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Drug users in outer Sydney need another medically supervised consumption room

  • Written by: Kev Dertadian, Lecturer in Criminology, Western Sydney University

We often hear about the need for more health services and infrastructure in Sydney’s outskirts, and in Western Sydney in particular. This commentary mostly overlooks the need for potentially effective, though politically controversial, local services like a medically supervised drug consumption room.

A drug consumption room is a facility in...

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Teachers play a key role in helping students feel they 'belong' at school

  • Written by: Megan Pedler, Associate Lecturer & PhD Candidate, School of Education, Southern Cross University
Teachers play a key role in helping students feel they 'belong' at schoolA low sense of belonging is associated with negative behaviours including misbehaviour, drug and alcohol use at school, violence and dropping out of school. Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash, CC BY

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) released a report on Australian students’ sense of belonging in school in May. It described...

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Self-employment and casual work aren't increasing but so many jobs are insecure – what's going on?

  • Written by: David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University

That casualisation and self-employment rates are not increasing is often trotted out to dispute perceptions that workplace insecurity is growing.

Read more: Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure

But retorts like this miss a few key points.

First, the real causes of growing insecurity aren’t the type of contracts people are...

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Dutton and Frydenberg struggle with the currents in shark-infested waters

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Peter Dutton and Josh Frydenberg, both aged 47, are two of Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet high flyers with dreams of eventually flying a lot higher.

Political life has been going very well for Dutton. He sits atop his mega home affairs portfolio. He’s open about his longer term leadership aspirations. But everything would crash if he lost...

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  1. Why compostable plastics may be no better for the environment
  2. The National Sport Plan has ambitious ideas, but not enough specifics
  3. A revamped Buffy could rectify the original Slayer's problem with race
  4. How do plastic bags harm our environment and sea life?
  5. Doctors’ fees shouldn't just be transparent, they should be fair and reasonable
  6. Treasury admits corporate governance is broken but baulks at systemic fixes
  7. Lysa and the Freeborn Dames pays riotous tribute to feminist protest past and future
  8. If you're in a falling elevator, can you really save yourself by jumping?
  9. Angela Williamson's sacking shows gulf between Cricket Australia's words and deeds
  10. An Australian takes top honours in the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics
  11. what are wisdom teeth and should I get mine out?
  12. Sri Lankan asylum seekers are being deported from Australia despite fears of torture
  13. the quest to identify the dead in remote NT
  14. Is positive education another fad? Perhaps, but it’s supported by good research
  15. The secret to Aldi's success is choosing what not to do
  16. Wayne Swan on Labor's byelection victories and beyond
  17. Why Coles' plastic bag backflip leaves us worse off than before
  18. What is a gem? And why painite from Myanmar can fetch US$60,000 per carat
  19. When Trump comes to Australia, let's hope protesters get more creative than the baby blimp
  20. New map shows that only 13% of the oceans are still truly wild
  21. Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool
  22. Why the media are to blame for racialising Melbourne's 'African gang' problem
  23. Curious Kids: Are mermaids real?
  24. why it's time to act
  25. co-designing technologies with Indigenous Australians
  26. When is it OK to call an ambulance?
  27. Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy
  28. Fewer teenagers plan on further study, with disadvantaged teens most at risk
  29. What's wrong with big solar in cities? Nothing, if it's done right
  30. Geoengineering the Great Barrier Reef needs strong rules
  31. 10 notable trends from the new HILDA survey
  32. Lessons to learn, despite another report on missing flight MH370 and still no explanation
  33. does this make red meat any healthier?
  34. Expunging the criminal records of kids in care does not absolve the state's injustices against them
  35. Why Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a cult classic
  36. Victorian minister plays hardball with Turnbull on the NEG
  37. Longman result shows Queensland vote is volatile and One Nation remains potent
  38. Sharing your #shopping on social media can damage your health and your wallet
  39. do 'rescue remedies' ease stress?
  40. How the everyday commute is changing who we are
  41. The National Energy Guarantee is a flagship policy. So why hasn't the modelling been made public?
  42. Opera's digital revolution may be the key to increasing the artform's appeal
  43. Australians worry more about losing jobs overseas than to robots
  44. HILDA Survey reveals striking gender and age divide in financial literacy. Test yourself with this quiz
  45. what the huge HILDA survey reveals about your economic well-being, health and family life
  46. Turnbull's chief of staff to be new Public Service Commissioner
  47. Poor and elderly Australians let down by ailing primary health system
  48. The evidence suggests Serena Williams is not being discriminated against by drug testers
  49. Starter's gun goes off on new phase of media concentration as Nine-Fairfax lead the way
  50. The Laos disaster reminds us that local people are too often victims of dam development

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