No athlete – elite or otherwise – wants to be told that they have to stop playing sport, particularly...
There’s a shortfall of public and community housing across the country, and creative thinking is proving...
Chris Gough used heroin for more than a decade. Even after recovering from opioid dependence, his criminal...
It’s a knockout – concussion in local football
University of Canberra, Rachel Moran
December 6, 2021
No athlete – elite or otherwise – wants to be told that they have to stop playing sport, particularly in the prime of their career. But that’s exactly what happened to Canberra rugby league player Matt Kelly when the first match of the 2021 football season ended up being his last-ever as a footballer at the age of just 23. In eight years, Kelly had suffered at least 13 concussions playing football. And with such a medical history, he knew his playing days were numbered yet still wasn’t prepared for the way it happened so quickly. Kelly’s attachment to rugby league began at the age of six when he started playing in his hometown for the Darling Point Coleambally Roosters. He suffered a couple of head knocks and minor concussion episodes in his early playing years but nothing that he, his family and medical practitioners’ thought was of long-term significance. Kelly...
The future of drug laws – to punish or reprieve
University of Canberra, Rania Yallop
December 6, 2021
Chris Gough used heroin for more than a decade. Even after recovering from opioid dependence, his criminal conviction still controlled his life. He lived in poverty on the streets of Melbourne in the grip of drug dependence, but in trying to rejoin society, his criminal record made it nearly impossible to get a job or housing. “The big one it affects is the way you view yourself and the way your family views you,” Mr Gough said. “As well as how future employers view you. There were a number of years there where I couldn't get a job because of my criminal record.” He is now the executive director of the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy, a health and human rights group that helps people access drug treatment and return to society and employment. Mr Gough hopes that decriminalisation legislation proposed by Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson...
Deakin University, Bridgit Phillips
November 15, 2021
Not everyone has heard of the Outback's Min Min lights, but those who have seen them never forget them, as Bridgit Phillips finds.
There’s a shortfall of public and community housing across the country, and creative thinking is proving...
This month we take a look at dating, love and sex as more than simply social interactions but reflections...
