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Editor's note
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The pre-budget announcements are now coming in thick and fast. According to the Prime Minister, school funding wars are set to end with the unveiliing of his new Gonski 2.0 funding model. It’s going to take a while to work through the detail but the government is claiming it will amount to a funding boost of $2.2 billion over the next four years. According to Michelle Grattan, the Turnbull government is now seeking to seize the political initiative on schools.
Also today we launch our three-part package on food as medicine. We all know we should eat 5 veggie and 2 fruit serves a day, but most of us don’t. So why not? And what is a serve?
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Recently, police services have begun to set in place strategies designed to improve the response to mental health problems among their members.
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Karl Roberts, Western Sydney University
It is often assumed that police are at higher risk of suicide than other members of the community because of the stress involved in their jobs. But the picture is more complicated than that.
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Health + Medicine
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Genevieve James-Martin, CSIRO; Gemma Williams, CSIRO; Malcolm Riley, CSIRO
The populations of most Western countries report eating far less fruit and vegetables than they're supposed to. So what’s making it so hard for us to get to the recommended 'two and five'?
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Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Newcastle; Abbas Kouzani, Deakin University; Russell Oliver, Deakin University; Scott Adams, Deakin University; Stuart Palmer, Deakin University; Susan Balandin, Deakin University
There's a lot to consider in the problem of creating enjoyable foods for people with swallowing difficulties. Could 3D-printed food be part of the solution?
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Cities
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Hazel Easthope, UNSW; Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology
With the winding back of government support for housing, 'gateway' suburbs that have in the past accepted and supported recent immigrants are becoming increasingly unaffordable.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The federal government has confirmed it will build Sydney's second airport after the Sydney Airport Group announced it would not take up its right of first refusal to construct and operate it.
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Jennifer Kent, University of Sydney; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney
About 84% of cranes in Australia are used on residential sites, with commercial projects making up 5% of crane activity. Health, education, infrastructure and recreation projects make up the rest.
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Science + Technology
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Richard Malik, University of Sydney; Andrea Harvey, University of Technology Sydney
Cats evolved in hot desert regions where there were lots of small animals to eat. So they evolved feet that are perfect for pouncing on prey, climbing, scratching and jumping from great heights.
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Marc C-Scott, Victoria University
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
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Environment + Energy
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Peter Burdon, University of Adelaide; Mary Heath, Flinders University
Following his 2016 arrest, former Greens leader Bob Brown aims to show that Tasmania's anti-protest laws are in conflict with the constitution's implied right to political communication.
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Arts + Culture
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Jen Webb, University of Canberra
Over 40 years, author Helen Garner has delighted, infuriated, confused and charmed readers. A new account of her writing life is informative but avoids delving into the trickier aspects of her work.
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Tama Leaver, Curtin University; Crystal Abidin, Curtin University
As the case of US YouTube channel DaddyOFive shows, there's a fine line between pranking your kids and exploitation.
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Education
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Turnbull government is seeking to seize the political initiative on schools, with a big funding injection and the appointment of David Gonski to chair a 'Gonski 2.0' review.
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Stewart Riddle, University of Southern Queensland
There is no evidence to suggest that vouchers are simpler, fairer and more transparent than current funding models.
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Emmaline Bexley, University of Melbourne
Hidden in the detail of the latest higher education reform package, there are talks of creating teaching-only universities.
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Business + Economy
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Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
The government shouldn't cave to WA's calls for a change to the way GST is divvied out. The current system has served Australia well.
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