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Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won't slow increase in premiums

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imageThe federal government has announced over a dozen changes to private health insurance.from shutterstock.com

Australians will be able to choose lower premiums for higher excess, and insurers required to more clearly categorise their policies, under the federal government’s shake up of private health insurance announced today.

The package of...

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What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure

  • Written by: Bianca Fileborn, Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW
imageThe power disparity between Harvey Weinstein and his alleged victims plays into a range of myths and stereotypes about women.Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Explosive reports from The New York Times and The New Yorker in recent days have revealed decades of alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by high-profile Hollywood movie executive Harvey...

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Satellites are giving us a commanding view of Earth's carbon cycle

  • Written by: Pep Canadell, CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
imageCarbon dioxide flux over China, measured by NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite.NASA

The job of monitoring Earth’s carbon cycle and humanity’s carbon dioxide emissions is increasingly supported from above, thanks to the terabytes of data pouring down to Earth from satellites.

Five papers published in Science today provide data...

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  5. Vital Signs: the spooky mortgage risk signs our bankers are ignoring
  6. How the Liberals can fix their gender problem
  7. Don't ignore the mobility scooter. It may just be the future of transport
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  11. Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table
  12. Looking into their computer-generated eyes: dating in virtual reality
  13. Black Lives Matter is a revolutionary peace movement
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  39. As China prepares for its Communist Party Congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?
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