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Editor's note
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“Some 21,000 divorces involving children occur every year in Australia. And many parents struggle to negotiate parenting decisions with their now-ex partner. Over the next few weeks we’re bringing you a package of articles about how to navigate this difficult terrain. In today’s instalment we look at an Australian study that recently spoke to parents who are doing it well, and they had some advice in common: see the world from your child’s perspective, make the important decisions with your co-parent and don’t resort to bagging your ex in front of the kids. Priscilla Dunk-West explains.
Where is the best place to raise kids? The prevailing attitude has been that children don’t belong in high-density housing, but as Katrina Raynor writes, the problem has really been that such housing has not been designed for families.”
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Alexandra Hansen
Health + Medicine Section Editor/Global Editor
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Top story
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Some level of communication between ex-partners is needed when parenting together.
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Priscilla Dunk-West, Flinders University
A new study has examined the practices of good parents post-separation. Here's the parents' advice.
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Health + Medicine
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Duane Mellor, Coventry University; Nenad Naumovski, University of Canberra
Don't believe the hype – tomatoes are not trying to stop you from eating them with poison.
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Cities
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Katrina Raynor, University of Melbourne
Urban policies are based on assumptions of a "normal household" and what buildings for it should look like. So this research project explored how people feel about children in high-density housing.
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Business + Economy
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Cameron Murray, The University of Queensland
In Canberra you can build on land you don't own, and it's cheaper.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
James Mirrlees died last Wednesday, aged 82. Australia owes him much.
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Josh Nicholas, The Conversation
Governments and businesses are using "nudges" to influence our choices, but how? On this podcast episode, Cass Sunstein, a Harvard professor who wrote the book on nudges, unpacks behavioural science.
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Arts + Culture
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Charlotte-Rose Millar, The University of Queensland; Daniel Midena, The University of Queensland; Miranda Forsyth, Australian National University
It is estimated that thousands of people are killed in witchcraft-related violence around the world each year. How can we tackle this problem today?
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Tresa LeClerc, RMIT University
Writing based on observation and empathy is one thing; but interviewing the people whose experiences you aim to depict - and showing them your work - is quite another.
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Politics + Society
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Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle
When the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, it unleashed one of the most devastating events in history, which still has implications today.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Backbencher Lucy Gichuhi said she’s willing to out people when parliament resumes. She said she couldn’t do it outside parliament but was “absolutely” willing to do so under parliamentary privilege.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Liberals have for years sought to make Shorten’s union background and associations work for them. They haven’t so far had anything like the success they hoped. The question is, can Morrison?
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Joseph Camilleri, La Trobe University
Truth and trust are in short supply in Western democracies. It's imperative our political leaders end the constant bickering and sideshows and restore public confidence in good governance.
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Science + Technology
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Marc C-Scott, Victoria University
How likely are you to tune in to watch a streamed show at the same time as your friends, and chat in real time online? This is the goal of Facebook Watch.
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Andrew Frain, Australian National University
Collective psychology says that people behave not as individuals, but as members of a collective.
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Environment + Energy
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Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle
Australia's largest honey producer has been accused of selling fake honey. But what is fake honey – and why has it only been found now?
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
A Labor government would introduce a permanent gas export control trigger that could be pulled when prices were too high, not just when a shortfall is forecast.
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