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Young Australians use nightclubs as a place to relax and perhaps meet a new sexual partner. Many regard some phyiscal contact during the mating ritual as off limits – but still put up with it.
Nightclub-goers often regard the sort of sexually aggressive behaviour they witness as unacceptable, but they put up with it because it seems like lots of people – especially men – are doing it.
Check the position: Australian rider Caleb Ewan wins stage two of the Tour Down Under in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, 2018.
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Most long distance road cycling events are won or lost in the final sprint of any race stage. Here’s one tip that could give you an extra 5kph advantage.
Virgin Australia is a dogged publicity hunter. The nation’s second-best known Minogue, Dannii, helped launch its first flight from Sydney to Hong Kong in June 2018.
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The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
Les garçons apprécient bien plus la lecture de romans qu'on ne l'imagine souvent.
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Si les jeunes garçons lisent moins que les filles, c’est dû à un certain nombre de clichés et d’habitudes quotidiennes. Quelques pistes pour inverser la tendance.
Motorists and governments have each been waiting for the other to take the plunge on electric cars.
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The announcement of a new fast-charging network to link the major east coast cities will do much to encourage motorists to buy electric cars. But the power utilities need to get on board too.
Just like a mobile phone, your body needs to be recharged every day. You need to eat food and drink water every day to keep your body going. Some foods are better than others at helping you stay well.
Anti-Apartheid protest in the 1980s are mere snapshots of time in the long journey towards equality, paved by the sweat and blood of those in the African National Congress and beyond.
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Understanding the impact of Apartheid requires looking beyond Nelson Mandela’s achievements to the bloody struggles of the African National Congress and international forces prolonging the violence.
Participants in a new peer mentoring outreach program aimed at reducing crime in the African community in Western Australia.
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A new crime prevention program in Western Australia is training young Australians of African descent to become peer mentors to at-risk youths in their communities.
There is always a tension between usability and security. People want systems to be secure so that their identities aren’t stolen, but they want those same systems to be easily accessible.
Countries such as England and Canada have adopted more progressive approaches to inclusive sex education than Australia has.
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Sex, sexuality, respectful relationships, and gender all need to be discussed in schools as a measure to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people, rising rates of STIs and violence against women.
The Space Jam website circa 1997 – all those planets are clickable.
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It’s time Australia came of age and followed England’s example by introducing a relevant and diverse sex and relationships education program in all schools.
Positive education pairs traditional schooling with positive psychology interventions to improve wellbeing.
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