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Editor's note
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The Royal Commission has delivered more detail this week about how the big banks’ poor financial advice has cost some Australians their homes and eaten away their savings.
It’s easy to dismiss these stories of lost wealth as purely financial dents in the lives of a few, but as Nick Haslam explains, the impacts extend well beyond money.
Research shows people who experience a “negative wealth shock” are at greater risk of depression, heart disease and premature death. It also impacts on relationships, with rates of domestic violence and child maltreatment increasing in financial crises.
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Fron Jackson-Webb
Senior Health + Medicine Editor/Deputy Chief of Staff
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People who have a financial shock are at greater risk of depression and a raft of other physical and mental health issues.
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Nick Haslam, University of Melbourne
Unaffordable home loans, poor financial advice and unmanageable consumer credit may have serious consequences for many Australians, beyond bankruptcy and debt. Here's what the research says.
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Business + Economy
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Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
When it comes to incomes, millennials in Australia haven't fallen behind.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Chinese exports to the US grew rapidly during the quarter, but it could be a very different picture next time around.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Just why the government was so keen to shield an industry where wrongdoing had been obvious is not entirely clear.
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Dimity Kingsford Smith, UNSW; Alex Steel, UNSW
It seems ASIC and the Director of Public Prosecutions will have no lack of evidence to pursue civil penalties and criminal cases. The bigger issue is what charges to go with.
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Education
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Laura Perry, Murdoch University
Needs-based funding is necessary, but it can only do so much. It's much more effective if we don't have schools with high concentrations of poverty and disadvantage.
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Amanda Third, Western Sydney University
Parents should inform themselves, and review their and their children's privacy settings.
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Arts + Culture
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Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW
Art has always depicted the crimes of our times throughout centuries of wars and humanitarian crises. Can we really expect it to truly make a difference in the real world?
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Scott Doidge, University of Melbourne
When it debuted in 1988, Roseanne was a breath of fresh air against the conservative middle class family sitcoms then on air. Its reboot in 2018 feels just as relevant.
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Elizabeth Hale, University of New England; Lynnette Lounsbury, Avondale College of Higher Education
From the Thirteen-Storey Treehouse to the Magic Faraway Tree, kids loves treehouses. These books tap into a rich tradition of mythology, which takes characters into forests to come to terms with life.
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Politics + Society
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Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle; Jason von Meding, University of Newcastle
If states are permitted to determine when force is warranted, outside the existing legal framework, the legitimacy of that framework may be fatally undermined.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Up to now, both government and opposition were anxious to stay in step.
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Tony Coady, University of Melbourne
The most morally monstrous actions might work as deterrents but be unacceptable morally even to the most casual conscience.
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Cities
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Christine Steinmetz, UNSW
To be a smart city is to know what your people want and need. And smart city leaders make sure residents can tell them by using technology to maintain a constant two-way flow of information.
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Science + Technology
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James A. T. Lancaster, The University of Queensland
What we regard today as scientific evidence can trace its roots back to the ancient art of persuasion.
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
The new planet-hunting telescope TESS was successfully launched today by NASA, and Australia will play a key role in checking out any new worlds it discovers.
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Environment + Energy
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Trevor Thornton, Deakin University; Simon Lockrey, RMIT University
We all know that tap water is better than buying bottled water, from an environmental standpoint at least. But what should you drink it out of? A single-use bottle, used multiple times, might be best.
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Ian A. MacKenzie, The University of Queensland
Ipswich Council has stopped recycling and it's likely that others around Australia will follow suit.
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Health + Medicine
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Jennifer Koplin, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Melanie Neeland, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Reports that a study found baby wipes to be a contributor to childhood allergies were plain wrong. The study didn't test baby wipes, and was done in mice.
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Featured events
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