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Do you drink each day or just on the weekends?

One in four Australians exceed the recommendation of no more than four drinks in one session with men more likely to do so than women.

Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China

July has already seen Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare visit China, French President Emmanuel Macron visit Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit Tonga (Australia and New Zealand).

Does a woman’s menstrual cycle affect her athletic performance?

Muscle activation and body composition, which can influence athletic performance.

Distorting, misrepresenting and manipulating history through narratives

The readers should know the historical background and ideology of the historian before looking into their writings to understand the motives, dislikes, ambitions or passion of their historical writings.

We need more than a definition change to fix Australia’s culture of permanent ‘casual’ work

Almost 60% of “casuals” had been in the job for more than a year. About 80% expected to still be there in a year’s time.

Let’s take a Free Walking Tour of Melbourne

We'd walked in Tallinn, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Rotterdam with Free Walking Tour groups, but never in Melbourne!

myTax is fast and free – so why do 2 in 3 Australians still pay to lodge a tax return?

There was an “e-Tax” filing option before the 2015-16 tax year, but this was quite complicated and barely better than filling out a form online.

Australians are living and working longer – but not necessarily healthier

To achieve longer working lives, workplaces will need to become more supportive of mature-age workers, including accommodating long-term health conditions.

Inflation has slipped below 6%, but is it enough to stop Reserve Bank from raising interest rates?

The prices of new dwellings grew more slowly as demand eased and problems with the supply of materials improved

‘I’m really stuck’: how visa conditions prevent survivors of modern slavery from getting help

Migrant workers need further protection from exploitation caused by temporary visas

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Foreign fishing boats torched as Australia sends hardline border warning

The Border Force says the action reflects a broader surge in enforcement across northern Australia, confirming a 40 per cent increase in the destruction of seized vessels this financial year compared with the same period last year.

School breaks make up more than an hour of the day. Should they be considered part of learning?

Recess and lunch are generally regarded as “breaks” from learning – where children can play or have free time.

Grandmother Bishnu Kumari Gurung visiting from Nepal killed after car ploughs into Perth home

Bishnu Kumari Gurung had arrived in Australia only months earlier with her husband to visit family.
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