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31% of Australians are obese – is Ozempic a healthy solution? A GP considers Johann Hari’s inside take on a ‘mass experiment’

Obesity levels for adults have hit 26% in Britain and 42.5% in the United States, journalist Johann Hari writes in his new book, Magic Pill. In Australia, recent data shows we’re somewhere in the middle: 31%.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2024

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2024

Shark or man? I am less afraid to swim in the ocean than run in a forest alone

A man might be safe or dangerous, but it is the weighing up of risks that keeps women vigilant

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024

Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes

Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2024

Champion refugee wrestler seeks to represent Australia

Afghan asylum-seeker and Australian wrestling champion Mustafa Nikqadam cannot compete at the Olympics because he has not been granted permanent protection.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Was the long wait for last leg of bypass a punishment for city?

It has only taken 50 years to find an alternative route

Newcastle Herald · Jun 2, 2024

Murray Darling voices weigh-in on basin plan review

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has responded to stakeholders who debated the health of Australia's biggest river system at a recent summit.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Blaming lowest-paid workers for inflation 'disgusting'

Australia's lowest-paid workers, who will soon receive a 3.75 per cent pay bump, should not be blamed for continued inflation challenges, a minister says.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Australians love diversity but say migration 'too high'

Though most people believe multiculturalism makes Australia a better place, almost half say the number of migrants - who bring cultural diversity - is too high.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

Great Barrier Reef bleaching crisis 'like a bushfire underwater'

It’s too soon to tell if the heat-stressed corals of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will survive their fifth mass bleaching in eight years, but the marine scientists who monitor the reef’s health are already despairing.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 2, 2024