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Toxic Psalms: 'We are instructed too much - how to understand, how to feel'

Toxic Psalms: 'We are instructed too much - how to understand, how to feel'

At a time when most of Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood would still be nursing their Saturday night hangovers, …

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The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw review - a philosophical puzzle

The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw review - a philosophical puzzle

One night in Paris, in 1989, retired inspector Auguste Jovert receives a letter from a woman in Algiers claim…

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When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett review - in awe of Antarctica

When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett review - in awe of Antarctica

When European explorers set out to find a land in the southern hemisphere speculated about since the Roman em…

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Don Giovanni review - David McVicar offers ration over passion

Don Giovanni review - David McVicar offers ration over passion

During the late 17th century, Europe saw a cultural movement that brought on not only the scientific revoluti…

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Demons by Wayne Macauley review - pathos and parody of Australia's intellectual left

Demons by Wayne Macauley review - pathos and parody of Australia's intellectual left

"Let's go away for the weekend," filmmaker Megan, married to Evan, says to her friends in the opening of Wayn…

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Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa review - street poetry committed to the page

Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa review - street poetry committed to the page

"Where are these cunts?" So begins the mainstream literary debut of Omar Musa, poet, rapper, TEDx speaker, pl…

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Mental illness is up in young people, dementia is now the biggest killer: Australia’s health in 2026

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By Fron Jackson-Webb, Matt Garrow, Helen Dickinson, Kathryn Backholer, Nicole Lee Verified, Peter Breadon, Sarah T. Diepstraten, Sebastian Rosenberg
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Australians’ life expectancy has increased steadily over time but dropped during the COVID pandemic, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report – Australia’s Health 2026 – shows life expectancy for a boy born in 2022–2024 was 81.1 years, while a girl could expect to live, on average, to 85.1 years.
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The over‑50s are most likely to overdose. Here’s how older people use drugs Original

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By Nicole Lee Verified, Katinka van de Ven
| The Conversation Verified
When many of us think about drug overdose, we picture young people at a music festival or people dependent on street heroin. But the latest figures from the Penington Institute show older Australians are increasingly dying from overdoses. On average, seven people died every day from a drug-related overdose. Unintentional drug overdoses makes up more than 80% of those deaths.
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Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic Original

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By Nicole Lee Verified
| The Conversation Verified
Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off. Heroin is fluctuating. At first glance, these findings from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission this week sound alarming. But before we draw big conclusions about worsening drug use, it’s worth taking a closer look at what this data can and can’t tell us.
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