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The shame of public shaming

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Shaming’s fall and rise

Public shaming is not new. It’s been used as a punishment in all societies - often embraced by the formal law and always available for day-to-day policing of moral norms. Over the past couple of centuries, however, Western countries have moved away from more formal kinds of shaming,...

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Federal budget 2016: education experts react

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imageThe Coalition want to standardised literacy and numeracy testing for students in years 1 and 12.AAP

The government is spruiking a focus on education to drive innovation in the 2016 budget but it has put off higher education reforms in favour of further consultation.

The higher education reforms, which included the deregulation of university fees,...

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Federal budget 2016: political experts react

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imageWhat's in the Turnbull government's first budget for cities, defence, social services, the ABC and more?AAP/Lukas Coch

The government is trying to encourage jobs and growth in the 2016 budget through some measures for young job-seekers and working families while establishing tougher rules on welfare.

Working families will have to wait for the...

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Federal budget 2016: health experts react

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To help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) the government will scrap the carbon tax compensation to new recipients of government welfare benefits. This will save the government A$1.4 billion over five years.

The government is putting $2.1 billion towards the...

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  1. Government pitches for ‘integrity’ in tax and super: experts respond
  2. Budget podcast: John Daley on the big picture
  3. Morrison pushes 'a plan' not a cash splash
  4. Budget timing tricks do nothing to help small business, or the economy
  5. Infographic: Budget 2016 at a glance
  6. Scott Morrison's growth fantasy needs a dose of venture capital discipline
  7. Election budget sends companies sweeteners to drive growth
  8. Carpageddon: what you need to know about the release of carp herpes in Australia
  9. RBA cuts rates to 1.75% ahead of federal budget
  10. PolicyCheck: the Coalition's dental health care policy
  11. Why women's eggs run out and what can be done about it
  12. Lifting their 'voice': how unions can arrest membership decline and stay relevant
  13. Australia's soaring housing costs signal need for a new economic consensus
  14. PolicyCheck: Negative gearing reform
  15. What does an anthropologist actually do?
  16. River on fire: even if it's not coal seam gas we should still be concerned
  17. Review: Disgraced turns West-meets-Islam divisions into striking melodrama
  18. To get young people out of nursing homes, we need to back up the NDIS with housing – here's how
  19. Exactly what is innovative about the word 'innovation'?
  20. Election budgets can only ever be a charade
  21. Infographic: the size of Australia's government
  22. 'Working families', 'Tony's tradies' – what will this year's budget soundbite be?
  23. Now for the big question: who do you trust to run the country?
  24. Breast cancer campaigns might be pink, but men get it too
  25. Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia
  26. Listen up: many farmed fish are hard of hearing – here's why it matters
  27. Kidman Co and Huawei decisions mean mixed messages for Chinese investors
  28. Why we should treat Craig Wright's claims to being Bitcoin inventor with scepticism
  29. Cigarettes tax hike bipartisan but $19.5 billion hole in Labor costings
  30. Australia must act now to preserve its culture in the face of global tech giants
  31. FactCheck: was Barnaby Joyce right about Australia's debt under Labor?
  32. Need help with that delivery? Call the monkey midwife!
  33. Regional television set for a shake-up as Nine partners Southern Cross Austereo
  34. Smart Cities Plan offers signs of hope, but are Turnbull and Taylor just dreamin'?
  35. Health Check: does the 'G-spot' exist?
  36. Australia's prohibition of e-cigarettes is out of step with the evidence
  37. Budget 2016 reader questions
  38. How Chinese roller derby is empowering women
  39. To get more people to pay taxes, Indonesia should stamp out corruption by officials at the top
  40. Where are they now? Tracking down the promises of budgets past
  41. The off-topic Conversation #91
  42. What will schools get out of the budget? Just some more unwanted gift cards
  43. World's biggest investors risk another more severe global finanical crisis
  44. Getting away with it: Ashton Raggatt McDougall wins the Gold Medal
  45. Election explainer: when does the government enter caretaker period and what does it mean?
  46. Writing movement: why dance criticism matters
  47. Men more reluctant to go to the doctor – and it's putting them at risk
  48. Dads get postnatal depression too
  49. Getting the right treatment can prevent heart attacks – here's how
  50. Apple Pay no sure thing in mobile payments race

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