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Failure to ratify the EU trade deal would cost Australia far more than beef
The Coalition wants to block the free-trade agreement. The Australian economy would suffer as a result.
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1 in 4 Australians physically abused by parents: study
Physical abuse can include an adult hitting, pushing, kicking, beating, punching, choking or burning a child.
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Is Ali G racist?
Ali G can be called ‘liquid racism’ – its definition slips away whenever someone tries to pin it down.
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Three ways professional gaming is becoming geopolitical
The global esports industry has grown to rival many mainstream sports in scale, viewership and cultural reach.
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The female scream is now an all-powerful cry in horror films
As Halloween approaches and horror movies circulate, a look at the legendary ‘scream queens’ and their talent and power.
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Earwax is both slippery and sticky – this weird combo might lead to safer insect repellents
Earwax’s unusual physical properties help it repel insects in the lab. Is this a job it evolved to do in animal ears?
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Do more cannabis stores near schools mean more teens use cannabis? Our research suggests the answer is complicated
Understanding adolescent cannabis use requires looking beyond store locations to consider how young people obtain cannabis, why they use it and how to prevent harmful patterns of consumption.
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Indonesia’s El Niño-driven peat fires are choking the region – and releasing centuries of stored carbon
An intense drought is the match. Decades of deforestation and peat draining provide the fuel.
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How Canada has made Athabasca a sacrifice zone for resource extraction
The proposed Pacific Link pipeline follows a long history of resource extraction that has had devastating impacts on Indigenous communities and the environment.
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Serbia’s leaderless student movement has won a historic election – but what happens next?
With no leader or political experience, Serbia’s student movement now begins talks to form a government.
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Migraine remedies are everywhere on social media, but the evidence needs a closer look
Food cravings may signal an attack already under way so that something eaten before the pain can wrongly take the blame for triggering the migraine.
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Gulliver’s Travels at 300: a satire of the Anglo-Irish and the folly of allegiance to empire
Travel to England made Swift feel like an oppressed Irish colonial subject while at home he felt like a powerful civilising cog of that same empire.