27 February 2013

B76hcb6d-1361837355 — Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Health Minister Tanya Plibersek during Question Time at Parliament House in 2012. Penny Bradfield/AAP

Health reform: turning a deaf ear to the High Court and a blind eye to the Constitution

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Health Minister Tanya Plibersek have announced they will return health payments to Victoria that had previously been cut from its allocation under the National Health Reform…

1 February 2013

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Blame game: cutting through the spin on Victoria’s hospital funding cuts

By Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

As Victorian hospitals have announced bed closures, job losses and elective surgery delays over the past six weeks, cuts to health service budgets look set to significantly affect patient care in the state…

27 October 2011

Queen_and_phil — Who will take over the family firm after Prince William is under discussion by Commonwealth leaders. AAP/Lyndon Mechielsen

A long line of discrimination but should succession to the throne be changed?

By Michael Bennett, University of Tasmania

UPDATE: Commonwealth leaders have now agreed that laws will be changed to allow sons and daughters of any future British monarch to have equal right to the throne. The ban on the head of state marrying…

26 October 2011

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CHOGM: our complex relationship with India

By Gail Pearson

CHOGM: As the leaders of Commonwealth nations prepare to meet in Perth this week, The Conversation is examining the role of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting. In the first…

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Health reform: turning a deaf ear to the High Court and a blind eye to the Constitution

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A long line of discrimination but should succession to the throne be changed?

CHOGM: our complex relationship with India

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