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Your postcode shouldn't determine your health – or whether you're admitted to hospital

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imageSome regions have had rates of preventable hospital admissions 50% above the state average for more than a decade. Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/Shutterstock

People ending up in hospital for diabetes, tooth decay, or other conditions that should be treatable or manageable out of hospital is a warning sign of system failure. And Australia’s health...

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There's a time to put down the smartphone, seriously!

  • Written by: Brett Hutchins, Associate Professor in Media Studies and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Monash University
imageThe typical view at a concert when fans take out their smartphones.Shutterstock/Pressmaster

Fans of singer-songwriter Alicia Keys were greeted with a simple message earlier this year when they entered the Highline Ballroom, in New York, to watch her perform.

This is a phone free event.

Their smartphones were placed in a lockable pouch distributed by...

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Turnbull presses premiers for quick action on post-sentencing regime for terrorism prisoners

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked states and territories to finalise a post sentencing detention scheme for terrorism crimes so legislation can come in quickly.

The proposed regime will allow high-risk terrorist offenders to be held beyond their sentence. The court-supervised process will be similar to the arrangements in a number of...

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Wong wins foreign affairs in Shorten's new frontbench line up

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageBill Shorten announces his frontbench with deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek.AAP/Andrew Taylor

Bill Shorten has made some very sound decisions in his far-reaching frontbench overhaul, but the exercise contained some shockers as well.

Moving deputy leader Tanya Plibersek from shadow foreign minister to a beefed up education portfolio puts more heft...

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