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Soil, dust and air-based exposure to lead can interfere with a child’s developing nervous systems and cause behavioural and developmental problems.
A budget speech that fails to discuss basic measures of how the economy going is revealing in itself. Joe Hockey is the first treasurer since at least 1981 not to mention GDP.
If Treasurer Joe Hockey is serious about cracking down on white collar crime, he should bolster the new Serious Financial Crime Taskforce with stronger whistleblower protection legislation.
With rates on the way down the problem of runaway property investing has been left to the regulator APRA. But regulators should not be used as agents of short-term government policy.
Tesla’s new home battery could help halve the costs of electricity for typical American households - all using existing technology. The fossil fuel industry is right to be worried.
A preoccupation with pharmaceutically assisted quitting ignores or dismisses the value of unassisted quitting or going “cold turkey”.
The unemployment rate for 15 to 19-year-olds is currently 20.1% in Australia. This is over three times the national rate of 6.3% and almost double the unemployment rate of this age group during the first…
There’s nothing like raising an infant to help galvanise one of the greatest debates in modern linguistics.
If we’re going to limit global warming to less than 2C, Australia will need to keep more than 90% of its coal reserves in the ground.
Major banks including the ANZ, NAB, the CBA and Macquarie have faced a public humbling, but professed contrition must become real action.
Negative reaction by other authors to Salman Rushdie’s book ratings demonstrates how sensitive writers can be. But why shouldn’t an author give however many stars they like to a book?
There are many and increasing ways for corporations to minimise tax legally. Solving the problem will take more, not less firepower from the ATO.
With Australia planning its own Google tax, we’re likely to see state power and sovereignty come into direct conflict with corporate might.
Consumers will always make ‘irrational’ financial decisions, but behavioural economics could help regulators improve their education role.
Mike Baird’s Liberal National coalition has been comfortably returned to government in New South Wales, despite a 9% statewide swing against it on the two-party preferred vote.
Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life but for many people, it triggers harmful levels of stress. The good news is that there are a number of things you can do to handle uncertainty better.
The curators of queer film festivals undertake a challenging task, assembling as best as possible a cinematic selection that reflects what is a very diverse community. Too often, lesbians are left out.
Malcolm Fraser’s relationship with the Australian media waxed and waned, from enthusiasm, pragmatism and caution to something, in the end, approaching mutual respect and perhaps even affection.
The humble sparrow represents a conduit to nature for many, and its wellbeing is connected to ours. That’s reason enough to celebrate World Sparrow Day.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Politics and Law, Macquarie University
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Research Project Director at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor of Physiotherapy, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University
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Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
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Associate Dean Research Training and Performance, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
