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Editor's note
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Recent teenage dramas on Netflix have been criticised for their confronting storylines, tackling topics such as stalking, eating disorders, rape and suicide. But there is another side to the Netflix effect, writes Anna Potter. It’s increasingly filling the gap in children’s programming left by traditional broadcasters.
With our commercial free-to-air networks pushing for an end to children’s content quotas and budget cuts to the ABC’s children’s channel, Potter argues Netflix has become increasingly influential. To counter it, we need more funding for local children’s TV.
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Suzy Freeman-Greene
Arts and Culture Editor
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Top story
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Keanu Reeves and Lily Collins in To the Bone (2017), which follows a young woman struggling with an eating disorder.
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Anna Potter, University of the Sunshine Coast
Netflix's edgy teen dramas attract criticism, but it is targeting a demographic that Australian broadcasters have almost entirely abandoned. We need more local stories that speak to teenagers.
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Business + Economy
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Troy S Barry, University of Western Australia; Ishita Chatterjee, University of Western Australia
Almost half of eligible households haven't connected to the NBN. New modelling shows the NBN needs subsidies if we want more people to connect and the economy to benefit from it.
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Politics + Society
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Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne
The sex industry doesn’t need your admiration, but nor does it deserve your condemnation.
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Ryan Goss, Australian National University
The government seems determined to give voters a voice on marriage equality, and equally determined not to be bound by what those voters say.
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Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
The marriage equality movement could still back the plebiscite on condition that its results are binding.
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Science + Technology
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Tamara Davis, The University of Queensland
We still can't see the dark matter thought to make up about a quarter of the universe, but at least now we have a map of its structure.
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Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology
The banks are dealing with rising rates of online credit card fraud, but they can't fix it on their own.
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Cities
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Phillip O'Neill, Western Sydney University
Early intervention via education and training will cost money straight up. But it makes no sense to watch young people drift through unemployment and disengagement and turn into unemployable adults.
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Health + Medicine
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Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash University
Gender is important in defining susceptibility and exposure to a number of mental health risks. Gender can also explain differences in mental health outcomes.
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Toby Mündel, Massey University
The use of nicotine in sports is on the rise, but there is little research investigating whether it has any effect on performance or could pose a health risk.
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Megan Teychenne, Deakin University; Clint Miller, Deakin University
Fitness, strength and mobility are important for us to live happy and healthy lives, how much does walking improve these measures?
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Environment + Energy
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Timothy N. W. Jackson, University of Melbourne
The way humans make an 'ssss' noise is different to the way a snake does it. We put our tongue behind our teeth when we hiss, but for a snake the tongue isn't involved at all in making sounds.
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