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Methodology: finding the numbers on Australia's foreign aid spending over time

  • Written by: Robin Davies, Associate Director, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

As the author of this FactCheck, I was asked to review the facts on Australia’s foreign aid spending from the Menzies era to 2016-17. Sir Robert Menzies was prime minister from 1949 to 1966, which is the Menzies era for present purposes. (Menzies also served as prime minister from 1939 to 1941.)

I examined the evidence for and against this...

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Teased and bullied – the challenges of starting school with a stutter

  • Written by: Mark Onslow, Professor of Speech Pathology and Director, Australian Stuttering Research Centre, University of Sydney
imageChildren who stutter may fly under the radar, appearing shy and quiet. from www.shutterstock.com

Starting school can be daunting for any child. Often it is the first excursion into the world without parent contact. The teacher is a new person in the child’s life, who, among many other things, is a daytime caregiver.

For a child who stutters,...

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If GPs pass on cost from rebate freeze, poorer, sicker patients will be hardest hit

  • Written by: Rosemary Elkins, Research Assistant - School of Economics, University of Sydney
imageThe freeze on GP rebates from 2014 to 2020 will mean many GPs will have to make up the cost from patients. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Not even a fortnight in the job and the newly appointed health minister, Greg Hunt, is already facing pressure from medical organisations to scrap the controversial freeze on Medicare rebate indexation.

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