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Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor's pledge is just a start

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Too many Australians miss out on timely dental care – Labor's pledge is just a startForgoing dental care causes more pain and costly treatments down the longer term. Gertjan Hooijer/Shutterstock

Opposition leader Bill Shorten declared on Sunday that Labor has a “vision of universal access to dental care in Australia”.

Labor’s pensioner dental plan would would give aged pensioners up to A$1,000 of subsidised...

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Orwell's 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power today

  • Written by: Robert Hassan, Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Orwell's 1984 and how it helps us understand tyrannical power todayWritten as the Cold War became entrenched, 1984 was meant as a warning on the nature of state power. Understanding this power is even more important today.Shutterstock

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly...

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The newest election faultline isn't left versus right, it's young versus old -- and it's hardening

  • Written by: Emily Millane, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The newest election faultline isn't left versus right, it's young versus old -- and it's hardeningElections will increasingly be about the generosity of concessions for retirees. Increasingly, they'll have the numbers.Shutterstock

In the field of tax, hard truths are playing out in this year’s election. The first is that special concessions that privilege older, wealthier voters have created a constituency very opposed to change.

The...

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despite record youth enrolments, Australia’s voter base is ageing

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
despite record youth enrolments, Australia’s voter base is ageingIf Labor is relying on a surge of younger voters to deliver it victory then its hopes may be misplaced.AAP/Craig Golding

The 2019 election has been heralded as a “generational election” or an “age war”. Labor goes to the election with a series of policies on climate change, housing affordability, wages and budget...

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  2. Why your veterinarian may refuse to euthanise your pet
  3. wobbling jets from a black hole that's 'feeding' on a companion star
  4. Shorten had the content, Morrison had the energy in first debate
  5. Vale Les Murray, a witty, anti-authoritarian, national poet who spoke to the world
  6. Morrison and Shorten take aim at one another in leaders' debate: experts respond
  7. How three scientists navigated the personal and career implications of a name change with marriage
  8. Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Hughes on political advertising
  9. how to start exercising if you're out of shape
  10. Labor's Newspoll lead falls to 51-49 on dubious assumptions as Palmer and Coalition do a deal
  11. Dingoes and humans were once friends. Separating them could be why they attack
  12. an arbitration dispute and the first ousting of a PM from parliament
  13. It's the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goods
  14. why do we have a QWERTY keyboard instead of putting the letters in alphabetical order?
  15. Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia
  16. parents, children, and educators stand to benefit, but questions remain
  17. Petrol shortages and the dawn of the Menzies era
  18. Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here's why
  19. How many species on Earth? Why that's a simple question but hard to answer
  20. 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio
  21. a new book examines #MeToo in Australia
  22. Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money
  23. Election tightens in Newspoll – Labor lead narrows to 51-49%
  24. Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families
  25. Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake
  26. Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides
  27. It's not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine
  28. Michelle Grattan on week two of the campaign #AusVotes
  29. Palmer's preference deal and watergate woes
  30. Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy
  31. Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers
  32. New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around
  33. Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign
  34. What's the school cleaner's name? How kids, not just cleaners, are paying the price of outsourcing
  35. Vital signs. Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can, on Tuesday week
  36. how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed
  37. Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years
  38. Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong
  39. Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent
  40. 'you’re always commenting on power'
  41. you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon
  42. All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer
  43. Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia
  44. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here's what that means
  45. Palmer's party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?
  46. Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe
  47. Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
  48. capturing the reverberations of loss
  49. Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won't
  50. Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19

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