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Private health insurance premiums should be based on age and health status

  • Written by: Francesco Paolucci, Associate Professor; Head of Health Policy Program, Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs, University of Newcastle
Private health insurance premiums should be based on age and health statusPolicy changes have failed to stop young people dropping their private health insurance.Shutterstock

Private health insurance has come under intense scrutiny in recent months, as it becomes clear health insurers are failing to stop the exodus of young people dropping their cover.

Legislated age-based discounts began in April 2019 but haven’t...

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these 5 charts show our democracy is safe in the hands of future voters

  • Written by: Mark Evans, Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 - bridging the trust divide at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra
these 5 charts show our democracy is safe in the hands of future votersAlmost 900 school kids, aged 12 to 17, were surveyed.Shutterstock

A new, ongoing survey on how young Australians understand and imagine their democracy is already challenging long-held stereotypes.

The survey – conducted for Democracy 2025 – will eventually draw on the 90,000 students and teachers who engage with the Museum of...

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Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education

  • Written by: Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project; and Online Teacher at Education Queensland's IMPACT Centre, The University of Queensland
Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed educationAccording to constructivists, we truly understand something when we filter it through our senses and interactions.from shutterstock.com

This is the second of two essays exploring key theories – cognitive load theory and constructivism – underlying teaching methods used today.

Constructivism is an educational philosophy that deems...

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Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party's left

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

Scott Morrison is picking up that Australia’s devastating, prolonged fires are producing a soured, anti-government mood among many in the community.

It may not be entirely rational for people to turn on politicians in such situations. The actual fighting of the fires, driven primarily at state and local levels, appears to have been efficient.

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  2. what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?
  3. how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster
  4. As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems
  5. I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
  6. Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief
  7. As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that
  8. a new film tells us little about the woman fixed in the role of musician's muse
  9. What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem
  10. How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings
  11. 6 things to think about if you want a baby and 1 if you don't
  12. Australian law doesn't go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right
  13. riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race
  14. Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?
  15. ancient penguins were as tall as people. We've discovered the species that started the downsizing trend
  16. Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn't mean they're justified
  17. So your kid's finished their first year of school. Here's what they should have learnt
  18. 5 human rights issues that defined 2019
  19. As heat strikes, here's one way to help fight disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes
  20. Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg
  21. Don't blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It's climate and economic change driving farmers out
  22. seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
  23. In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted plea
  24. We're still fighting city freeways after half a century
  25. Why were tourists allowed on White Island?
  26. why do we get bruises?
  27. To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice
  28. (Almost) everyone's a winner? Art is meant to break rules and prizes must adapt
  29. Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law
  30. Why the profit motive fails in education
  31. a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
  32. The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow
  33. 2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse
  34. Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried
  35. Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities
  36. PISA doesn't define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won't fix whatever is broken
  37. Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes' health, but we can do better
  38. How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
  39. The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning
  40. Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won't stop us doing it
  41. Why White Island erupted and why there was no warning
  42. Job losses expected as NZ's broadcasting sector faces biggest overhaul in a decade
  43. Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power
  44. 'One of the most poignant opera scenes I have ever experienced': Pinchgut’s Farnace
  45. Andrew Hastie on foreign influence, security and veteran mental health
  46. Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read
  47. 'How do I clean my penis?'
  48. Voters send sharp message to politicians about trust: ANU Australian Election Study
  49. Finally, your electricity bill looks set to fall. Here's how much you could save
  50. Estonia didn't deliver its PISA results on the cheap, and neither will Australia

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