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Yes, 86% of GP visits were bulk-billed in 2017-18, up from 82% when Labor was in power. But they also rose under Labor, while the percentage for “patients” seems to be lower than the percentage for “visits”.
Wentworth remains one of the most interesting individual contests in this campaign.
Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
Current environment laws are manifestly failing Australian animals.
Australia’s international reputation depends on rejecting the use of Kyoto carry-over. More importantly, so does our climate.
The global environmental crisis is overwhelming, but showing children how they can take care of their immediate environment can empower them to feel like they can make a difference.
If it is wrong to censure art or refuse to display it because of its content, how can it be right to shun it because of the behaviour of the artist?
Few First Nations candidates have succeeded in getting elected to parliament, but it is clear that when they do, they can make a substantial difference.
It remains to be seen whether the Liberals’ campaign woes in Lyons will have any impact on the neighbouring battleground seats of Bass or Braddon, which recent polls suggest the Liberals could regain.
Athlete Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen events. But the decision to ban her is flawed on many grounds.
Most young women we interviewed said they gained pleasure watching sexually explicit material, but their focus was often on their male partner’s needs, desires and expectations, rather than their own.
Ancient Rome and its empire had the concept of asylum at its heart. Its legacy provided inspiration for centres of power around the world, but today outsiders are no longer welcome.
Putting employee directors on Australian boards is seriously back on the agenda for the first time since the 1970s.
The state of budget-balance fetishism in Australia means political leaders promise to balance the budget, no matter what.
Invasive species are the biggest single threat to Australian plants and animals.
It’s hard to say exactly how many koalas are in the wild, but there’s no doubt they’re in serious trouble.
Bigger surpluses, lower debt and tax cuts baked in the Coalition’s worst nightmare come true.
Some old ALP hands have been recalling this week the appearances of Shorten during the Beaconsfield mining rescue, that brought the then union leader and political aspirant to the nation’s attention.
Political humour, like all humour, carries an innate risk: if it works, it can be spectacular, and it it tanks, it can be a catastrophe. Australian election campaigns have given us both.
Lack of scrutiny of the Coalition, barrage of criticism aimed at Labor: News Corp’s coverage of the election campaign has been the definition of partisan.
Creative arts therapies allow people with dementia to express joy and sadness through painting, dance, music and drama.
Stephanie Bishop’s latest novel demonstrates a sophisticated approach to the relationship between time and narrative: novelists and aspiring writers would do well to look closely at her achievement.
The global evidence from more than 300 studies on the economic impact of unionisation shows unions do not, overall, reduce productivity.
With the higher quota at a half-Senate election, parties probably need at least 5% of the vote to be in contention for a seat at this election.