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Why we need to think communally in lockdown     Vaccine comparisons. Mass protests. Interstate sniping. Quarantine complaints. Community scapegoating. The pandemic soundtrack closes around us like an ever-tightening girdle; each new statistic and flash of opinion and political obfuscation turns the screw further. The daily press conferences have become morbid viewing, sound clips looping on endless repeat, channels of doom. As the miasma invades my psyche I realise it’s not the lockdown or even the pandemic causing the greatest distress; it’s the dissent emanating like scattershot from...

Date Time Voluntary betting controls are a bad gamble Voluntary gambling harm-reduction tools generally don’t work as people don’t use them, a new study finds. Though mandating that people set deposit limits – or opt-out of setting them – is a promising mechanism to curb problem gambling. A study of 40,000 gamblers in Australia found that a government ‘opt-out’ policy saw a radical shift in online betting behaviour. The study, conducted by GAMBLEAWARE – Central Sydney at the University of Sydney, also found that when not required to, the overwhelming majority of online ...

Health by Jane Hansen Premium Content Subscriber only Lily Dowling was a gorgeous 13-year-old with a love for Harry Potter books and the world at her feet but in the pre-dawn light of September 3 she took her own life. Her death is part of a wider trend of youth suicide that is affecting young girls in particular. Haunted by missed opportunities to help her daughter, her mother Emma Heely is speaking out in the hope she can save another child's life and stop another parent's heartache. "She was the kindest, most caring girl who was always looking out fo...

Health by Jane Hansen Premium Content Subscriber only Lily Dowling was a gorgeous 13-year-old with a love for Harry Potter books and the world at her feet but in the pre-dawn light of September 3 she took her own life. Her death is part of a wider trend of youth suicide that is affecting young girls in particular. Haunted by missed opportunities to help her daughter, her mother Emma Heely is speaking out in the hope she can save another child's life and stop another parent's heartache. "She was the kindest, most caring girl who was always looking out fo...

She was just 13 years old but in September last year, Lily Dowling took her own life.