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3 lessons from behavioural economics which Labor forgot
Tracey West | May 23, 2019Labor’s extensive policy platform was bold but its leaders overlooked some fundamental principles of behavioural economics in trying to sell it to the voters.
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The battlefield is no place for soldiers
Solomon Birch | May 23, 2019Automation and artificial intelligence may replace humans in a host of current industries and perhaps in the oldest profession of all – the warrior on the battlefield.
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Understanding #Quexit
Anne Tiernan | May 23, 2019Progressive voices have lit up social media with memes blaming Queensland for Labor’s loss in the federal election, but condemning the state as regressive and redneck does nothing to understand voters’ motivations.
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Early childhood education is everybody’s business
Tricia Eadie | May 22, 2019The first five years of life are the most critical for building the foundations for life-long learning, well-being, and health. It is therefore critical we have policy reform and investment in quality early childhood education.
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Australia should stop bolstering China’s military
Alex Joske | May 22, 2019A clear statement that Australia will not increase the war fighting capability of the Chinese military would be common sense and offer a guiding principle for future decision-making.
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Tackling the threat of invasive species
Linda Broadhurst | May 22, 2019The threat posed by invasive species is often overlooked amid worries over land clearing and climate change, but tackling alien plants and animals which crowd out native species is vital to the future of Australia’s fragile ecosystems.
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Girls and boys
Sherine Al Shallah | May 21, 2019Society’s attitudes to gender stereotypes can prompt some tricky questions for children and parents alike.
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Fresh blood and new challenges for Labor and the Coalition
Michelle Grattan | May 21, 2019Should Labor jump to a generation when it chooses its new leader – and should Scott Morrison steal some Shorten policies to broaden his agenda in government?
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Hail, the President of Parliament
Graeme Dobell | May 21, 2019Australia’s Prime Minister won re-election with a Presidential approach, but he will still have to negotiate a careful path in power given his razor thin margin of victory.
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How Labor lost the people
Geoffrey Robinson | May 20, 2019After confidently predicting a Labor victory for the last three years, the pundits are now explaining the reasons why Labor lost. Central to the defeat was the party’s inability to convince enough people it would make their lives better in the future, rather than threaten their prosperity today.
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Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: The success story of Bio21
Robert Crompton | May 20, 2019The Bio21 Hub was established in 1998 through a collaboration between Melbourne University Science Departments and Research Institutes including the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. This 20 year relationship has now led to break-through commercialisation of cancer research in partnership with major pharmaceutical companies.
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What comes next for the ‘miracle man’?
Marija Taflaga | May 20, 2019Scott Morrison’s election victory shocked the pundits but his lack of a policy agenda for the new term is not the only question mark over the future of the Liberal Party.
