's report into Christchurch shootings goes soft on showing violent footage
  42. why heavy metal is a valid and vital PhD subject
  43. Training my dog taught me that it's people who really need training
  44. 2,000 years of records show it's getting hotter, faster
  45. what’s best for our growing cities?
  46. a role model for generations of Australian food writers
  47. No, Peter Dutton. Most deported Kiwis aren’t paedophiles and you’re hurting our relationship with NZ
  48. Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven't we heard about them?
  49. Migrants who adapt to Australian culture say they're happier than those who don't
  50. Despite China's defences, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: cultural genocide

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