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'My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?': advice from an expert

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
'My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?': advice from an expertIt can be tricky to know what to do when someone you care about starts taking drugs.www.shutterstock.com

Just So You Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re aged 12 to 18, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships, and we’ll ask...

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We don't know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports

  • Written by: Asher Hirsch, PhD Candidate, Monash University

The immigration department doesn’t keep a record of how many people apply for asylum at Australian airports, and how many are turned away. Documents released under Freedom of Information show a lack of accountability and oversight by Australian immigration officials with regard to people who request asylum at airports.

This means the...

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Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics

  • Written by: Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

As the planet warms, subtropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, including parts of southern Australia and southern Africa, are drying. These trends include major drought events such as Cape Town’s “Day Zero” in 2018.

Read more: ‘Day Zero’: From Cape Town to São Paulo, large cities are facing...

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we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws

  • Written by: Diana Kelly, Associate Professor, School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong
we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety lawsWhy welding in a confined space is so dangerous: argon gas, used commonly in welding, is 38% denser than air. It can displace oxygen close to the ground. Being undetectable, this can lead to loss of consciousness and asphyxiation.Shutterstock

Dillon Wu died alone inside a metal tank. It is believed he was asphyxiated by argon gas, used in...

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  2. Five tips to help your kid succeed in sport – or maybe just enjoy it
  3. Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?
  4. Eight great Australian fictional scientists worth reading about
  5. Crossbenchers must decide between something or nothing on medical transfers bill
  6. How antiquated legal language undermines complainants in cases of sexual assault
  7. Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal
  8. Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?
  9. If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to Moonlight
  10. Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison's ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah
  11. Health Check: why do we itch?
  12. Don't click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do
  13. is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?
  14. Understanding Hayne. Why less is more
  15. Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what's "retiree tax"?
  16. The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill
  17. Morrison promises $78 million for combatting domestic violence
  18. Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he's on thin ice
  19. a big drop in a bucket that's already full
  20. Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there's more to be done
  21. Physical restraint doesn't protect patients – there are better alternatives
  22. Labor leads 53-47% in Newspoll as Shorten struggles with medical transfer bill
  23. The Crown is Māori too
  24. Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It'd be better to let it die
  25. The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist
  26. Cladding fire risks have been known for years. Lives depend on acting now, with no more delays
  27. Tim Wilson's 'retirement tax' website doesn't have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?
  28. I have PCOS and I want to have a baby, what do I need to know?
  29. what is a lawyer's duty to their client and are there exceptions?
  30. Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the banking report and the medical transfer bill
  31. Don't overlook residents' role in apartment building safety
  32. New Caledonian crows smart enough to plan three steps ahead to solve tricky problem
  33. A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk
  34. Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia
  35. In debates about drug use, fun is important
  36. lost and found in the Tasmanian bush
  37. Vital Signs. If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign
  38. Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job
  39. Suspense over medical transfers bill goes down to the wire
  40. NAB's Andrew Thorburn and Ken Henry quit after royal commission lashing
  41. After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict
  42. The Lawyer X scandal is a massive blow to the criminal justice system: here's why
  43. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, prodigiously talented painter
  44. Why are Australians still using Facebook?
  45. The collapse of the US-Russia INF Treaty makes arms control a global priority
  46. What has Australia learned from Black Saturday?
  47. Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come
  48. Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it's gutted
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  50. 70 years before Black Saturday, the birth of the Victorian CFA was a sad tale of politics as usual

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