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Future Leaders is a national Initiative about leadership and the future of Australia. It seeks to involve, inform and inspire young people.
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“In this chapter I will be discussing the role of the media in a liberal democracy, and the tension between the essential free flow of information in a free society …”
“The term diabetes mellitus is derived from Greek and Latin words meaning excessive discharge of urine (diabetes), which is honey sweet (mellitus) …”
“In this chapter, I will discuss the impacts of the environment on human health, consider the right to clean air and water, look at ways of making our cities …”
“When I was born, the human population was about two billion. Today, it is approaching seven billion. In the 1960s, US biologist Paul Ehrlich …”
“In 1989, I wrote a book on climate change, Living in the Greenhouse. At the time the scientific community was still divided …”
“Scientific understanding of the world has enabled us to improve material wellbeing on a scale that previous generations would find difficult to believe …”
“City planning is now recognised as an important part of a comprehensive solution to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). By 2050, some 75% of the world’s …”
“The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. Such is its complexity, that even the number of brain cells (neurons) within it remains …”
“This chapter describes the roles that new media might play in rebuilding links between Australia’s diverse publics and the formal political system …”
“Most of you will know someone with mental illness. How long did it take for them to receive help? How does it affect their lives and those around them? …”
“The most remarkable human achievement of the past 200 years has been the conquest of premature death. It has been a task of great complexity, drawing on …”
“Future justice has an economic dimension because economic decisions made today will have an impact on the level of wellbeing …”
“This chapter describes the roles that new media might play in rebuilding links between Australia’s diverse publics and the formal political system …”
“The year 2010 was climatically distinctive. Globally, it was one of the two hottest years in the 150-year (surface thermometer) record …”
“Traditionally, genetic tests have been firmly placed within a clinical context – clinicians order tests to gather information to help or confirm diagnosis of …”
“In the second week of rehearsals I was going to the toilet so often I knew the exact number of steps it would take to get me there …”
“Despite being home to one of the oldest cultures in the world, Australia likes to think of itself as being young …”
“I don’t know that it’s making any difference, is it? And if it is making a difference, how do we begin to quantify the difference it’s making …”
“I grew up in Legoland writ large. Big brick veneer houses on small blocks treed with conifers and covered with tan bark …”
“As part of every course we teach on leadership in public health, we aim to get our students to think about leadership of their own lives. We ask them to imagine …”
“As explained earlier in the book, NCDs are closely related to human behaviour. We are what we eat. We are also what we drink, smoke and exercise. And these …”
“Trees make major contributions to all urban landscapes, such as streetscapes, roadsides, parks and gardens …”
“A few years ago, a survey asked several hundred Americans what they feared more: death, or running out of money during retirement …”
“When I was a child, I was by no means alone in having Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) as one of my great heroes …”
“The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. Such is its complexity, that even the number of brain cells (neurons) within it remains …”
“Aussie youth media is on the rise. There has been an explosion in online media outlets aimed at younger audiences …”
“The rhythms of life: conversation, the roll of the train, rain on the roof and the pulse of music. For most of us, these are taken for granted …”
“Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are usually not the first thing on our mind when we start getting intimate with someone …”
“Since the 1970s multiculturalism has served as a category that has widened the conceptual framework of public policy, cultural philosophy and aesthetic …”
“Australia, along with much of the rest of the world, faces the challenging task of balancing the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …”
“The medical profession is perhaps best known for its contribution to curative medicine. Each day we read about advances …”
“Like most poets I’m very superstitious. The poetry of Yeats’ ripples with visions, spells, alchemy and portents. Yeats not only believed …”
“There is disagreement about whether obesity should be considered a disease. Obesity is inconsistently referred to as a ‘condition’, a ‘lifestyle disorder’ …”
“Jane is a 13-year-old girl whose father brought her along to a children’s clinic to see a psychologist for help with …”
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