The education minister says that under Labor there were child care price spikes of up to 14% over a 12 month period, but under the Coalition those have fallen to “around 6% on average”. Is that right?
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Do we really need to focus on things like spelling or memorising dates if technology can do that for us? Perhaps education should focus on other things instead.
Fusion power, if it works, offers vast amounts of clean energy and almost zero carbon emissions. A new experimental fusion reactor has come online, and it uses a curious twisted stellarator design.
With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
Centrelink’s debt recovery problems reflect an over-simplistic application of policy to the complexity of workers’ lives in a flexible labour market.
The Australian Census has been taken since 1911. But is it still necessary in today’s world of mass digital data collection?
What gets in the way of a productive conversation about risk communication? Being a normal human, that’s what.
Labor’s project of economic transformation hit some harder realities as Paul Keating assumed the top job. And a new push on remaking Australia stirred a brooding reaction of its own.
Blindsided by John Hewson’s policy platform, the Keating government scrambled to come up with solutions to the “recession we had to have”.
By the end of 1992, Paul Keating had done more than anyone to place on the political agenda issues of national identity that had been either dead or dormant for years.
There’s a growing body of evidence that shows we could be doing more for the close to billion children at risk of intestinal worms. We simply cannot afford to ignore it.
The gambling lobby’s failure to seriously influence the 2016 ACT election should embolden governments around Australia that have a mind to deal with gambling reform.
We have become used to hearing stories of ‘increased chatter’ and ‘high alerts’ when it comes to terrorism. Doesn’t that mean intelligence agencies should know enough to prevent attacks?
While MYEFO discussion focuses on the budget deficit, experts say it also serves as a stark reminder of the need for bigger policy ideas in Canberra.
A new book explores some of the big questions of why the universe exists and why it seems fine-tuned for life.
Leaving school early more than doubles your risk of heart attack, according to a new Australian study.
Electricity bills are set to rise further for households. But it’s just because power stations are closing.
For the first time, parliament plans to ban a right-wing extremist group, called National Action.
The latest Productivity Commission report on how consumer law is being used shows that the same issues still haven’t been addressed for years.
A flat-rate fee on all student loans is a fairer economic proposal.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
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Political Historian and Administrator Officer, Australian Historical Association, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of English, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
