Leaving children unattended for “an unreasonable amount of time” is against the law but many of us do leave our children at home. Natalie Ritchie looks at why....

19 January, 2022

Paediatric infectious disease experts, Fiona Russell and Robert Booy, explain why. With Omicron daily infection rates in the tens of thousands, there have been calls for states to delay the start of the school year, which begins at the end of January. The vaccination program for children...

16 January, 2022

Clare Collins tells you why science suggests they’re good for you. As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics people often ask – what do you eat? Plant-based foods are good sources of healthy nutrients. These include different types of dietary fibre, vitamins, minerals, and a...

10 January, 2022

We’ve turned into an angry mob and it’s getting ugly, write Julian Savulescu and Alberto Giubilini Unvaccinated mother, 27, dies with coronavirus as her father calls for fines for people who refuse jab. This is the kind of headline you may have seen over the past year,...

07 January, 2022

What can parents do? Tim Olds, Amanda Watson and Carol Maher have some suggestions. The sun’s shining and there’s a trampoline in the backyard. Yet your kids want to spend their summer holidays lying on the couch playing computer games all day. So what can you do to...

06 January, 2022

Paul McGreevy and Melissa Starling look at ten common misconceptions about dog behaviour. It is difficult to refer to what dogs, as a collective, like and dislike and how they behave. Just as humans do, dogs all have their own personalities and learned preferences and so...

05 January, 2022

 Dr Natasha Yates explains how to tell if it’s an emergency. I waited for hours in emergency last night with this dreadful headache, but eventually gave up and left. Should I have kept waiting at the hospital? This is a surprisingly common scenario I encounter as a...

02 January, 2022

Phone wet and won't turn on? asks Ritesh Chugh. Here’s how to deal with water damage (hint: soaking it in rice won’t work). Shutterstock If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. One...

01 January, 2022

Stressful Christmas? How meditation can (and can’t) help you through, writes Nicholas T. Van Dam. Images of happy families, joyous celebrations and perfectly wrapped presents. Must be Christmas, right? While these cues can be linked to eager anticipation and enthusiasm, they can also remind us of...

30 December, 2021
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