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Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government's 'three-sector solutions'

  • Written by: John R. Butcher, ANZSOG Adjunct Research Fellow, Australian National University
imageShould government perform any tasks listed in the Yellow Pages?shutterstock

Governments once had a virtual monopoly over the delivery of public services in Australia. But, during the past two decades, Australian governments – both state and federal – have retreated from direct service delivery.

Australia now has a mixed economy of...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the 18C changes

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act unveiled this week look set for defeat in the Senate. But the issue will continue to breathe life. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra vice-chancellor Deep Saini it’s going to be a very difficult issue for Malcolm Turnbull and is a “triumph of ideology over...

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Decriminalisation in the NT signals abortion is part of normal health care

  • Written by: Suzanne Belton, Associate professor, Menzies School of Health Research
imageThe long road to abortion reform in the NT has been made possible by community campaigns, and gender parity in the lower house.Brian Yap/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The Northern Territory parliament this week passed a bill decriminalising abortion up to 24 weeks’ gestation, removing the requirement of parental approval for abortions in teenagers and...

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ASIC's CommInsure pass shows why badly behaving bankers will never fear jail time

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University

In October 2014, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Chairman, Greg Medcraft, was pretty forthright

This is a bit of a paradise, Australia, for white collar criminals.

Just a day later, reportedly after a phone call with Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann, he attempted to clarify his remarks.

I correct that. Basically...

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  1. Sporting codes' deals with gambling companies force them into a Faustian bargain
  2. Friday essay: reading Germaine Greer's mail
  3. Capital gains tax concession is too generous: economists poll
  4. What languages should children be learning to get ahead?
  5. Australia could alleviate its youth justice crisis by importing the right ideas from the US
  6. Painkillers like ibuprofen can increase the risk of heart disease and should be restricted
  7. Vital Signs: if it looks like a bubble and sounds like a bubble...
  8. Three rivers are now legally people – but that's just the start of looking after them
  9. How we edit science part 5: so what is science?
  10. Grattan on Friday: Barnaby Joyce is telling the government to listen to politics in the pub
  11. The metapolitical long game of the European New Right
  12. Let me entertain you – that's how to get a science message across
  13. Australia's copyright reform could bring millions of books and other reads to the blind
  14. National Science Statement does little to bring industry and researchers together
  15. Research suggests motherhood has changed my brain.
  16. How 19th century fairy tales expressed anxieties about ecological devastation
  17. FactCheck Q A: Has confidence in the media in Australia dropped lower than in the United States?
  18. Despite escalating prescriptions, nerve pain drug offers no relief for sciatica
  19. Politics podcast: Michaelia Cash on union misconduct
  20. Terror in London: Western cities will always be vulnerable to these attacks
  21. Explainer: the financialisation of housing and what can be done about it
  22. NDIS housing rules for people with a disability could be life-changing
  23. Flying into uncertainty: Western Sydney's 'aerotropolis' poses more questions than answers
  24. Here's how much it would cost the government to pay everyone who takes care of family with mental illness
  25. It's harder for governments to tax their way out of rising inequality
  26. 'Empowerment' feminism is not working – we need a far more radical approach to gender equality
  27. Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian rules football?
  28. Snowy hydro scheme will be left high and dry unless we look after the mountains
  29. How we edit science part 4: how to talk about risk, and words and images not to use
  30. The US just made flying harder for millions. Tips for dealing with the laptop ban
  31. National Science Statement a positive gesture but lacks policy solutions: experts
  32. Australia finally has crowd-sourced equity funding, but there's more to do
  33. Western Australia's welcome engagement in Asia has been a long time coming
  34. Swisse cheese: there are too many holes in complementary medicine regulations already
  35. Film review: A Plastic Ocean shows us a world awash with rubbish
  36. Commercialise my footy: how the AFL's grip on the game shrinks the fans' role
  37. You can't rely on fish oil supplements in pregnancy to make your children smarter
  38. Proposed changes may confuse rather than clarify the meaning of Section 18C
  39. The latest ideas to use super to buy homes are still bad ideas
  40. Trump's credibility takes a hit as FBI finds no evidence of Obama 'wiretap'
  41. How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies
  42. How electric cars can help save the grid
  43. How we edit science part 3: impact, curiosity and red flags
  44. In a miserable year, the Adelaide Festival brought us joy
  45. Conservatives have captured Turnbull for culture war crusade
  46. Coalition rebounds in Newspoll following Snowy announcement, but Essential moves to Labor
  47. Section 18C change appears doomed in Senate
  48. Putting a dollar value on how much employees are willing to put their own interests first
  49. How healthy soils make for a healthy life
  50. After the Catalyst arts funding mess, many questions remain

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