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Expect weak economic growth for quite some time. What Wednesday's national accounts tell us

  • Written by: Tim Robinson, Senior Research Fellow (Macroeconomics), Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne

The Australian economy grew by just 0.4% in the March quarter. It was a pick up from 0.2% in the December quarter, but over the year the four quarters taken together amounted to only 1.8%.

It’s the first time Australia’s annual economic growth rate has had a “1” in front of it since 2013, and the lowest annual growth rate...

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Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here's what to look out for this winter

  • Written by: Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, University of Western Australia
Kids are more vulnerable to the flu – here's what to look out for this winterChildren are more likely than adults to catch and spread influenza.From shutterstock.com

A ten-year-old Perth boy is the latest Australian child to die from suspected influenza so far this year. This follows the deaths of three Victorian children, and a teenager in South Australia.

Influenza-associated deaths in childhood are uncommon. Despite...

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Is my child being too clingy and how can I help?

  • Written by: Elizabeth Westrupp, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
Is my child being too clingy and how can I help?Children can show clingy behaviour at any stage up to late primary school years.from shutterstock.com

Many parents complain of difficulties in managing clingy children – whether it’s a baby who cries every time the parent is out of sight, a toddler who clings to their parent’s legs at social events, or a primary school kid who...

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Isabel Flick, the tenacious campaigner who fought segregation in Australia

  • Written by: Heather Goodall, Professor, Social and Political Change Group, University of Technology Sydney
Isabel Flick, the tenacious campaigner who fought segregation in AustraliaIsabel, on left, when she was working for Mangankali Housing Company, talking to politicians and/or bureaucrats on the Wollai, the Aboriginal reserve at Collarenebri.Family collection, provided to author.

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.

Like many other Aboriginal kids in 1938, Isabel Flick was denied an...

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  4. Electronic monitoring bracelets are only crime deterrence tools, they can't 'fix' offenders
  5. Australia should give victims a voice in tackling environmental crimes
  6. mapping out a stronger Australian media landscape
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  8. The gene therapy revolution is here. Medicine is scrambling to keep pace
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  13. Indigenous Australians shouldn't have to sing it
  14. Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
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  16. How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it
  17. Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
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  20. Why reducing unemployment should have been a focus for NZ's well-being budget
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  24. Thirty years on, China is still trying to whitewash the Tiananmen crackdown from its history
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  31. How big data can help residents find transport, jobs and homes that work for them
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  33. Blocking Huawei's 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities
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