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In relation to this FactCheck on the link between truck driver pay and road safety, a spokeswoman for Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Brendan O'Connor, said: You can find the information…
The politics that Malcolm Turnbull and the big banks support is one in which people are robbed of their citizenship and reduced to economic functionaries.
Was Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, right to say that evidence shows better pay for truck drivers will improve safety?
Before you call in the consultants, stress test your business strategies, intrapreneurship and culture.
The bleaching hitting the Great Barrier Reef not only harms corals. As these close-up photos show, it also deprives many other species of a home and livelihood.
There are limitations to the narrative that more regulation can help tackle toxic bank culture.
Clive Palmer denies being a shadow director of Queensland Nickel, but in eyes of the law, it will be his involvement in business decisions that matters.
It is important for Australia that messages on human rights in Geneva are backed up with strong and unequivocal public and private action when Malcolm Turnbull visits China.
In Australia, estimates suggest undesired harmful effects from medication or other intervention such as surgery occur in around 17% of hospital admissions. But blaming the doctors won’t help.
Young people are pressured into university and many end up in unsuitable courses. We need to recognise these realities and be clear about the purpose of higher education so it doesn’t lose its value.
International education tests reveal Australia has either stagnated or declined in many subject areas, including maths and science, while other countries have made big improvements. Why is this?
It’s bad enough when someone loses money to an online scam. But some victims can also recruit others into the scam causing even further heartache and loss of money.
Experts once thought that young adult literature was doomed. Now it’s got some of the fastest-growing sales in publishing. What changed? Social media might be the key.
Modelling on negative gearing has been reheated but its visible flaws should be noted.
Contrary to popular belief, retirees are more likely to enjoy a healthier lifestyle than their counterparts who remain in workforce.
Skateboarders are being driven from Melbourne’s Lincoln Square after community complaints. But skaters are citizens too, and with obesity on the rise, their activities should be encouraged.
Old climate records can help us understand what has happened in the past, and what will happen in the future.
Royal Commissions work best when one specific issue can be addressed, rather than a wide range of problems.
Banning pedestrians from using their phones seems a natural extension of the prohibition against mobile phone use while driving.
Dogs are important users of urban parks, but these are clearly designed for the use of people – except for a few out-of-the-way dog parks. Is that fair to dogs that have no say about living among us?
Banks have had notice of these issues and failed to resolve them - it seems only fair that they should have to pay.
Poor economic performance and high levels of skilled migration are standing in the way of young Australians entering the labour market for the first time.
There have been policy issues in recent Australian history considered too important for playing party politics. Sadly, those days are long gone.
While many accuse social media of being overrun with vile abuse, there are many ways in which it makes a positive contribution to public debate.