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Getting Social: The Rise of Youth Media in Australia

Aussie youth media is on the rise. There has been an explosion in online media outlets aimed at younger audiences. New local startups include Junkee, Broadsheet and Spook. Such sites offer proof of dramatic changes in the way young people access news and information. They are created, edited and staffed by young journalists who set their own agendas. More often than not, this means a visually rich, quirky mix of politics and pop culture, serious commentary and laughs, street-smart advice and buyer guides

By Writing|2021-12-30T14:13:46+11:00December 13th, 2021|Arts, Culture & Society|Comments Off

Hearing impairment

The rhythms of life: conversation, the roll of the train, rain on the roof and the pulse of music. For most of us, these are taken for granted; sound is how we sense the world, how we interact with others. Sound adds colour to life, alerts us to opportunity or to threat, and evokes the romance or the danger in a motion picture

By Writing|2021-12-29T10:18:02+11:00December 13th, 2021|Health|Comments Off

Why Multiculturalism Makes People So Angry and Sad

Since the 1970s multiculturalism has served as a category that has widened the conceptual framework of public policy, cultural philosophy and aesthetic practice. After 2001 it has slid into the twilight zone of a zombie concept. The current bout of simplistic slogans and jingoistic dismissals of multiculturalism are not new in content

By Writing|2022-01-22T15:48:22+11:00December 13th, 2021|Arts, Culture & Society, Governance|Comments Off

Hope for a competitive and climate-friendly Australia

Australia, along with much of the rest of the world, faces the challenging task of balancing the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while at the same time nurturing a vibrant and sensibly competitive society and economy — this to and fro debate continues to dominate Australian federal politics even in 2018

By Writing|2021-12-28T16:08:23+11:00December 13th, 2021|Environment & Energy, Governance|Comments Off

Educating Doctors About Health Promotion and Preventive Care

The medical profession is perhaps best known for its contribution to curative medicine. Each day we read about advances in medical science driven by groundbreaking research aimed at curing diseases. In the developing world infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and the widespread prevalence of HIV and AIDS provide enormous challenges for medical researchers and clinicians

By Writing|2022-01-26T18:15:33+11:00December 13th, 2021|Health|Comments Off

Poetry Can and Does Tell the Future

Like most poets I’m very superstitious. The poetry of Yeats’ ripples with visions, spells, alchemy and portents. Yeats not only believed in but also notoriously practised magic. He claimed unapologetically the ancient Celtic tradition where poets are akin to priests and magicians

By Writing|2022-01-31T11:26:18+11:00December 13th, 2021|Arts, Culture & Society|Comments Off

Is Obesity a Chronic Disease?

There is disagreement about whether obesity should be considered a disease. Obesity is inconsistently referred to as a ‘condition’, a ‘lifestyle disorder’, a ‘risk factor for disease’, and even a ‘disease’ itself. These descriptions appear in both the popular press and scholarly articles and likely reflect the diverse and often conflicting views about obesity

By Writing|2022-03-01T12:58:23+11:00December 13th, 2021|Health|Comments Off

Optimising the future with mathematics

Mathematics is an absolutely critical part of our future — and we can maximise its impact for the public and private good over the next 11 years if we take the opportunity now

By Writing|2022-03-01T12:58:39+11:00December 13th, 2021|Science & Technology|Comments Off

Building Healthy Minds

Jane is a 13-year-old girl whose father brought her along to a children’s clinic to see a psychologist for help with the many problems she was having. At home she was difficult to live with, with frequent outbursts of anger and misery, and refusal to cooperate with family routines

By Writing|2022-01-28T10:56:30+11:00December 13th, 2021|Health|Comments Off

Does the Theatre Have Any Direct Effect on How We Live?

As a child I worried about the poor. I thought about them almost as much as I thought about how much I wanted to own a horse. And that was a lot. My mother said that the measure of poverty was when children came to school without shoes. She said I was to keep my eyes open for bare feet in the playground, but in the meantime I should stop worrying

By Writing|2022-01-31T11:14:54+11:00December 13th, 2021|Arts, Culture & Society|Comments Off

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