@liammannix

Science journalist with @theage and @smh. My best-selling book on science of back pain, BACK UP, out now: https://xitter.cf/t.co/dvinWuyvoG

 Melbourne
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Joined February 2009
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Delighted to be joining @theage's incredible investigations team as an investigative reporter, focussing on science and health. Got a yarn? Contact me at [email protected] Signal (encrypted): liammannix.18
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No consent: Sacked professor loses case after women’s cells used in mice experiment theage.com.au/national/no-co…

No consent: Sacked professor loses case after women’s cells used in mice experiment

The research seemed so promising, but now a university has paid back millions and its one-time star is gone.

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Health Nerd@GidMKSep 25
My new piece looks at the Last Ditch bar/masking shenanigans and how people have always misunderstood disability and COVID-19 risk. Also, why mask mandates don't really make sense to me in 2026. gidmk.medium.com/the-last-di…

The Last Ditch Mask Fight: What Are The Risks of COVID-19 in 2026?

A discussion that we’re still somehow having

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How a $165b medical giant hid the truth about its popular back pain device. theage.com.au/national/impos…

Medtech giant hid bad data from patients, doctors

The TGA found Medtronic had “exempted” some adverse event reports, and alleged a device was far less effective than claimed.

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The greatest scientific mystery of our time may have just flashed in a gold mine smh.com.au/national/the-grea…

The greatest scientific mystery of our time may have just flashed in a gold mine

Sometimes it feels as if all the fundamental questions about existence have been solved. Scientists just found something they can’t explain.

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Daany Saeed@daanysaeedAug 27
Hard to overstate the regularity with which I text Marnie some variation of: “hey I’ve seen the abuse you’re copping”. I don’t know of another reporter that cops as much online abuse as her and my heart breaks - for what? It’s fucking outrageous.
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FIFO boss resigns from flagship youth mental health service theage.com.au/national/victo…

FIFO boss resigns from flagship youth mental health service

The chief executive of the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service has announced she is leaving the role after workers complained of deteriorating patient care and frustration with...

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@DKThomp10 Dec 2025
New newsletter: 26 IDEAS FOR 2026 Feat. #6: The age of anti-AI populism is coming #10: The only modern virtue is money #17: The future will be hot, high, and lonely: GLP-1s + daily marijuana use now exceeds daily drinking + death of partying derekthompson.org/p/the-26-m…
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Case study callout: do you have kids who will be effected by the social media ban? Keen to chat for a story in @theage
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Exclusive from Angus Dalton and I: ANSTO planning to close multiple beamlines at Lucas Heights and the Synchrotron theage.com.au/national/scien…

Budget cuts ‘threaten Nobel Prize-generating research’

The government may close one-of-a-kind instruments at the synchrotron in Melbourne and Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney.

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Youth mental health crisis: What if social media isn’t to blame? The common underlying megatrend is rampant neoliberalism based on extreme economic theory. It’s created an individualistic fragmented society. Social media captured by oligarchs is a symptom smh.com.au/national/what-if-…

What if it’s not social media?

Young people around the world are in the middle of a mental health crisis. We want to blame Facebook and TikTok. What if we’re wrong?

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theage.com.au/politics/feder… Australia’s $24B #MRFF is delivering just $650M a year — far short of its $1B promise. PBO shows we could safely lift this to $800M–$1B annually while the fund keeps growing. @AlboMP, let’s back our researchers, boost innovation, & secure better health.

Billions going unspent from Australia’s $24b medical research fund

Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan reveal the government could double how much funding it gives to innovative health research each year.

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Everyone agrees youth mental health is bad - much worse than earlier generations. There's a rush to blame social media - despite a lack of robust evidence it's really to blame. What if we're letting that blind us to the real culprits? smh.com.au/national/what-if-…

What if it’s not social media?

Young people around the world are in the middle of a mental health crisis. We want to blame Facebook and TikTok. What if we’re wrong?

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BREAKING-High Court of Australia has thrown out Ben Roberts-Smith’s last ditch attempt to overturn previous findings of 4 judges that he is a war criminal, bully and liar. Truth wins again. Thanks to our solider truthtellers and legal team. Let’s never forget the Afghan victims.
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Finally free, seven years after @Richard_D_Boyle went public in our joint @smh @theage @abcnews @4corners investigation. It's a great day! #4corners smh.com.au/politics/federal/…

ATO whistleblower escapes jail time and conviction

Former debt collection officer Richard Boyle exposed allegations of aggressive debt collection practices at the government agency seven years ago.

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Cervical flexion posture during smartphone use was not a risk factor for neck pain, but low sleep quality and insufficient levels of physical activity were. A longitudinal investigation pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4084…

Cervical flexion posture during smartphone use was not a risk factor for neck pain, but low sleep...

Cervical flexion posture during smartphone use was not a risk factor for NP or frequency of NP, but low sleep quality and insufficient levels of physical activity were.

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Exclusive - The secret cash commissions paid to recruit patients and FB posts about a “major cover up” that landed Dr Al Muderis’s biggest critic in jail. theage.com.au/national/i-los… @theage @smh

‘I lost everything’: How denouncing surgeon Al Muderis landed biggest critic in prison

What began as enthusiasm for a cutting-edge surgery ended in acrimony and incarceration.

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how is this allowed to happen?
Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef6 Aug 2025
Absolutely existential shit.
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James Ives@JamesIves1727 Jul 2025
Using the new Draft Value Index to analyse which positions each club has spent their points on over the last decade Interestingly, North has spent the 3rd most points but only 10% has been allocated to key positions (which ranks them 15th on aggregate)
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