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Young people want sex education and religion shouldn't get in the way

  • Written by: Gary D Bouma, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Monash University
Young people want sex education and religion shouldn't get in the waySurveys show young Australians want information about sexuality and gender diversity.www.shutterstock.com

Sex education has long been source of anxiety for parents, especially those with strong religious beliefs. Many parents want to ensure the curriculum doesn’t undermine their moral and religious views. But does that conflict with the...

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First Nations dancers are stepping into the void left by Australia's politicians

  • Written by: Justine Shih Pearson, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
First Nations dancers are stepping into the void left by Australia's politiciansVicki Van Hout in plenty serious TALK TALK. Heidrun Löhr.

In the space of a few short weeks, I have seen two world premieres of dance theatre by First Nations artists: Le Dernier Appel (The Last Cry) and plenty serious TALK TALK. Both put front and centre the lived experience of Indigenous peoples at a time when they have been sidelined in...

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Dementia patients' thinking ability may get worse in winter and early spring

  • Written by: Rachel Buckley, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Dementia patients' thinking ability may get worse in winter and early springThinking ability declines with age in those with dementia.Sam Wheeler/Unsplash, CC BY

The seasons may affect the memory and thinking abilities of healthy older adults. A new study suggests changes in cognitive function may be associated with the time of year, declining significantly in winter and early spring. We also see new cases of mild...

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  2. Morrison does about-face on age pension eligibility rising to 70
  3. Why Australia should invest in paying early childhood educators a liveable wage
  4. The new and more efficient payments system means new and more efficient payments fraud. Here's how to prepare
  5. do we have to poo every day?
  6. making progress, could do better on inequality and climate
  7. How unearthing Queensland's 'native police' camps gives us a window onto colonial violence
  8. Our urban environment doesn't only reflect poverty, it amplifies it
  9. Gender inequalities in science won't self-correct: it's time for action
  10. Judith Troeth on the Liberal party's woman problem and asylum seekers
  11. A nostalgic journey through the evolution of web design
  12. Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet's
  13. Explainer: can you copyright furniture?
  14. How will Indigenous people be compensated for lost native title rights? The High Court will soon decide
  15. with more families in apartments, such attitudes are changing
  16. How to co-parent after divorce
  17. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  18. Can we learn from the past in tackling witchcraft-related violence today?
  19. Introducing land rent, the ACT's excellent idea for making houses cheaper
  20. Facebook's new video 'Watch' option enters an already crowded market
  21. Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer says Liberals were "subject to threats" in leadership battle
  22. To whack the CFMMEU, Morrison needs first to get the right stick
  23. What is fake honey and why didn’t the official tests pick it up?
  24. When I met James Mirrlees, perhaps the word's greatest tax theorist
  25. Should writers only write what they know? What I learned from my research
  26. how has it come to this in Western democracies?
  27. Political leadership cannot be disentangled from collective psychology
  28. law professor Cass Sunstein, on why behavioural science is always nudging us
  29. what are nightshade vegetables and are they bad for you?
  30. Labor to propose new measures to put downward pressure on gas prices
  31. Dismissed under Mussolini, later Nobel prize winner – the importance of scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini
  32. Why splitting the energy and climate portfolios makes sense
  33. Five of the scariest antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the past five years
  34. A new project shows combining childcare and aged care has social and economic benefits
  35. The great movie scenes: Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
  36. World politics explainer: The Great War (WWI)
  37. Full response from Mathias Cormann for a FactCheck on corporate tax cuts and the US economy
  38. have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages?
  39. Look up Australia, cable cars could ease our traffic woes
  40. Party leaders need to address federal parliament's intolerable workplace culture: Phelps
  41. How Australia can fix the market for plasma and save millions
  42. Australian universities to benefit in Australia-Indonesia free trade deal
  43. Don't believe what they say about inequality. Some of us are worse off
  44. Why the WA government is wrong to play identity politics with dingoes
  45. What does the Nine Fairfax merger mean for diversity and quality journalism?
  46. Peter Dutton's decisions on the au pairs are legal
  47. Michelle Grattan on the Liberals' leadership spill and the controversy around au pair visas
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