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How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in Australia

  • Written by: Francisco Perales, Senior Research Fellow (Institute for Social Science Research & Life Course Centre) and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland
How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in AustraliaLGB people are overall happier and healthier in communities with fewer 'no' votes in last year's same-sex marriage referendum. Shutterstock

Research in Australia and internationally has documented poor health and wellbeing among LGBTQI people compared to heterosexual people. What’s less understood are the reasons why.

A dominant theory, the mi...

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Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting can reduce hospital visits

  • Written by: Suzanne Dyer, Senior Research Fellow, Flinders University
Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting can reduce hospital visitsPersonalised care that lets people feel as though they're living independently is better. from www.shutterstock.com

A new study out today has found residents with dementia in aged-care facilities that provide a home-like model of care have a better quality of life and fewer hospitalisations than those living in more standard facilities. We also...

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Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across

  • Written by: Andrea Connor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and acrossCities are growing vertically as well as horizontally, so infrastructure needs to ensure people can move up and down as well as across the city.Alpha/Flickr, CC BY-NC

This is the first article in our new series, Moving the Masses, about managing the movements of large numbers of individuals, be they drivers or pedestrians, shoppers or commuters,...

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Australia needs to reset the relationship with China and stay cool

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Australia needs to reset the relationship with China and stay coolIn happier times: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2017 APEC summit in Vietnam.AAP/STR

Let’s call it the “China syndrome”. This describes a condition that is a bit compulsive and not always rational.

Australia’s response to China’s continuing rise mixes anxiety, even a touch...

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  2. Hitchcock's Psycho and the power of jarring music
  3. understanding online commenting culture shows us how to improve it
  4. New Zealand's productivity commission charts course to low-emission future
  5. Joyce admits he knew as soon as Campion was pregnant that he'd lose his job
  6. the tallest flowering plant in the world
  7. The faster you walk, the better for long term health – especially as you age
  8. The Coalition's income tax cuts will help the rich more, but in a decade everyone pays more anyway
  9. strategic anxieties about rising China
  10. A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?
  11. Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's TV deal, Greg Hunt's temperament and One Nation in a pickle
  12. when art, freedom of speech and social media collide
  13. Western Sydney Aerotropolis won't build itself – a lot is riding on what governments do
  14. Children with severe trauma can be fostered, and recover with the right treatment and care
  15. Is your dog happy? Ten common misconceptions about dog behaviour
  16. why real change requires a major cultural shift
  17. What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study
  18. Why nanotechnology is more than just a buzzword
  19. How we're using Darwin's theory of evolution to build robots that can adapt and learn on their own
  20. Italy is broke, and the markets have lost all faith in its elected politicians
  21. how do you measure remorse?
  22. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: The explainer episode
  23. Pauline unplugged lets rip against Senate colleague
  24. Winners and losers on the tests of judgement, temperament and character
  25. Brotherhood of St Laurence's Conny Lenneberg on Newstart, poverty and inequality
  26. A new family 'super court' may not save time or result in better judgments
  27. Australia's major dance companies need to step up on gender equality
  28. Like sightseeing in Paris – a new model for brain communication
  29. Winter is coming, and it's looking mighty mild
  30. 13 Reasons Why season 2 could still be problematic, but content warnings might help
  31. Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history
  32. How children's picturebooks can disrupt existing language hierarchies
  33. Australia's foreign real estate investment boom looks to be over. Here are five things we learned
  34. A new, data-based checklist to help boost women in science leadership
  35. Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  36. Specialists are free to set their fees, but there are ways to ensure patients don't get ripped off
  37. The future is fenced for Australian animals
  38. We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
  39. Labor to put test vote on phasing out live sheep trade
  40. Barnaby Joyce's decision to sell his story is a breach of professional ethics
  41. Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash resists call to give evidence in AWU court case
  42. Commercial TV's rare leadership on Roseanne is a breath of fresh air
  43. Michael McCormack on Barnaby's future, latte sippers and other matters
  44. Crowdfunded campaigns are conserving the Earth's environment
  45. getting caught in a romance scam could cost you your life
  46. Accountability is key to building trust in Australia's intelligence community
  47. Australia's fragile grasslands at the Venice Biennale
  48. Coke has promised 'less sugar', but less is still too much
  49. Christians in Australia are not persecuted, and it is insulting to argue they are
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