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Australia’s child and youth report card – Could do better
Open Forum | March 2, 2018The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth urge state and federal government to prioritise the problems facing young Australians as a new report finds Australia in the middle of the pack on most key measures of childhood well-being.
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It’s time for a fresh start with ASEAN
Huong Le Thu | March 2, 2018Australia’s muddled relationship with ASEAN has cost the country exports and influence. The holding of the first Australia–ASEAN Special Summit in March 2018 offers a chance to get things right.
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The obesity paradox – myth or reality?
Open Forum | March 2, 2018The ‘obesity paradox’ that suggests overweight people may enjoy some protection against heart disease has been challenged by a new population study. Can people really be ‘healthy at every size’?
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South Australian incubator is #1 in the Asia Pacific
Open Forum | March 2, 2018A university incubator based in Australia’s first innovation hub has been named the ‘Top Challenger in the Asia-Pacific’ in a leading international survey.
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Australia-China Bilateral Relations: How Did We Get Here?
James Laurenceson | March 2, 2018With Australia-China bilateral relations at close to a 10-year low, the Turnbull government would do well to reflect on what the past year’s negative approach to this important relationship has achieved.
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Getting aged care innovation right
Merlin Kong | March 1, 2018The aged care sector is undergoing sweeping reforms. Merlin Kong of innovAGEING calls for a renewed focus on innovation to improve the opportunities for older people to live meaningful, dignified, and socially relevant lives.
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What about the survivors?
Kate O'Reilly | February 28, 2018Research into those who have sustained traumatic brain injuries has been largely gender-neutral, however practitioner and UWS academic, Kate O’Reilly is currently conducting a study into the effects of brain injury on women.
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The future of mental health
Peter Baldwin | February 27, 2018Depression is expected to become the largest single healthcare burden by 2030. The Black Dog Institute’s Dr Peter Baldwin looks at the role technology can play in the transformation of mental health.
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Nippers turning the tide: getting plastic off our beaches for good
Emma Johnson | February 26, 2018A new campaign from Surf Life Saving NSW and Clean Oceans Australia has been launched this February to engage Nippers in getting plastics off our beaches.
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Thanks for the cash, now what about health service reform?
David Thorp | February 23, 2018Reforming the health system is the only way to stymie the rising economic burden of health services but how do we deliver it? Dr David Thorp considers the advantages of new forms of community health service delivery.
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It’s time for an Indigenous Health Purchasing Authority
Dominic O'Sullivan | February 21, 2018For governments indigenous health continues to be an intractable policy problem. Author of ‘Indigeneity – a politics of potential’ Dominic O’Sullivan considers the proposal of an Indigenous Health Purchasing Authority.
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Legal parentage and surrogacy – more inconsistency?
Cressida Limon | February 20, 2018Confusion around legal parentage and surrogacy arrangements is continuing to cause conflict between Australian domestic public policy in relation to ‘commercial surrogacy’ and the child’s best interests. UWS law lecturer Dr Cressida Limon explores recent developments.
