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You might have received letterbox drops about the noise, or seen posters in your neighbourhood. A surge in air travel has dramatically reshaped flight paths across our three largest cities – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
A number of studies have shown aircraft noise can lead to severe health and sleep problems and learning difficulties for children. But unlike other countries, Australia has done little to deal with many of those impacts on households. As Milad Haghani and colleagues write today, we have better options.
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Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne; Abbas Rajabifard, The University of Melbourne; Gavin Lambert, Swinburne University of Technology; Rico Merkert, University of Sydney; Taha Hossein Rashidi, UNSW Sydney
Even moderate night-time aircraft noise can increase insomnia – particularly for children. The US and UK both do more to mitigate the noise around airports.
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Bruce Wolpe, University of Sydney
Facing dire approval ratings and Republican discontent, Trump is fuming – and threatening political violence.
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Katherine Harding, La Trobe University
There are effective ways to reduce outpatient waiting lists that can be implemented now.
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Gemma Hamilton, RMIT University
The legal system can be complicated and many victims of sexual violence aren’t sure what to expect from it. Here’s how it works.
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Michael Mehmet, University of Wollongong; Mona Nikidehaghani, University of Wollongong
Banking is set to be fundamentally rewritten by artificial intelligence, whether we’re ready or not. The real test is whether that transformation will be fair.
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Katherine M. FitzGerald, Queensland University of Technology
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.
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Andres Molina, Victoria University; Esther Doecke, Victoria University; Melinda Hildebrandt, Victoria University
Full-service schools combine education, health, social and wellbeing supports inside the school. They aim to remove barriers to learning and combat disadvantage.
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Aaron Gilbert, Auckland University of Technology
Asking people to find extra money to lock away in KiwiSaver during a cost-of-living crunch risks pushing them in the opposite direction.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Those around Sussan Ley seem confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. But some in the party look to Andrew Hastie as the future.
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Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
Federal Labor continues to poll strongly as the Coalition wrestles with climate policy. Meanwhile, Victorian Labor’s polling continues to be dire.
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Piret Veeroja, Swinburne University of Technology; Margaret Reynolds, Swinburne University of Technology; Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology
A new report shows insecure and unaffordable housing among older Australians affects their health and finances, with private renters and women most exposed.
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Environment + Energy
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Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne; Julia Dehm, La Trobe University; Nicole Rogers, Bond University
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
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Karen A Stockin, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Emma Betty, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Frédérik Saltré, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum; Katharina J. Peters, University of Wollongong
The sex and age of an animal turn out to be stronger predictors than habitat for higher PFAS levels, suggesting they accumulate over a lifetime.
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Arts + Culture
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David Forrest, The University of Queensland
These 5 great listens investigate the labyrinthine qualities of art forgery, the peculiar celebrity of the art forger, and the modern obsession with authenticity.
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Maddy McAllister, James Cook University
The British Navy’s HMS Pandora struck the Great Barrier Reef around 1791 and sank, taking 35 men with it.
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Books + Ideas
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Alice Grundy, Australian National University
Literary journals are breeding grounds of talent – including the new Splinter, rebooted Southerly, and First Nations journal Sovereign Texts, launching next year.
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Heather L. Robinson, Flinders University
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
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Thinking about metacognition
"I taught science for 35 years in high schools. My last school explicitly taught metacognition skills. With some time free on the year 7 timetable, once a week kids would be run through a series of activities that focused on (age appropriate) metacognition and boosting metacognitive skills for the whole year. This focus continued with senior students being allocated time in class to write reflections on their exams and reports and think about their thinking.
Unfortunately there was no distinct improvement in exam results, instead we seemed to have more kids with more anxiety, thinking too much about their thinking, and that affected their performance. I remember doing hours of professional development where time and again the cry was that it was 'evidence-based' and would show measurable results. The evidence in front of me proved otherwise.
Metacognition from my observations and experiences requires a particular mindset and maturity for it to be handled by kids. Having seen the pandora’s box of mental health (and especially anxiety) opened in schools in the last 20 years, I wonder whether metacognition has caused more harm than good. "
Geoff Holmes 
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