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As China moves towards a ‘new normal’ on economic growth, it will use its five-year plan to promote sustainable growth.
When asked about importing cannabis oil to treat child epilepsy, rural health minister Fiona Nash told Q&A that the TGA can allow importation of products not registered in Australia. Is that right?
When asked for a source to support her assertion, a spokesman for Nash sent a response from a TGA official that said: The Special Access Scheme (SAS) can be used for the importation of a cannabinoid product…
Australia’s high rates of imprisonment and re-imprisonment of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities is not only shameful, it is entirely predictable and preventable.
The idea that the Australian accent may be the product of drunkenness in early European settlers is wildly speculative. And yet it has gained international attention in the past week. Why?
Coal exporting countries could buffer the transition to low carbon economies by taxing coal production or exports.
With El Niño upon us and the prospect of water scarcity ahead, how well positioned are we to make accurate and timely decisions about water resources?
Police are entrusted with enforcing the laws against domestic violence – the same laws that some are breaking in their own relationships.
Sydney will need to provide dwellings for an additional 309,000 households and Melbourne an additional 355,000 households over the next decade to 2022.
Building genuine empathy into artificial intelligence is harder than it looks. It might be a while before we see the genuine article in robots.
A lack of government guidance on how student tuition fees should be used by universities is resulting in money for teaching being spent on research instead.
There are several ways scientists can explain risks of cancer and other diseases; some are easier to understand than others.
JK Rowling has come under fire for signing an open letter opposing a cultural boycott of Israel. The form of the complaints, and Rowling’s response, tell us much about the author-fan relationship.
The word “virus” strikes terror into the hearts of most people. But most viruses are actually vital to our very existence.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
Federal health minister, Sussan Ley, said that one in two Australians is now suffering from a chronic disease. Is that right?
Australia should be looking at international best practice for early intervention programs targeting young people at risk of joining violent gangs and right-wing extremist groups.
Current Australian tax rules are distorting decisions of investors, which is why the Cayman Islands remains so attractive.
The latest round of research grant funding has been announced, and many worthy researchers have not made the cut. Why?
Considerations of the moral case for coal must do far more than consider whether cheap fossil energy will lift people out of poverty. It must consider the pollution and harm to nature that come with it.
With the world’s carbon budget already bursting at the seams, getting off coal is the moral thing to do. And a moratorium is a more efficient way to do it than ever-increasing rules and regulations.
How many issues can be put to the Australian people for votes in a single year? This is a key question for the referendum to recognise First Australians in the constitution.
Regardless of the World Cup final result, rugby union is dwarfed by the three other major football codes in Australia’s competitive football landscape.
Halloween is upon us. Why do we seek out experiences that we know will expose us to dread, disgust and terror?