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You might feel terrible. But your runny nose, sore throat and aches are signs your body is fighting the flu virus. And that’s a good thing.
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How can a tiny flu virus make you feel so bad, all over? Here’s what’s behind your high temperature, muscle aches and other flu symptoms.
Junior sports clubs in Australia have policies in place for handling racial taunting and vilification, but punishments are rarely enforced.
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Ten years ago, politicians such as Tony Abbott would routinely voice disdain for climate science. Now, while the policy debate remains fierce, the battleground has shifted to economics and jobs.
Governments have been reluctant to work towards increased overbank flows, but the Basin needs it to boost its resilience.
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Astronomers have found the first observational evidence for a disc of material around a giant young planet at a distant star. It’s a place they think moons can form.
L'eau, une sérieuse alliée pour supporter la chaleur dans les villes. Ici, à Mexico.
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Une bonne gestion de l’eau, couplée à la végétalisation, aide les villes à résister aux dérèglements climatiques. À ce titre, une initiative australienne apporte des solutions concrètes inspirantes.
Morrison’s Cabinet features a few new faces, and several familiar ministers in different roles.
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Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Shelley Hepworth, The Conversation, and Justin Bergman, The Conversation
Scott Morrison’s new ministry includes a few new faces and several new roles for familiar cabinet members. Our experts take a closer look at each portfolio.
Bright light does not necessarily make a space feel safer, as seen here where there’s a sharp drop-off into dark shadows at the edge of the path.
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Bright lighting alone does not make a space feel safe. It can blind and disorientate and create dark shadows at the edges. Tellingly, ‘unsafe’ places had much higher illuminance than ‘safe’ places.
The panel of 60 Starlink satellites just before they were released to go into orbit around Earth.
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The first 60 satellites from Elon Musk’s planned low orbit internet network have lit up the skies. But with more planned, astronomers say the satellites could ruin their work.
Boris Johnson is one of the leading candidates to succeed Theresa May as prime minster. He has none of the required qualities to make a success of Brexit.
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If Boris Johnson becomes PM, the most likely outcome is a no-deal Brexit leavened with the rhetoric of past and future glories of the UK. There are better candidates for the job.
Screening millions of healthy people for their risk of disease can be cost-effective. But it raises ethical and regulatory concerns.
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Successful policy accomplishments are rarely considered newsworthy, but there are plenty of cases where government policy has improved our lives for the better.
Towering canyons of concrete and glass are an increasingly dominant feature of fast-growing cities like Melbourne.
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Planning controls in Melbourne were eased 20 years ago, with mixed results, and new limits are now in place. Will other cities that have eased height limits, like Adelaide, avoid the same mistakes?
There is a common perception in Victoria that courts are too lenient on offenders, but sentences for sex offences are actually increasing.
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New data published by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council show that prison sentences for sex offences are getting longer in the state, and will probably continue to increase.
Contrary to expectations, Victoria failed to deliver a government majority to Labor.
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The Tasmanian seats of Bass and Braddon were always going to be key elements of a Coalition victory – and so it proved to be.
Your income, type of work, where you were born, and other social and demographic factors influences your vote more than you may think.
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Mengapa beberapa berita palsu membuat kita mengingat hal-hal yang tidak benar? Sebenarnya itu tergantung pada cara kerja memori kita, dan ada beberapa cara agar kita tidak ditipu.
The betting market puts the chance of a Labor victory at about 77% nationally.
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Recent polling suggests the race is tightening. Then again, opinion polling suggested the recent Victorian state election would also be a close affair and it turned out to be a Labor landslide.
Car parking is such a pervasive feature of our cities that we have become blind to how much space it takes up.
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Australian cities have a glut of parking, even as politicians move to protect parking spaces or promise even more. There are better ways to keep congestion manageable and our cities liveable.
Trade apprenticeships are male-dominated and already have a high level of support.
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Both major parties have promised more money to help boost apprenticeship numbers, including by providing incentives to employers. But history shows this isn’t the best way to spend public dollars.
Respiratory Allergy Stream member, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University