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Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand's first 'well-being budget'

  • Written by: Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Victoria University of Wellington
Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand's first 'well-being budget'New Zealand's pledge to spend NZ$1.9 billion on mental health in the next five years includes extra nurses in schools to help 5,600 more secondary students.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The New Zealand government has allocated a record NZ$1.9 billion to mental health over five years in its first well-being budget.

This includes a new frontline...

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Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians

  • Written by: Eddie Synot, Senior Research Assistant, Griffith University
Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous AustraliansThe appointment of Ken Wyatt as the first Indigenous minister for Indigenous Australians is a significant moment in the nation's history.AAP/Lukas Coch

Ken Wyatt is the first Indigenous cabinet minister in the history of the Commonwealth government. That he was also the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives when elected in 2010 as...

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The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception

  • Written by: Ralph-Christopher Bayer, Professor of Economics , University of Adelaide
The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deceptionThe consumer watchdog has accused Kogan Australia of misleading customers, by touting discounts on more than 600 items it had previously raised the price of.www.shutterstock.com

Kogan Australia has grown from a garage to an online retail giant in a little more than a decade. Key to its success have been its discount prices.

But apparently not all...

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Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma

  • Written by: Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne

The news of Courtney Herron’s death has shocked Melburnians. While full details are yet to emerge, both she and the man charged with murdering her have been widely reported as being homeless. It’s revealing how news media use this information in framing their coverage of what happened.

Media use of the term “homeless” is...

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  2. Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago
  3. Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the 'left-wing' tag and restore faith in his party
  4. Online tools can help people in disasters, but do they represent everyone?
  5. the Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
  6. Here's what needs to happen to get the NDIS back on track
  7. The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?
  8. we need to kickstart innovation in Australia
  9. After decades away, dengue returns to central Queensland
  10. Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk
  11. Despite Japan's low crime rates, it's seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade
  12. Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?
  13. A closer look at Scott Morrison's new ministry
  14. keeping peace with both China and the US
  15. Fewer Australians will have uni or TAFE skills if governments don't reform tertiary education
  16. Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn't always easy
  17. Why regional universities are at risk of going under
  18. Is China's social credit system coming to Australia?
  19. Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction
  20. Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?
  21. Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens
  22. More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells us
  23. In Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the law
  24. Rising seas threaten Australia's major airports – and it may be happening faster than we think
  25. how do sea creatures drink sea water and not get sick?
  26. the little patches that can make managing diabetes a whole lot easier
  27. 6,000 people have donated to The Conversation. If you value expert analysis, join them
  28. High cost means more than half of NZ's young adults don't access dental care
  29. Let's make it mandatory to teach respectful relationships in every Australian school
  30. Misreporting the science of lab-made organs is unethical, even dangerous
  31. Is this a housing system that cares? That's the question for Australians and their new government
  32. After his 'miracle' election, will Scott Morrison feel pressure from Christian leaders on religious freedom?
  33. China succeeds in greening its economy not because, but in spite of, its authoritarian government
  34. It's time we moved the goalposts on Indigenous policies, so they reflect Indigenous values
  35. Lights in the sky from Elon Musk's new satellite network have stargazers worried
  36. art comes alive in a modern twist on Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims
  37. turning old clothes into everything from new cotton to fake knees
  38. Mothers explain how they navigated work and childcare, from the 1970s to today
  39. Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia's deep divisions on religion and politics
  40. the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes
  41. are humans going to evolve again?
  42. Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence
  43. how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)
  44. How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019
  45. Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate 'human rights abuses'
  46. A long time ago... why prequels are taking us back to the future in popular film
  47. Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents
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  49. The forgotten people in Australia's regional settlement policy are Pacific Islander residents
  50. Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission

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