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Transgender kids get their own health-care guidelines

  • Written by: Carmen Pace, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Transgender kids get their own health-care guidelinesNot all transgender people will seek health care, but the ones who do need to feel supported.from www.shutterstock.com

Today the first guidelines specific to the health-care needs of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents have been released in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Gender identity is a person’s innermost sense of...

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Greer is right to say rape law has failings, but wrong to suggest its decriminalisation

  • Written by: Kate Galloway, Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
Greer is right to say rape law has failings, but wrong to suggest its decriminalisationAmong other things, Greer’s dismissal of "harm" also illustrates how misconceptions about rape inhibit prosecution.Flickr/walnut whippet

Germaine Greer is a provocateur of long standing. Her recent comments about rape enhance that reputation.

We accept Greer’s premise: rape law has profound and persistent failings. The #metoo movement...

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Hobart's poorer suburbs are missing out on the 'MONA effect'

  • Written by: Kate Isabel Booth, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
Hobart's poorer suburbs are missing out on the 'MONA effect'Most of MONA's interstate visitors go to the museum without stopping in the nearby suburbs. Mark Pegrum/Flickr

Popular opinion has it that MONA, Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art, is transforming Tasmania. That the state is no longer the poor and backward cousin, the economy is booming, and we are leaders in contemporary culture.

The buzz on...

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Technology is both a weapon and a shield for those experiencing domestic violence

  • Written by: Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University
Technology is both a weapon and a shield for those experiencing domestic violenceSafety cards that allow victims to press a button to alert a 24/7 call centre have proved successful in protecting victims from further abuse. Mavis Wong/The Conversation NY-BD-CC

With growing recognition that domestic violence can be perpetuated using technology, there has been a an increase of news stories that focus on how abusers use it to...

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  8. Fallen Kingdom where new dinosaurs emerge but who are the real monsters?
  9. Why soccer is falling behind footy and rugby in Australia
  10. Michelle Grattan on the child abuse royal commission response and One Nation's blow-up
  11. how heat and spice might affect our appetite
  12. why women are enraged by advice to steer clear of violent men
  13. Co-creation can help our companies compete with global giants
  14. Genuine breakthrough or pause in hostilities? After the summit, the world must again wait and see
  15. Aim for cities of all sizes to give everyone a fair go
  16. Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture
  17. The 5G network threatens to overcrowd the airwaves, putting weather radar at risk
  18. should all women do pelvic floor exercises?
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  20. poor wage growth means interest rates could be low for a long time
  21. Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup champion
  22. what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?
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  42. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
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