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People with mental health disorders are up to nine times more likely to end up in prison and early intervention could save millions of dollars, a new report shows.

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Over the course of the 2013 federal election, we will experience a real time experiment into the degree of influence exerted by Rupert Murdoch on Australian political life, writes David McKnight. 

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Young people across NSW are being asked to speak up about sex, partying, alcohol and drugs for a Centre for Social Research in Health survey.

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While Kevin Rudd isn't infallible or a sure winner at the coming election, it will take more than the ICAC recommendations to knock him off his game, writes Marke Rolfe. 

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Even the most resilient asylum seekers who spend more than six months in detention risk mental illness, new research has found.

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Johannes Luetz’s research has taken him across the globe in a bid to find more sustainable solutions for climate change migrants.

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The first major evaluation of community detention's expansion in Australia has found the program poses little risk to asylum seekers.

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The Gonski Review has set ideas in motion about education that will be difficult for any government or group to stop, writes Leila Morsy.

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Art derived from living materials such as microbes and slime mold are just some of the unusual works featured in an exhibition by UNSW’s Environmental Humanities program.

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Paradoxically, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's centralised intervention to reform the troubled New South Wales branch of the Labor Party, could help revive the party at its roots, argues UNSW's Mark Rolfe.

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