Tag Archives: education

Why smart men should find a well educated woman

October 7, 2009 – 5:14 pm

Sometimes it seems that we are always hanging on for the next big breakthrough in health. What will it be – a cure for cancer, diabetes or schizophrenia?
The funny thing is we already have the big breakthrough; it’s been shown to be associated with so many health benefits in so many studies.
The problem is that [...]

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Kerin O’Dea: some more stories you should know about

March 6, 2009 – 4:14 pm

Following on from previous posts, Professor Kerin O’Dea, director of the Sansom Institute at the University of SA, has some more story tips:
• We need much more sophisticated analysis of the state of Aboriginal health. At present it’s often reported as if the issues are the same for all Indigenous Australians. But some Aboriginal groups [...]

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Jeff McMullen’s tips for beating the “lazy addiction to adversarial journalism”

March 6, 2009 – 1:08 pm

Following on from earlier posts about the Inside Story article on reporting of Aboriginal health, journalist Jeff McMullen comments:
“In Canberra last night (while giving a short speech and making some remarks at Universities Australia inaugural awards for reporting higher education issues) I had a great talk with Richard Larkins and many outstanding VC’s about some [...]

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