Opinion

Health & Medicine

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How to avoid bankrupting your ‘hope budget’

From doomscrolling to relentless negative headlines, the 21st century is mentally tough. But hope isn’t just a feeling. It’s a resource. And like any resource, it needs budgeting

Politics & Society

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Opinion

From the ‘royal we’ to ‘me, me, me’

Making sense of Donald Trump’s self-obsessed talk through anthropological approaches to political rhetoric

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Why 2025 is a big year in women's health

As International Women's Day highlights both progress and setbacks, 2025 is emerging as a watershed year for women's health across the globe

Discussion & Debate

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Opinion

‘I am watching the US enthusiastically leap into an authoritarian regime’

Americans should look much closer to home to understand what authoritarian regimes look like – the modern models of dictatorship in Latin America

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Heatwaves and climate change are Australia’s deadliest ‘unnatural’ disaster

With the mercury soaring in much of the country, extreme heat and heatwaves are fast becoming Australia’s most urgent climate-driven health emergency

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Artificial intelligence is changing the way your GP works

Many of us are still getting our heads around the potential impacts of AI, but medical AI scribes are fast becoming an ally in GP consultations

Environment

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Opinion

We must stop playing musical chairs with the climate

The COP29 climate conference again failed to deal with the real cause of climate change – extraction of fossil fuels

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Young people need a say in how we deal with the health impacts of climate change

Youth participation in climate organisations is common, but the hierarchy in healthcare means they are often excluded from discussions about climate and health

Politics & Society

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Opinion

8 reasons not to be afraid of President Trump 2.0

Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections has come as a shock to some and a joy to others, but there are good reasons to think his second term will be a success

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Trump’s victory will recast American politics in his own image

As important as the analysis of this White House race will be, Donald Trump’s re-election as US president must be understood against the broader sweep of American history