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Why a bricklayer is more likely to die before a banker.
Childhood adversity doesn't just affect our choices – according to new research, it also weakens the body's fundamental ability to stay healthy in old age.
Western Australia has huge amounts of sunshine and wind, yet only 7% of its energy comes from renewables. What's more, most households in the poorest suburbs are still locked out of the solar panel boom.
There's growing evidence the location and density of bottleshops influences the health and well-being of locals, particularly in disadvantaged areas.
Public health experts traditionally expect that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be unwell and die before your time. But newly available data on cancer rates show that's not always true.
The National Broadband Network was meant to provide greater equity of digital access. So far, it's not looking good.
People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
New analysis shows access to grammar schools is highly skewed by a child's socioeconomic status.
Leaving school early more than doubles your risk of heart attack, according to a new Australian study.
The government's focus on treating chronic disease neglects the importance of obesity and the benefits of preventive health measures tailored to gender and socioeconomic circumstances.
The Democrats' policy platforms address the fundamental issue of Internet haves and have-nots in the U.S. But research suggests just hooking people up to broadband won't solve the problem.
Nick Clegg has hailed the success of the coalition's policies in closing the gap between richer and poorer students. Is he right?
Whether a child’s family is well-off or struggling for money has long been linked with their success at school. The gap between parents’ income and their children’s achievement is evident in kindergarten…
Bullying is the repeated and systematic abuse of power with the aim of causing intentional harm. Examples of bullying have been found in all societies, including among modern hunter-gatherers and in ancient…
Canadian students from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform better than Australian students in a similar situation, researchers…
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Chief Medical Advisor at National Heart Foundation of Australia; Senior Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and Professor of Health Equity, ANU, Australian National University
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Professor of Education, Durham University
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Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Bankwest Research Chair in Economic Policy, Curtin University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Warwick
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Patrick Harris is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Foundation Director, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow in Health Equity, Flinders University
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Research Fellow in social determinants of health, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Warwick
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Professor of Education, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
