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Roads are the way to go for the 2014 federal budget. tim rich and lesley katon/Flickr

Federal budget 2014: infrastructure experts react

Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney; Christopher Standen, University of Sydney; Graham Currie, Monash University; Jemma Green, Curtin University, and Phillip O'Neill, Western Sydney University

The Abbott government has committed an additional A$11.6 billion for an “infrastructure growth package” that is heavy on roads, but aimed at fast-tracking what it considers critical infrastructure. The…
Treasurer Joe Hockey and finance minister Mathias Cormann face a difficult sell for the Abbott government’s tough first budget. AAP/Alan Porritt

Federal budget 2014: political experts react

Clive Bean, Queensland University of Technology; Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology; Ben Spies-Butcher, Macquarie University; Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide; Frank Jotzo, Australian National University; Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne; Janine O'Flynn, The University of Melbourne; Megan Clark, CSIRO; Peter J. Dean, Australian National University; Rod Lamberts, Australian National University; Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian National University, and Veronica Sheen, Monash University

The Abbott government is hoping an A$11.6 billion infrastructure spending package, combined with a $20 billion medical research fund, will help soften the blow of widespread tightening of health and welfare…
Some pain, but the nation will benefit: Hockey’s first budget. AAP/Lukas Coch

Federal budget 2014: economists react

Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University; Ben Phillips, University of Canberra; Deborah Ralston, Australian Centre for Financial Studies ; Lawrence Abeln, University of Adelaide; Remy Davison, Monash University, and Richard Holden, UNSW Sydney

The Abbott government has laid out its path to reach a budget surplus near the end of the decade in the face of continued below-trend growth. Stopping short of making deep cuts in the coming years, Treasurer…
A recent Ombudsman’s report is damning of the Victorian criminal justice sector, particularly around issues of accountability and transparency. shutterstock

Lifting the veil on the crisis in Victoria’s prisons

Bree Carlton, Monash University and Marie Segrave, Monash University

Victorian Ombudsman George Brouwer’s report on deaths and harm in Victorian prisons may have largely sailed under the public radar, but it shines a rare spotlight on the levels of systemic harm in custody…
In the absence of evidence, the real reason for cuts to health spending may well be ideological. Alan Porritt/AAP

Australia’s ‘unsustainable’ health spending is a myth

Jeff Richardson, Monash University

The unsustainability of government health expenditure in Australia is a myth that has been carefully nurtured to justify policies to transfer costs from government to the public. Tomorrow’s budget is expected…
More people – and pets? – want to produce creative radio content. zoomar

RN’s Creative Audio Unit – what’s that all about?

Mia Lindgren, Monash University

ABC Radio National’s new Creative Audio Unit (CAU) launches on Sunday, with two new shows – [Radiotonic](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/radiotonic/](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/radiotonic…
Scientists have discovered that the natural environment is a major reservoir of antibiotic resistant genes. Flickr: bizjournal

Study finds widespread antibiotic resistance in nature

Pat Hutchens, The Conversation

Resistance to commonly used antibiotics are in the genes of bacteria everywhere, researchers at the University of Lyon in France have discovered. A worldwide study of the gene sequences of bacteria, published…
In Spain, the unchallenged capital of crime fiction is undoubtedly Barcelona. Alexandre Dulaunoy

Barcelona Shadows: death is everywhere and life is cheap

Stewart King, Monash University

Detectives don’t walk down just any old mean street. They prefer them well trodden. London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo are all favoured haunts for crime fiction writers. In Spain, the unchallenged capital…

The Direct Action path to poverty

David Holmes, Monash University

The current gallery of columnists at The Australian are always interesting to read. There is a core of them that display the views of Coalition politicians only with more colour and erudition, and often…
A no-fault compensation scheme is already widely used for third-party motor vehicle accident claims. Paul Hocksenar/Flickr

Why don’t we create a no-fault scheme for medical injuries?

David Weisbrot, University of Sydney and Kerry Breen, Monash University

Lost among the many provocative recommendations of last week’s National Commission of Audit report was a proposal to phase out the Commonwealth’s A$100 million subsidy of medical indemnity insurance premiums…
There are stark disparities in the typical amount of tax per standard drink in Australia. Kimery Davis/Flickr

Alcohol tax reform: a minimum price is in the public interest

Brian Vandenberg, Monash University and Anurag Sharma, Monash University

When former treasury head Ken Henry completed a review of alcohol tax arrangements in 2009 he described them as “contradictory” and “incoherent”. Earlier, former treasurer Peter Costello had been more…
The Commission of Audit made much of the affordability of Australia’s core areas of social spending without any consideration of our social responsibilities. AAP/Tom Compagnoni

The Commission of Audit wants to rip up Australia’s social contract

Veronica Sheen, Monash University

The recommendations in the Commission of Audit’s report, which was released yesterday, would, if implemented, erode the fundamental building blocks of Australia’s social contract. The social contract…
The Commission report recommends private health insurers take on a greater role in Australia’s health system. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Commission of Audit’s health hit list: experts respond

Anthony Harris, Monash University; Jim Hyde, Deakin University; Karen Soldatic, UNSW Sydney; Philip Clarke, The University of Melbourne; Rob Moodie, The University of Melbourne, and Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

The National Commission of Audit has made 86 recommendations with a focus on the federal government’s 15 biggest and fastest-growing areas of spending. Health is near the top of the list, with the Commission…

Aiding and abetting suicide in terminal illness

Steve Ellen, Monash University

It is illegal in Australia to aid or abet suicide. Despite this Dr Rodney Syme publicly announced this week that in 2005 he provided a lethal drug, Nembutal, and advice to a patient who two weeks later…
The Commission of Audit report has recommended sweeping spending cuts for the government to consider for its May 13 budget. AAP/Alan Porritt

Commission of Audit report released: experts respond

Veronica Sheen, Monash University; Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology; Ben Phillips, University of Canberra; Ben Spies-Butcher, Macquarie University; Geoff Sharrock, The University of Melbourne; Glenn C Savage, The University of Melbourne; Gwilym Croucher, The University of Melbourne; Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne; Janine O'Flynn, The University of Melbourne; Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney, and Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University

The National Commission of Audit has made 86 recommendations with a focus on the federal government’s 15 biggest and fastest-growing areas of spending. The result is proposals for sweeping spending cuts…
The transfer of asylum seekers to detention centres in Papua New Guinea is a clear violation of Australia’s international law obligations. AAP/Eoin Blackwell

Asylum seekers: we can’t ignore our international law obligations

Azadeh Dastyari, Monash University

This week’s Four Corners investigation on the circumstances surrounding the death of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati at the Manus Island detention centre in February was uncomfortable viewing. The ABC…
According to a new report, academic research into gambling is heavily biased, and controlled by industry and government. AAP/Paul Jeffers

He who pays the piper calls the tune: gambling with research

Charles Livingstone, Monash University; Francis Markham, Australian National University, and Martin Young, Southern Cross University

Earlier this month, a team of British anthropologists from Goldsmiths College of the University of London published a report about the mundane, if very lucrative, world of Big Gambling and the cadre of…

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