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Just 24% of those living in the poorest quarter of households support an increase in the Age Pension age.
Indonesia’s media landscape may be a model which Australia is emulating as it looks to change media ownership laws. There are positives to this, but also causes for concern.
Doctors at Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital are refusing to release a 12-month-old asylum seeker, highlighting a murky intersection of politics, ethics and law.
Not only are our drug policies not working, we’re falling behind the rest of the world and what evidence says is best to ensure we have fewer deaths from illicit drugs.
Radio broadcaster Neil Mitchell told the Q&A audience that refugees are costing $100 million a year in welfare payments and have a 97% unemployment rate. Is that accurate?
Many of us are happy for governments to increase spending on public services, but we don’t like the idea of higher taxes. There are some good reasons for this.
The Closing the Gap report shows a mix of successes and failures, but early childhood education holds the key to significant progress.
The gains from modest tax reform are not likely to be a revolution in Australia.
Despite what some climate advocates think, extreme weather events do little to sway Americans’ political views on climate change.
Any shift in the focus of climate change research at CSIRO should look at how to stop the problem and reduce its impact on Australia.
We all use rhetorical structures. But, unless we’re skilled in their use, as politicians and advertisers clearly are, we don’t necessarily grasp their full manipulative power.
Planting more trees in our cities is a good idea, but we need to remember to plan ahead for conditions those trees might encounter when they mature in half a century’s time.
The global sharemarket volatility will weigh on Reserve Bank board members as they consider interest rates.
The fact that ambition, competence and interpersonal skills are not well correlated could explain why many managers struggle.
Islamic State uses propaganda to coax its enemies into misguided politico-military and strategic communications efforts.
2015 was the world’s hottest year ever by a long shot. But what drove the record temperatures, and what role did climate change play?
The massive financial and managerial distraction created by Masters has left Woolworths little time and money to focus on its core grocery business.
La création dans un accélérateur de particules d’éléments chimiques « superlourds » qui n’existent pas dans la nature passionne les scientifiques. Quatre viennent d’être découverts. D’autres suivront.
Market “hiccups” are painful for western markets, but a good sign of the internationalisation of Renminbi.
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Student, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
