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A national domestic violence crisis hotline is still under-funded and unable to keep up with demand, after the 2015 federal budget delivered only a few short-term measures on domestic violence.
The big surprise about this year’s health budget was what wasn’t there – billions of dollars in expected savings from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Lost in the political debate about subsidising child care is the fact that universal free preschool care has been abandoned as a goal of good social policy.
When Miranda Tapsell called for more diversity in Australian television in her Logies speech, she hit the nail on the head. It’s time for Australian producers to take colour-blind casting seriously.
The problem with auctioning immigration places is that it puts the focus on short-term revenue-raising, rather than immigration’s more important medium- to long-term nation-building role.
Éidín Ní Shé, University of Technology Sydney and Jessie Lymn, University of Technology Sydney
Showing the “impact” of arts and cultural events is ever more important. But defining and measuring that impact requires long-term tracking and customised tools.
The review of Medicare recently announced by the health minister is not only a pachydermal task, it will also fail unless it acknowledges the elephant in the room – our fee-for service health system.
Social Services minister Scott Morrison has unveiled the first part of the Abbott government’s “families package” ahead of next month’s federal budget and the signs are not good. With the announcement…
Journalism schools are full of first-generation students that fit the SBS charter’s directive to ‘make use of Australia’s diverse creative resources’ and ‘reflect the changing nature of Australian society’.
There are still many Australians who don’t have regular access to the internet. We must do more to bridge the digital divide and accommodate a diversity of technologies.
Most of the new credit released after China’s central bank cut the required reserve ratio will be used to fund new investment in infrastructure and construction – and that’s good news for Australia.
Australia’s federal and state leaders have pledged “urgent collective action” on violence against women. But a closer look at COAG’s new action plan reveals we’re already years behind on key measures.
Tom Barnes, Australian Catholic University and Kevin Lin, University of Technology Sydney
The growing labour movement in China, as fragmented and repressed as it is, offers hope for workers everywhere as an example of organising against incredible odds.
The consequences of digital disruption on one of government’s largest and iconic enterprises, Australia Post, are impossible to ignore. Now, it’s adapt or perish.