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Opinion

An extra $1.7 billion for child care won’t improve affordability for most

3 May 2021

Our analysis suggests the government's child-care subsidy changes won’t do much to improve the affordability of child care for many families on low to middle incomes. Nor will it address systemic problems.

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Opinion

Why local knowledge is key to disaster recovery in Gippsland

29 April 2021

The residents of Gippsland have seen fires, floods, droughts and extreme weather, and always bounced back. However, bushfires in 2018–19, followed by the COVID-19 pandemic, made recovery different.

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Opinion

Closed border could cost education sector $20bn a year in 2022

28 April 2021

The Conversation: New research from the Mitchell Institute forecasts the education sector's biggest losses are yet to come, finding a third academic year of no international students would cost about $20 billion a year.

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Opinion

Australia’s economy can withstand the proposed European Union carbon tariff

23 April 2021

The Centre of Policy Studies has modelled the effect of a European Union proposal to significantly cut emissions on Australia’s economy.

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Opinion

What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?

8 April 2021

The government has asked Australia’s medical and vaccine regulators to urgently consider the European Medicines Agency’s finding of a possible link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine and rare blood clots.

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Opinion

Australia can’t afford not to protect investment in tertiary education

4 April 2021

The Age: Australia’s investment in tertiary education, and the benefits it delivers, is at risk because of the pandemic.

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Opinion

Now they want to charge households for exporting solar electricity to the grid

31 March 2021

The Australian Energy Markets Commission has produced a draft decision that will make households and small business with solar panels pay to inject their surplus production into the grid.

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Opinion

Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators & artists

24 March 2021

White curators may not have counted on the level of Indigenous disgust, refusal and critique a recent Dark MOFO exhibition prompted.

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Opinion

A very special episode: how TV shows can be powerful tools for public health

15 March 2021

Television shows can be a powerful tool to promote public health, but only when it's done well.

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