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Before Australians go to vote on Saturday, The Conversation’s editors have assembled a guide to 11 key policy areas that could swing the vote.
On the big national policies affecting non-metropolitan Australia, such as agriculture and trade, the major party differences are minor. That’s why the election focus turns to local projects.
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As the world tries to get a handle on what a Brexit means, D-Day looms for both Labor and the Coalition.
While technology companies have embraced Washington, they haven’t yet embraced political disclosure.
Young people whose parents have cancer report levels of psychological distress that are three to six times higher than others their age.
Mining requires huge amounts of energy – could it be replaced with renewables?
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with both plate tectonics and life. Is there a connection?
Finding the art in science and investigating the science of art used to be common practise. At the turn of the 19th century the boundaries between academic disciplines hardened, but now new fields like neuroaesthetics are breaking down barriers.
Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion per year more than Labor into Medicare?
Despite efforts to make football a more inclusive game, the AFL has been long been dogged by accusations of sexism and misogyny.
Any sentimental colonial ties should be put aside; Australia’s best trade chance lies with Europe.
Another look at a skull unearthed in Malaysian Borneo 60 years ago can shed light on the mystery of how early humans moved throughout Southeast Asia thousands of years ago.
Awareness of social factors, such as society’s perpetuation of masculinity, are critical to understanding the interconnections between trauma, disadvantage and substance abuse in young men.
Whatever the outcome of this election, hung parliaments and minority governments will increasingly be a feature of the Australian political landscape.
The South Australian royal commission recommended the state investigate a high-level nuclear storage facility. But the costs don’t stack up.
What’s ‘the ethnic vote’ going to do in the top-ten ethnic federal election marginal seats? What are the issues? And will specific groups vote as a bloc?
In relation to this FactCheck, The Conversation asked Pathology Australia for comment. Its president, Nick Musgrave, said: Our member organisations perform approximately 70% of pathology testing within…
In relation to this FactCheck, The Conversation asked Catholic Health Australia for comment. Its spokesperson said: Unfortunately, due to huge and sustained financial pressure being felt by the not-for-profit…
Labor’s shadow health minister Catherine King, said that the government has “cut bulk-billing payments for pathology and diagnostic imaging to make patients pay more”. Is that right?
By continuing to see policies that affect women in economic rather than social terms, both major parties are offering little in the way of improved gender equity.
It turns out unit pricing really is a handy tool to save money, so why are we still not using it?
Labor’s proposed competition policies are based on incorrect assumptions about market power and fail to address inequality.
We found one third of patients near the end of their life received non-beneficial treatments in hospitals around the world. These included initiating chemotherapy and providing emergency surgery.
Most risky drinking happens at home, so policies need to focus on the price of alcohol sold off-premises rather than lockout and other venue-based laws.