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Apartment residents need better protection from secondhand smoke

  • Written by: Caitlin Kameron, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
Apartment residents need better protection from secondhand smokeTobacco smoke is notoriously difficult to contain in higher-density housing.shutterstock

People living in apartments are much more likely to experience secondhand smoke wafting into their homes and across shared areas. It’s an issue that can divide neighbours and leave strata managers overwhelmed.

Apartment residents need sensible smoking...

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Stars for sale, but no, you can't really buy an official star name to remember someone

  • Written by: Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist and Outreach Astronomer, Australian National University
Stars for sale, but no, you can't really buy an official star name to remember someoneSo many stars above an Australian cemetery.Flickr/Indigo Skies Photography, CC BY-NC-ND

About once a week, I receive an email like this (note that any identifying details have been removed):

I was wondering if you could help me. We are coming to Canberra for 2 nights with our friends whose little girl passed away (a few) months ago from (some)...

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Smart money: a better way for Australia to select big transport infrastructure projects

  • Written by: Marion Terrill, Transport Program Director, Grattan Institute

Australia needs to change the way it assesses potential infrastructure projects, to ensure that governments can better understand which road and rail projects are worth building.

One way would be to make long-overdue changes to how we value the impact of infrastructure on future generations. This is done through the choice of a “discount rate...

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Shattered Nationals meet to chart their post-Barnaby course

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

Demoralised Nationals meet on Monday morning to replace Barnaby Joyce, with their deputy leader Bridget McKenzie flagging a push for consensus on the leadership rather than a contest.

Late Sunday, only Veterans’ Affairs Minister Michael McCormack, from New South Wales, was a declared candidate after David Gillespie, assistant minister for...

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More Articles …

  1. Barnaby Joyce: the story of an unlikely rise and a self-inflicted fall
  2. Arming teachers will only make US school shootings worse
  3. Children with facial difference have a lot to teach us about body image
  4. Barnaby Joyce succumbs to pressure and will go to backbench
  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's 'week off'
  6. New evidence suggests we may need to rethink policies aimed at poverty
  7. Blaming immigrants for unemployment, lower wages and high house prices is too simplistic
  8. As the Pyeongchang Olympics comes to a close, what legacy will it leave?
  9. Giant handaxes suggest that different groups of early humans coexisted in ancient Europe
  10. How media framing limits public debate about oil exploration
  11. Friday essay: the erotic art of Ancient Greece and Rome
  12. Combatting online bullying is different for girls and boys: here's why
  13. No, you're probably not 'addicted' to your smartphone – but you might use it too much
  14. Turnbull's 'sex ban' speech reveals that politics is still not an equal place for women – but it is changing
  15. Fearmongering is scary, not genetic technologies themselves
  16. Our acid oceans will dissolve coral reef sands within decades
  17. Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing
  18. Grattan on Friday: The Nationals have been paralysed by the extraordinary and unpredictable Joyce situation
  19. Joyce hits back over sexual harassment claim as Nationals prepare to discuss leadership
  20. Essays On Air: On the Sydney Mardi Gras march of 1978
  21. There isn't solid research or theory to support cutting corporate taxes to boost wages
  22. Barrie Kosky's nose for the inventive and surreal makes for an outstanding production of The Nose
  23. Crimes of solidarity: liberté, égalité and France’s crisis of fraternité
  24. The Winter Olympics reminds us of the value of learning a second language
  25. Your drive to the shops makes life pretty noisy for whales
  26. How we decide who and what we care about – and whether robots stand a chance
  27. Parents, stop nagging kids not to forget – set visual cues instead
  28. Death metal is often violent and misogynist yet it brings joy and empowerment to fans
  29. China, North Korea and trade the key talking points when Turnbull meets Trump
  30. Poll says most people support a ban on whips in Australian horse racing
  31. Should Australia recognise the human right to a healthy environment?
  32. How employers can design workplaces to promote wellness
  33. Greenwashing the property market: why 'green star' ratings don't guarantee more sustainable buildings
  34. I've always wondered: why many people in Asian countries wear masks, and whether they work
  35. Play-based learning can set your child up for success at school and beyond
  36. Barnaby Joyce wields the tea towel in the government's soap opera
  37. Why Australia needs a better system for credit scores
  38. The off-topic Conversation #153
  39. Why we developed a microscope for your phone – and published the design
  40. Why telling people they could get sick in the future won't persuade them to be healthy now
  41. Explainer: the doping case against Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii
  42. 'No pokies' Xenophon goes for 'some pokies', but does his gambling policy go far enough?
  43. FactCheck: are 'around 5,000 jobs' at risk if pokies are removed from pubs and clubs in Tasmania?
  44. Mythbusting Ancient Rome: did Christians ban the ancient Olympics?
  45. A brief history of Martian exploration – as the InSight Lander prepares to launch
  46. Curious Kids: Where do seagulls go when they die and why don't we find dead seagulls on the beach?
  47. Australia's consumer laws still don't cover e-books and many other digital products
  48. The other 99%: retrofitting is the key to putting more Australians into eco-homes
  49. Research Check: will eating 'ultra-processed' foods give you cancer?
  50. Where should the law draw the line between consent and culpability in sadomasochism?

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