On the back of Labor’s election launch on Sunday, the party waged a Medicare scare campaign that has reverberated through the whole week.
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Is it true that religious organisations are exempt from paying tax and from standard accounting and record-keeping obligations?
The involvement of youth in politics suggests politicians are not tackling issues of concern to young people.
Serious problems may loom. And not just from a possible vote from the Brits to leave the European Union.
Social robots have exploded into the market in recent years, but what can they really do?
Polls suggest that Nick Xenophon’s team will win a bag of Senate seats. Along with a re-elected Andrew Wilkie, and the Greens, will there be enthusiasm for gambling reform in the next parliament?
Health is always a key factor in deciding which way to vote. So what have the major parties promised in health? And what could these changes mean for consumers?
Australian voters can choose between a youth unemployment policy from the Coalition, seen as a hand out, and the Labor policy which is a hand up.
The federal election campaign has highlighted the very different visions of Australia’s renewable energy future held by the major parties.
Edgar Degas’ relationship with Impressionism was to be a stormy one, but his encounter with Edouard Manet in 1862 was a turning-point in his career. Degas went on to paint a portrait of Manet and his wife - later slashed in mysterious circumstances.
Sugar is maligned for its effects on our health, but it’s an amazing substance and can be used for more than just making things taste sweet.
The government needs not just to hose down the Medicare scare but to drag the debate back onto economic ground.
Behind the sterile debate around the EU referendum is a troubled 40 year relationship.
Voters judge political parties as best we can. But the way political narratives are presented – with their heroes and villains, twists and triumphs – rewards archetypes rather than nuanced reality.
A new report offers recommendations for how to best reform the education system in India.
If we are to have a mature and sensible debate on Indigenous recognition, we must be more willing to embrace difficult issues and diverse perspectives.
Research shows that having experienced shareholders that use swing trading on boards is better for business, than the independent directors required by the ASX.
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that company’s products.
You can’t just buy a radio telescope receiver off the shelf. So CSIRO has been hard at work building receivers for the world’s largest telescopes using the very latest technology.
Despite years of research, nobody knows how to provide evidence of an accurate result while keeping individual e-votes private.
The greater threats to our national public health system lie in the increasing role of consumer co-payments and the power of vested interests that stifle policy innovation in health.
There’s been a deafening silence in recent Australian elections over the environment. But it hasn’t always been the case.
The ups and downs of climate policy since the 2013 federal election.
Experts in the UK, US, India, Indonesia and NZ explain how Australia’s election is playing out abroad and what’s at stake for our neighbours and allies.
Without long-term solutions to the imbalance between incomes and house prices, Gen Ys face a lifetime of renting without the financial and emotional security of home ownership.