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How to (gently) get your child to brush their teeth

  • Written by: Rebecca English, Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
How to (gently) get your child to brush their teethThe key is starting early. From the first tooth. from www.shutterstock.com

For most parents, the phrase “I don’t want to brush my teeth” is rather familiar. While it may seem easiest to pry their mouth open and force them to brush, research suggests there are better ways that may positively influence children’s future dental...

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she failed to back the journalists

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
she failed to back the journalistsA journalist prepares for a live cross after it was announced that ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie had been sacked by the board.AAP/Peter Rae

Michelle Guthrie’s departure as managing director of the ABC, while a shock, is not surprising.

In the face of sustained pressure from the government and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, she has...

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Australia has the wealth to ensure a sustainable future, but too many people are being left behind

  • Written by: Sue Richardson, Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
Australia has the wealth to ensure a sustainable future, but too many people are being left behindMany Australians are feeling less secure about the future, despite rising income levels since 2000. Dan Peled/AAP

The purpose of our social, economic and political systems is to enable all Australians to lead good lives. Australia is doing well on some fronts. It ranks third out of 188 countries on the UN Human Development Index, which takes into...

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1980s Berlin comes to life in Welcome the Bright World's quest for 'truth'

  • Written by: Lisa Harper Campbell, Lecturer in Drama Theory, Film Studies & French, Flinders University
1980s Berlin comes to life in Welcome the Bright World's quest for 'truth'In Steven Sewell's play, two physicists search for 'truth'. Kate Pardey

Review: Welcome the Bright World, Adelaide.


Performance group House of Sand, in collaboration with the State Theatre Company of South Australia, has mounted an ambitious production of Stephen Sewell’s work, Welcome the Bright World. The play questions truth, humanity and...

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  5. Australia's residential aged care facilities are getting bigger and less home-like
  6. Cuts and restructures send alarm through South Australia's arts sector
  7. are SUVs and 4WDs safer than other cars?
  8. Labor leads 54-46% in Newspoll that shows slight improvement for government
  9. Influence in Australian politics needs an urgent overhaul – here's how to do it
  10. Grass trees aren't a grass (and they're not trees)
  11. Peter Grimes is a thrilling and moving staging of the great English opera
  12. Michelle Grattan on strawberries, Sudmalis, schools, and the au pair affair
  13. Super. If Labor really wanted to help women in retirement, it would do something else
  14. Is it time for Australia to be more open about research involving animals?
  15. If privacy is increasing for My Health Record data, it should apply to all medical records
  16. New laws help juries understand why victims of sexual violence struggle to recall their assaults
  17. why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more
  18. Quotas are not pretty but they work – Liberal women should insist on them
  19. Why does English have so many different spelling rules?
  20. the GFC and me. Ten years on, what have we learned?
  21. what do we want to be when we grow up?
  22. What makes you a man or a woman? Geneticist Jenny Graves explains
  23. The backflip over Sydney's marine park is a defiance of science
  24. Can e-scooters solve the 'last mile' problem? They'll need to avoid the fate of dockless bikes
  25. Planned trade deal with Europe could keep medicine prices too high
  26. Morrison aims to make agility his prime ministerial trademark
  27. Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50,000 years ago, earlier than first thought
  28. Desal plants might do less damage to marine environments than we thought
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  30. 160 years of Māori monarchy
  31. Government unfurls $4.6 billion private schools package, calming Catholic critics
  32. We won't fix female super until we fix female pay, but Labor's ideas are a start
  33. We've had 20 aged care reviews in 20 years – will the royal commission be any different?
  34. How the law failed three children and their families in the Bowraville murder case
  35. two neat ways to get young minds thinking this school holiday season
  36. why the full story of Murdoch, Stokes and the Liberal leadership spill needs to be told
  37. The off-topic Conversation #168
  38. The shocking truth about insurance. We pick bad policies even with good information
  39. The Australian war film Jirga is a lesson in Afghan forgiveness
  40. how our leaders work hard at being 'ordinary'
  41. We've cracked the cane toad genome, and that could help put the brakes on its invasion
  42. A community fix for the affordable housing crisis
  43. Your Apple Watch can now record your ECG – but what does that mean and can you trust it?
  44. 'Walking into a headwind' – what it feels like for women building science careers
  45. Dutton back in spotlight after split Senate report on au pair affair
  46. Mother's Ruin is a stellar, gin-soaked cabaret
  47. How our residential aged-care system doesn't care about older people's emotional needs
  48. As we celebrate the rediscovery of the Endeavour let's acknowledge its complicated legacy
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