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Morrison finds his productivity report is useful for Labor too

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageTreasurer Scott Morrison on Tuesday said reform was harder now than in the 1990s.Lukas Coch/AAP

Just as the government hopes it is making progress on the energy conundrum, it finds itself struggling on another front of deep public disgruntlement – the NBN.

The rollout of what’s generally considered a second rate model is producing a high...

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Five ways to kickstart the economy -- without cutting company taxes

  • Written by: Jim Minifie, Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
imageThe Productivity Commission has recommended sweeping changes to how infrastructure is governedShutterstock

The Productivity Commission has released the first in a planned series of five-yearly updates on productivity in Australia. The report shows that there is much the Australian government can do to boost productivity and living standards.

These...

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Big bang: Germinal creates a universe out of nothing on stage

  • Written by: Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne
imagePerformers engage in theatrical world-building in Germinal. Bea Borgers, Author provided

In theatre-making, we often talk about world creation. “What is the world of the play?” teachers seriously ask their students, and dramaturgs their directors. This is because the process of making theatre is, in a very fundamental way, a process of...

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Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease

  • Written by: Anna Vinkhuyzen, Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
imageIf we could test the genome of all Australians we could better target preventive health campaigns. from www.shutterstock.com

If you could take a test that would reveal the diseases you and your family might be more likely to get, would you want to do it?

Rapid developments in gene testing technologies have sparked debate about whether healthy...

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