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Former UK foreign secretary says Rudd was 'qualified' to be UN candidate

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

Former British foreign secretary David Miliband has said Kevin Rudd “undoubtedly had the qualification” to be a candidate for the United Nations secretary-general post.

Miliband said Rudd is regarded as a “heavyweight” in the international environment.

“I think he is seen as someone with a genuine global view, at a time...

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Weekly Dose: sofosbuvir – what's the price of a hepatitis C cure?

  • Written by: Greg Dore, Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAt over $1,300 a pill, a cure for hepatitis C comes at a high price. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Sofosbuvir is one of a number of new direct-acting antiviral drugs revolutionising the care of people living with hepatitis C. Combinations of two or three hepatitis C virus direct-acting antiviral drugs taken for 8-24 weeks can cure more than 90% of...

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NAPLAN results don't tell the full story behind Australia's lack of education progress

  • Written by: Bronwyn Hinz, Policy Fellow at the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
imageGiven how much money, time and effort has been invested in schooling reforms, why aren’t we seeing substantial improvement across Australia?AAP/Dan Peled

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results released on Wednesday show Australian students are making few gains in literacy and numeracy. National average...

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Zika, or dengue and Chikungunya: what should you be worried about at the Rio Olympics?

  • Written by: Joanne Macdonald, Senior Lecturer, Molecular Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
image_Aedes aegypti_: bringing you Zika, dengue and Chikungunya. Ian Jacobs/Flickr, CC BY-NC

A number of athletes have pulled out of the Rio 2016 Olympics due to concerns about the Zika virus and the widening list of birth defects associated with infections during pregnancy. But Brazilian authorities have said there’ll be “close to...

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  2. PC sets groundwork for long-awaited look at super competition and efficiency
  3. The traditionalists are restless, so why don't they have a party of their own in Australia?
  4. Mobile payments and tap and go might not mean the end for tellers
  5. Making waves: the tsunami risk in Australia
  6. Amnesty-Human Rights Watch investigation reports medical neglect and assaults on Nauru
  7. Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant
  8. Why executions in Indonesia must stop
  9. Jihad Selfie: listening to 'the other side' in documentary film
  10. Ghost-hunting: will the census reveal the true scale of homelessness in Australia?
  11. Business Briefing: Abenomics fails to address Japan's true woes
  12. Is the concept of 'helicopter money' set for a resurgence?
  13. Reimagining NSW: Five ways to future-proof NSW’s innovation ecosystem
  14. Does not compute: Australia is still miles behind in recycling electronic products
  15. Reimagining NSW: going beyond 'wilderness' and finding fresh ways to relate to our environment
  16. The hidden curriculum in surgery says it's not for women
  17. The land we play on: equality doesn’t mean justice
  18. The Aboriginal football ethic: where the rules get flexible
  19. In praise of the Sirius building, a ruined remnant of idealistic times
  20. Let forensic science help prevent a crime or a disaster
  21. Dhaka café attack: don't blame private education for radicalisation in Bangladesh
  22. Politics podcast: Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go
  23. Economists react: RBA cuts rates to 1.5%
  24. The great movie scenes: Hitchcock's Vertigo
  25. Family First's Bob Day wins last SA Senate seat in shock result
  26. One in five police officers are at risk of PTSD – here's how we need to respond
  27. 'A wiseman's art': Twelfth Night and cross-mobility casting
  28. Are you ready for the jobs of the future?
  29. If Australia is going to have a plebiscite on marriage equality, how should it work?
  30. The electricity market's not doing a great job – here's how to improve it
  31. High speed rail plan still needs to prove economic benefits will outweigh costs
  32. Census 2016: should you be concerned about your privacy?
  33. China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP
  34. Big retailers are realising the risk of moving into convenience stores
  35. Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion
  36. Explainer: what is behavioural activation for depression?
  37. Mapping the brain: scientists define 180 distinct regions, but what now?
  38. Reimagining NSW: how good governance strengthens democracy
  39. Can we predict who will turn to crime?
  40. Nostalgia, VHS and Stranger Things' homage to 80s horror
  41. Sports coaches need to be educated about concussion to keep players safe on the field
  42. Russian doping scandal: should other countries pull out of the Olympics?
  43. WA Senate result: 5 Liberals, 4 Labor, 2 Greens, 1 One Nation
  44. The return of the breeze block
  45. The off-topic Conversation #104
  46. Windows 10 one year on: it's evolving but privacy still a concern
  47. Lichens may be a symbiosis of three organisms; a new Order of fungus named
  48. Janis Joplin and Sharon Jones add a feminist beat to the Melbourne Film Festival
  49. Juvenile detention royal commissioners must reach out to rebuild public trust
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