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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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  3. Assisted dying is one thing, but governments must ensure palliative care is available to all who need it
  4. Energy prices are high because consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructure
  5. Telling Chinese students to conform won't fix cross-cultural issues
  6. Fingerprinting to solve crimes: not as robust as you think
  7. How to teach your kids to think more critically about money
  8. Connecting 'diblings': how the law is failing to keep up with modern families
  9. Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid
  10. We are living alone together in today's cities – and that calls for smart and 'bolshie' moves
  11. Rethinking tourism and its contribution to conservation in New Zealand
  12. Senate crossbenchers take the first steps on lobbying reform – now to ensure it succeeds
  13. We Love Arabs: accomplished satire offers food (and hummus) for thought
  14. Health Check: do boys really have a testosterone spurt at age four?
  15. Don't fear robo-justice. Algorithms could help more people access legal advice
  16. Financial literacy is a public policy problem
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  19. Autism and the arts: making a space for different minds
  20. What do single, older women want? Their 'own little space' (and garden) to call home, for a start
  21. How doctors are taught to deal with death
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  25. Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self
  26. Tree of Codes wields dance, music and art to create new spectacle
  27. Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables?
  28. Should central banks have a 'representative of the poor'?
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  30. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the New Zealand election
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  32. When bacteria tell a story: tracing Indigenous Australian ochre sources via microbial 'fingerprinting'
  33. Victorian courts should expand their supervision of family violence offenders
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  38. Australia's high rates of bladder cancer deaths show why blood in urine should always be investigated
  39. Swift parrots need protection from sugar gliders, but that's not enough
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  44. Grattan on Friday: The rift between Brandis and Dutton deepens as the behemoth of Home Affairs rises
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