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Going to the naturopath or a yoga class? Your private health won't cover it

  • Written by: Jon Wardle, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney
Going to the naturopath or a yoga class? Your private health won't cover itAlthough there's evidence yoga may be helpful for some medical conditions, it can no longer be claimed under private health insurance.From shutterstock.com

Starting this week, private health insurers are prohibited from providing benefits for a number of natural therapies. This includes aromatherapy, Western herbalism, homeopathy, naturopathy,...

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How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machines

  • Written by: Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia
How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machinesLeonardo da Vinci, Study of Two Warriors Heads for the Battle of Anghiari, c. 1504-5. Black chalk or charcoal, some traces of red chalk on paper. Google Art ProjectWikimedia Commons.

On the 500th anniversary of his death, our series Leonardo da Vinci Revisited brings together scholars from different disciplines to re-examine his work, legacy and...

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Total transport spending is about par for the course, but the pattern is unusual

  • Written by: Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute

The budget just before an election seems to have a special quality: the transport infrastructure will surely be more plentiful than usual, and carefully chosen to shore up the electoral bulwarks. But don’t get too excited: this year the rhetoric may be big, but the scale of the numbers is nothing unusual. What is different is the pattern of...

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Banning 'tiny vehicles' would deny us smarter ways to get around our cities

  • Written by: Hussein Dia, Chair, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Banning 'tiny vehicles' would deny us smarter ways to get around our citiesThe exploding popularity of e-scooters could reshape mobility in our cities. Regulators need to adapt their approaches to handle the innovation rather than ban it altogether.Ivan Marc/Shutterstock

E-scooter mania is sweeping cities around the world. Fun, accessible and cheap to rent, shared electric scooters are one of the biggest technology...

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  1. women don't get a fair go in sports administration
  2. Budget 2019 has little new for schools and even less for early childhood: education experts respond
  3. Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on budget strategy and numbers
  4. Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond
  5. Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs
  6. Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
  7. Budget 2019 at a glance
  8. budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day
  9. Frydenberg’s budget looks toward zero net debt, but should this be our aim?
  10. Tax giveaways in Frydenberg’s 'back in the black' budget
  11. It’s the budget cash splash that reaches back in time
  12. Iron ore dollars repurposed to keep the economy afloat in Budget 2019
  13. The 39 endangered species in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other Australian cities
  14. Zuckerberg's 'new rules' for the internet must move from words to actions
  15. The importance of sports in recovery from trauma: lessons from and for Christchurch
  16. Livestreaming terror is abhorrent – but is more rushed legislation the answer?
  17. The National is a time capsule of new Australian art in uncertain times
  18. Many professions have codes of ethics
  19. Married at First Sight - a 'social experiment' all but guaranteeing relationship failure
  20. a decent menu, but missing the main course
  21. in Denmark it is a term of affection
  22. Don't worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today's students
  23. Government's population plan is more about maximising 'win-wins' than cutting numbers
  24. TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets
  25. Labor's plan for transport emissions is long on ambition but short on details
  26. Erdogan tried to make local Turkish elections about national security, but it didn't work
  27. Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side
  28. India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace
  29. what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?
  30. How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries
  31. was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?
  32. Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us
  33. Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?
  34. why do we have fingernails and toenails?
  35. How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are
  36. Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world
  37. It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
  38. Expect a budget that breaks the intergenerational bargain, like the one before it, and before that
  39. the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids
  40. If we want students to feel safe at school, we can't encourage teachers to spot potential extremists
  41. how a 15th century artist dissected the human machine
  42. Settling migrants in regional areas will need more than a visa to succeed
  43. Shorten's climate policy would hit more big polluters harder and set electric car target
  44. Labor flags another budget in August as Frydenberg says his contains "a series" of living cost measures
  45. Why are we losing so many Indigenous children to suicide?
  46. Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette is an act of considered self-care
  47. Why we need to fix encryption laws the tech sector says threaten Australian jobs
  48. The government's electricity shortlist rightly features pumped hydro (and wrongly includes coal)
  49. Old man's beard is a star climber for Australian gardens
  50. The false hope offered by talk of a living wage

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