University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan look at the political consequences for the prime minister in having promoted Mal Brough to the ministry. They also discuss the government’s policy pipeline and what specific announcements could be made in the coming months.

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More and more studies are attempting to “value” nature by attributing (sometimes huge) dollar figures to things like threatened species. Apparently, this makes it possible to compare their value – for the record, a sea otter is worth twice as much as a sea turtle, according to one...

The participation of women in the labour force has increased substantially over the last few decades, but women still retire with around half as much superannuation as men.

Women are still more likely than men to have interrupted career patterns and work casually or part-time. Women have longer...