Lifestyle
The public pool versus the real estate developer
The longer days of summer offer desk jockeys like me a seasonal opportunity for direct sunlight. After work, I like to go swimming. But my local pool, like too many others across Australia, has fallen into a dire state of disrepair.
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Coronary heart disease is no longer Australia's leading cause of death
In 1968, coronary heart disease caused close to half of all premature deaths in Australia among both men and women under 70 years. But this year, for the first time, coronary heart disease is not the leading cause of death in the country.
The Point Essential Reading List 2025
As the year draws to a close, the Point team has compiled a list of our favourite essential reads of 2025.
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The value humans place in intellect at the expense of other forms of intelligence
Humans are bad at valuing the things we are not good at. We bundle our strengths together and call them intelligence, then say that intelligence is the best thing to have. And we valorise sight above all the other senses. Hearing once meant much more to us, but we have pushed it to the periphery of our lives.
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