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More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising

  • Written by: Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne
More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is risingWomen are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety as men.Eric Ward

Diagnoses of depression and anxiety disorders have risen dramatically over the past eight years. That’s according to new data out today from the Housing Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey, which tracks the lives of 17,500 Australians.

The...

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Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't

  • Written by: Harriet Koorts, Research Fellow Implementation Science, Deakin University
Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don'tHockey contributes a lot to activity levels compared to other sports.from shutterstock.com

Teenagers who play organised sport only get seven minutes more physical activity per day, on average, than teenagers who don’t play any sport.

Our research, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, found organised sport contributes to...

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How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people

  • Written by: Anthony Elliott, Dean of External Engagment and Executive Director of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia
How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our peopleExperts expect AI to contribute approximately $US16 trillion to the global economy by 2030. from www.shutterstock.com

The idea of robots taking our jobs is not radically new.

But artificial intelligence (AI) is now completely reorganising the global economy. Some estimates of productivity-driven economic growth conclude that AI will contribute...

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Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Pauline Hanson has saved Energy Minister Angus Taylor from an inquiry into his intervention over endangered grasslands, with a Labor motion defeated 33-32 in the Senate.

Earlier Taylor defended his intervention in a statement to the House of Representatives, insisting he had obtained a meeting with officials on the grasslands in response to...

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  6. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  7. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  8. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  9. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  10. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
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  12. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
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  14. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  15. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  16. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  17. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
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  19. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  20. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
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