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Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insuranceMany young people see private health insurance as an unnecessary expense.Yuricazac/Shutterstock

It was a key plank of what was dubbed the most significant package of private health insurance reforms in more than a decade. From April 1 this year, private health insurers have been permitted to offer a youth discount – lower premiums for people...

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Curious Kids: why do we cry?

  • Written by: Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
Curious Kids: why do we cry?Most people cry when they're feeling sad, or when they are having big feelings. from www.pixabay.com , CC BYCurious Kids: why do we cry?

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au.


What makes us cry? – Claudia, age 7.5, Victoria.


Hi Claudia. Thank you for this very sensible question.

As you know, crying is...

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We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soils

  • Written by: Anna Hopkins, Lecturer in conservation biology and microbial ecology, Edith Cowan University
We built a network of greenhouses and rain shelters to simulate what climate change will do to soilsMimicking the future.Joe Fontaine, Author provided

As most of the science community knows, the climate emergency is here now. Weather extremes such as droughts and heatwaves are increasing in frequency and intensity and are measurably exacerbated by climate change. The significant impacts of these extremes are well documented on both our native...

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Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged

  • Written by: Owain Emslie, Associate, Grattan Institute
Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-agedMost inheritances go to middle-aged Australians who don't need help.Shutterstock

Inheritances can have an enormous impact on finances and lives.

Yet in Australia we know surprisingly little about who gets them and how big they are.

New Grattan Institute research provides some answers.

Inheritances are big and growing

A sample of estates from...

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