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ADHD medications have doubled in the last decade – but other treatments can help too

A recent detailed analysis of prescribing trends for ADHD medications in Australia found prescriptions for ADHD medications doubled from 2013 to 2020. While this is clearly an important finding, it needs to be considered within the context of overall rates of prescribing, the recommendations of guidelines and, importantly, the prevalence…

The Conversation

A class action against Optus could easily be Australia's biggest: here's what is involved

With the Optus data breach exposing almost 10 million current and former customers to identity theft, law firms are circling for what could end up being the biggest – and most valuable – class action case in Australian legal history.

The Conversation

Michael Pascoe: Australia’s biggest gambling operators be warned – media pack is baying as one

The media pack is starting to bay as one over the suppurating wound that is Australia’s electronic gaming-machine addiction.

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ADHD guidelines offer clearer path forward for diagnosis and treatment

For the first time in Australia, patients and medical professionals have evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

ABC News

ADHD guidelines have finally been released in Australia. Here's why that matters

It has taken two years of clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience collaborating on evidence-based Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) guidelines to get to this point.

ABC News

The Aussie dollar is dropping against the US currency, but it’s not all bad news

A higher US dollar isn't great news for global trade, but some Australian businesses are able to benefit and travellers have reason to smile as well.

ABC News

As Reserve Bank lifts interest rates again, more households seek relief from Foodbank

The Reserve Bank of Australia is still prepared to keep lifting interest rates, even as more households struggle financially, with many now seeking food relief.

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How Tu Le turned being dumped by Labor to run for the seat of Fowler into an opportunity

After being named overall winner at the 40 Under 40 Asian Australian Leadership Awards, Tu Le says the Kristina Keneally election setback led to more opportunities to help her community.

ABC News

Conservationists criticise push to consider nuclear energy by federal MPs

Australia's transition to net zero emissions is undoubtedly going to be complicated, but there is one idea thrown around by a number of federal MPs that is being met with plenty of pushback.

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Six Cities plan for Newcastle just sounds like bigger Sydney to me

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Newcastle Herald

Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered powerful tsunami that hit Australia, simulation reveals

The true devastating power of the mega-tsunami that was triggered by the asteroid impact that killed most dinosaurs has been revealed.

ABC News

Longer school day, master teachers could solve Australia's education productivity problem

Education spending is increasing but academic achievement is stagnating.

The Canberra Times

Bumrah's absence from T20 World Cup is big loss, will miss him: Dravid

Rahul Dravid said Bumrah’s absence opens up an opportunity for some other player to stand up and perform

The Hindu

Nordic criminal justice: How does it differ from Australia and does it work?

From "open" prisons with commuting inmates to much shorter sentences, criminal justice in this part of the world is very different.

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Former Australia skipper Tim Paine to end cricket exile next week after sexting scandal

Ex Australia test skipper Tim Paine will make a return to the game of cricket for the first time since stepping down as captain following the controversial sexting scandal

AAP

Archbishop meets Indigenous leaders in WA

The Archbishop of Canterbury is scheduled to speak privately with mining magnate Andrew Forrest after meeting with Indigenous leaders in Western Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Australia failing to make progress on literacy and numeracy despite investment, reports finds

Productivity commission says education sector must make improvements to meet future skills needs

The Guardian - AU

‘Unproven’ small nuclear reactors would raise Australia’s energy costs and delay renewable uptake, report says

Australian Conservation Foundation report finds modular reactors are expensive and introduce unnecessary challenges in managing radioactive waste

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition warns against requiring parliamentary vote to commit Australia to war

Reform advocates to tell Labor-led inquiry into military deployment that MPs should be accountable for consequences of conflict

The Guardian - AU

NSW chief health officer ‘cautiously optimistic’ about containment of monkeypox outbreak

Strong ties between government and LGBTQ+ community leads to proactive messaging and quick action on vaccines, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Wave energy machines on Australian south coast would slash renewable energy costs, CSIRO says

Report commissioned by Wave Swell Energy says the machines would make a future clean electricity grid more stable and more reliable

The Guardian - AU

Catherine Called Birdy, The Stranger and new White Lotus: what’s new to streaming in Australia this October

Plus Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, an adaptation of Shantaram and Let the Right One In gets a new adaptation … again

The Guardian - AU

‘Show us the money,’ environment groups say after Labor sets goal of preventing any new extinctions

Advocates deride $224.5m funding pledge given one study suggests $2bn a year needed to recover 2,000 threatened plants, animals and ecological communities

The Guardian - AU

Energy networks garnered $10bn in ‘supernormal’ profits from consumers in eastern Australia

The rate of profit was 67% above what would be considered ‘normal’, analysis of 18 providers over nine years found

AAP

Aussies pay '$10b' too much on power bills

Already facing hefty power bills, Australians could be out of pocket for billions of dollars more without an urgent fix to charges for using poles and wires.

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