Rural emergency departments can be busier than normal during school holidays. Plus they can be short-staffed. So please, save the ED for true emergencies.
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Normally, breathing happens automatically. But we can control our breath, by directing the movement of our diaphragm and mouth. And the benefits are significant and wide-reaching.
Women who have moved to Australia, particularly from traumatic settings, are particularly at risk of gendered violence. Here’s what our research found helps them to speak up.
Offshore wind power can play a starring role in Australia’s future energy mix. It sure beats nuclear and coal, offering advantages in scale, availability and proximity to both users and the grid.
Better provider records, more NDIA staff and well-funded disability advocacy could stem fraud in our national disability scheme.
Critics have long wrestled with the question of how artists and writers influence each other. For Luke Johnson, an encounter with a painting took him in a wholly unexpected direction.
What can Mexico expect from the former mayor of the capital after an historic election?
The ruling could be a legal game-changer for small island nations that are trying to hold developed nations to account for the impacts of their greenhouse gas emissions.
When you sample speech and put it on a loop, we stop paying attention to the meaning of the words. We start paying attention to the sound, the rhythm and the melody. We hear speech as music.
Next-of-kin often feel pressured to make hasty funeral arrangements. Most contact a funeral director and tee up a conventional service plus burial or cremation. But what are the other options?
An ACCC taskforce may well prove effective in controlling unfair overcharging and NDIS costs. But the scheme’s pricing model could also use a redesign.
Our blood is red because of something called haemoglobin, which helps carry oxygen around our bodies.
Environmental success depends on social connections. So if you want to start a new group, you need to think about the people as much as the problem.
Nearly all countries in the region have criminalised either femicide or feminicide, which has had a tremendous impact on society.
Four years of persistent ozone holes have sparked concern about what more UV is doing to Antarctic ecosystems.
Quase todas (99,96%) das espécies de abelhas não morrem após a picada. Então, por que todo mundo acha que elas morrem?
With so many people grieving, the notion of doing so in public was seen as tasteless and vulgar. Funerals became smaller, people put on a brave face in public and fewer people wore black.
99.96% of bee species do not die after stinging. So why does everyone think they do?
An 8000-km hitchhiking trip is at the heart of Anna Broinowski’s Datsun Angel. Dominic Gordon, in contrast, kicks his young self around Melbourne’s alleys like a half-squashed can of energy drink.
We can’t avoid stress altogether. But there are healthy ways to deal with it and move on.
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Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Social Work, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Social Work, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
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Principal Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Director Energy Futures Network, University of Wollongong
