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Comment: What is going on in Brazil? The World Cup and its malcontents

Comment: What is going on in Brazil? The World Cup and its malcontents

19 June 2013, 16:00 PM

South America | In the past week, there have been demonstrations in Brazil of a magnitude not seen since the movement for direct elections in the mid-1980s. Read more

Comment: Why US peace talks with the Taliban are important

Comment: Why US peace talks with the Taliban are important

19 June 2013, 14:00 PM

Middle East | US president Barack Obama has formally announced the beginning of negotiations with the Taliban aimed at achieving a lasting peace in Afghanistan. Read more

Lack of dietary iodine threatens brain development in children

Lack of dietary iodine threatens brain development in children

19 June 2013, 7:37 AM

Australia | Research recently completed in Adelaide shows that our primary attempt to address iodine shortage is failing to provide pregnant women with enough of the mineral. 
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Comment: Container deposit laws past their use-by date

Comment: Container deposit laws past their use-by date

19 June 2013, 7:00 AM

Australia | The old-fashioned approach to recycling in which consumers pay a redeemable deposit on drink containers is popular among all kinds of people, from Greenpeace members to traditional Coalition voters. But this nostalgia-fuelled enthusiasm isn’t a good reason to suspend sound judgement. The truth is container deposit schemes are outdated and ineffective, and it’s time we consigned the idea to history’s dustbin. Read more

Comment: Can ex-doper Matt White lead a clean pro-cycling team?

Comment: Can ex-doper Matt White lead a clean pro-cycling team?

19 June 2013, 7:00 AM

Sport | The official reinstatement of confessed doper Matt White as sports director of Australian World Tour pro-cycling team Orica-GreenEdge passed with surprisingly little media or public scrutiny last week. Read more

Comment: Breed scientists better for a better breed of science

19 June 2013, 7:00 AM

Australia | If the great goal of science is to improve society, shouldn’t the smaller, everyday objectives of a scientist also reflect that dream, asks Jee Hyun Kim.
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Comment: Abbott's troops not all in step

Comment: Abbott's troops not all in step

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

 Any troubles Tony Abbott has are tiddlers compared with Julia Gillard’s but, despite his repeated pleas for discipline, the opposition leader can’t stop a few cracks and breakouts. Read more

Comment: Average salt content of bread falls by 20%

Comment: Average salt content of bread falls by 20%

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

The average salt content of packaged bread sold in the UK has fallen by 20% in the last 10 years.
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Comment: Dialogue between scientists and journals: a Twitter guide

Comment: Dialogue between scientists and journals: a Twitter guide

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

More and more scientists are communicating via social media to find, publicise and discuss current research.
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Comment: No helping hand for Africa in G8 trade talks

Comment: No helping hand for Africa in G8 trade talks

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

Africa | David Cameron arrived at the G8 saying the usual things about world leaders recognising the needs of low income countries. Read more

Comment: Don't stigmatise pregnant drinkers but why take the risk?

Comment: Don't stigmatise pregnant drinkers but why take the risk?

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

On March 25th 1968 a relatively unknown French medical journal l’Ouest Medical published a remarkable paper based on observations of 127 children with mothers who drank heavily. Read more

Comment: Deep divisions come to the fore as Turkey protests continue

Comment: Deep divisions come to the fore as Turkey protests continue

19 June 2013, 0:00 AM

Middle East | When it comes to the thorny issue of Islamisation in Turkey, most external commentators focus on whether Turkey is becoming more Islamic in its governance, and what this would mean for Western interests. Concerns over the growing Islamisation of Turkey form the backbone of gloom and doom stories of how the once-loyal ally could now become a 'new Iran'. Read more

Comment: Strong evidence for raising drinking age but little support

Comment: Strong evidence for raising drinking age but little support

18 June 2013, 19:00 PM

Australia | Doctors and academics are calling on the government to raise the legal drinking age to 21 to reduce the risk the harms associated with early drinking. While evidence supports the move, this is yet to translate to community support for the change.
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In Conversation: Australia's economic future, with Dr Ken Henry

In Conversation: Australia's economic future, with Dr Ken Henry

18 June 2013, 19:00 PM

Australia | Just where is the Australian economy heading? The investment mining boom has peaked, and the structural changes sweeping manufacturing continue. Dr Ken Henry, former Treasury Secretary and the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser speaks with SBS business reporter Ricardo Goncalves Read more

Comment: Is it really worth bugging? A guide to the G8

Comment: Is it really worth bugging? A guide to the G8

18 June 2013, 16:00 PM

Europe | Sometimes it seems there are more questions than answers when it comes to the G8. Andrew Baker provides an overview of the creation and evolution of the 'economic club'.
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Synthetic cannabis: even regular drug users don’t trust it

Synthetic cannabis: even regular drug users don’t trust it

18 June 2013, 16:00 PM

Australia |
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Is it legal to supply arms to Syrian rebels?

18 June 2013, 1:00 AM

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Comment: Stuck in traffic? Maths can get you on your way

Comment: Stuck in traffic? Maths can get you on your way

17 June 2013, 15:00 PM

Australia | Mathematics may not be the first thing your mind turns to when you are caught in a traffic jam, but it does hold the key to understanding how congestion develops, and how to prevent it, writes Tim Garoni.
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Comment: Men flay PM Gillard in poll

Comment: Men flay PM Gillard in poll

17 June 2013, 6:00 AM

Australia | Julia Gillard’s pitch last week to female voters has backfired dramatically, with Labor’s primary vote in today’s Nielsen poll falling 3 points to 29 percent.
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Comment: US court blocks patents on breast cancer genes

Comment: US court blocks patents on breast cancer genes

15 June 2013, 13:00 PM

North America | The US decision may impact on the impending appeal in an Australian in which a Federal Court judge ruled patent claims to isolated genetic sequences were valid. Read more

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