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Outdated surgical choices put women at risk
Open Forum | May 17, 2018Australian women are undergoing unnecessarily invasive hysterectomies due to a lack of surgical skills among gynaecologists.
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Liberal democracy: just one option among many?
Mike Scrafton | May 17, 2018Democracy appears to be on the retreat around the world and the rise of economically successful authoritarian states is undermining the assumption that political and economic freedom are essential partners for national success.
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Does switching to ‘diet’ soft drinks really improve your health?
Open Forum | May 16, 2018A University of Sydney study that models a full sugar to diet soft drink switch in rats suggests swapping to artificially sweetened drinks may help improve the metabolic and cognitive impairments that high sugar consumption can exacerbate.
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4 ways ‘internet of things’ toys endanger children
Marie-Helen Maras | May 16, 2018Online devices raise privacy concerns for all their users, but children are particularly vulnerable. Here are four examples of when internet connected toys put kids’ security and privacy at risk.
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Women in music – Searching the canon
Ruth Lee Martin | May 16, 2018We need to keep shining a light on the amazing creative work being undertaken by women across so many artistic fields, otherwise women will once again be notable largely by their absence.
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Blockchain technology offers a catalyst for Australia-Pacific collaboration in Papua New Guinea
Tina Briggs | May 15, 2018The ‘Second Track’ leads to first class collaboration opportunities for emerging leaders in Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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Pre-colonial Australia: natural wilderness or gentleman’s park?
Gabrielle Murphy | May 15, 2018Professor Marcia Langton explains why a book that rewrote the history of Aboriginal land management before British colonisation is on her list of the 10 greatest books ever written.
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How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
Tracy Ireland | May 15, 2018The government has allocated $48.7 million over four years to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Cook’s voyages to the South Pacific and Australia. However the funding has been widely debated on social media as another skirmish in Australia’s culture wars.
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New report settles the score on Perth’s ‘liveability’
Open Forum | May 14, 2018A new report assessing Perth’s ‘liveability’ finds that despite the city’s improvements, it still struggles to meet its targets for infrastructure and policy implementation.
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Why eliminating malaria remains a global priority
Helen Evans | May 14, 2018While diseases such as SARS, ebola and the zika virus have hit the headlines in recent years, the age-old scourge of malaria remains a major threat to many nations, and potentially Australia as well.
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Marine protection zones help fish populations survive
Open Forum | May 14, 2018An international study led by Monash marine ecologists has found that larger fish are much more important to feeding the planet than previously thought.
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Support grieving mums too this Mother’s Day
Open Forum | May 13, 2018As mothers around Australia celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday we should also remember those who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss.