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Suspending welfare payments unlikely to boost school attendance

  • Written by: Kirsten Hancock, LCC Research Fellow at Telethon Kids Institute; Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
imageDisadvantaged students are more likely to miss school.Dan Peled/AAP

The Commonwealth Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, recently floated the idea of linking welfare payments to children’s school attendance rates.

But research and results from ongoing trials show this policy approach doesn’t really help address the problem.

The...

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Banks can target service before sales to avoid a banking royal commission

  • Written by: Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology

The US$185 million fine levied on US bank Wells Fargo for unauthorised accounts opened by employees seeking bonuses appears to have become a tipping point for industry action in Australia.

Reacting to sales targets and bonus incentives, Wells Fargo employees artificially inflated their sales by secretly opening accounts. They then transferred funds...

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BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast

  • Written by: Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

Australia’s offshore petroleum industry regulator is set to rule next week whether to grant oil giant BP’s application to drill in the Great Australian Bight.

But BP’s environmental plan, released last week, suggests that the company’s proposed plan for dealing with a blowout displays less urgency than would be expected in...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's approach to welfare

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

University of Canberra professorial fellow Michelle Grattan and senior lecturer in political science Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics, including Nationals MP George Christensen going solo, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement of a rise in Australia’s humanitarian refugee intake, Education Minister Simon...

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  7. Intelligence review must tackle anxiety around information-gathering, privacy and security
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  13. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
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  21. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
  22. Race to the White House: foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr's tweet
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  26. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
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