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Fighting the shift from services to tax cuts
Cassandra Goldie | April 27, 2018The Australian Council of Social Service has criticised the Treasurer’s announcement that he will not pursue an increase in the Medicare Levy to help fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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The problem with staffing rural schools
Daniela Acquaro | April 26, 2018Attracting new teachers to country schools remains one of the biggest challenges in Australian education and encouraging student teachers to complete placements in rural schools as a way to address the chronic shortage of teachers in the bush isn’t working.
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Facing up to reality in Sino-Australian relations
Alex Joske | April 26, 2018Chinese Communist Party interference in Australian affairs is real, not mere rhetoric, and it’s the central reason for bilateral tensions. Mistakes in how the China–Australia relationship has been managed shouldn’t lead us to lose sight of that crucial fact.
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Time for a shake up in musculoskeletal pain care
Helen Slater | April 26, 2018System wide reform is required to improve the management of chronic pain in Australia and ease the suffering it brings to thousands of Australians.
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Beyond ANZAC: What really shaped our nation?
Marilyn Lake | April 25, 2018Australia’s reputation as one of the first progressive democracies in the world may have been forged peacefully, but is nonetheless worthy of commemoration.
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A ‘clever’ Australia needs a larger, more potent navy
Richard Menhinick | April 25, 2018Australia is surrounded by the three largest oceans on earth, yet governments over more than three decades have failed to focus on forward defence via powerful, sustainable and deployed maritime forces.
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Well-being and the great outdoors
Vic Health | April 25, 2018Time spent outdoors in green space is good for our physical and mental wellbeing. It sounds simple. But making sure those positive benefits are extended to all corners of our community is a considerably more complex issue.
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Sexy selfies continue a complex game of evolution
Khandis Blake | April 24, 2018Young women posting alluring photos of themselves online say less about gender discrimination – or those taking the sexy selfies – than about the economies they live in.
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The big chill in Australian-Chinese relations
Graeme Dobell | April 24, 2018A fifth ‘ice age’ has descended on China–Australia relations — cooling business, frosting diplomacy and chilling strategic perspectives.
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Australian sponges made from waste can soak up oil spills
Freya Langley | April 24, 2018Australian scientists have developed a reusable sponge-like polymer to efficiently soak up environmentally damaging oil spills in the world’s oceans.
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An artful truth about gender bias: Lessons from the art market
Renee Adams | April 23, 2018Is a woman’s brush stroke worth less than a man’s? Apparently so. Much less. The average price for paintings by female artists is 47.6% lower than the average price for paintings by men. The evidence is consistent with the idea that women’s art sells for less because it is made by women.
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Shining a spotlight into dark corners of government corruption
Christine Lagarde | April 23, 2018Anti-corruption strategies require broader regulatory and institutional reforms and so the IMF Executive Board has just endorsed a new framework for stepping up engagement on governance and corruption in its member countries.
