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Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too

  • Written by: Terry Slevin, Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University

Removing the financial worries from Australians diagnosed with cancer is bound to be a popular move.

The Opposition’s A$2.3 billion cancer care plan – announced in Bill Shorten’s budget reply speech on Thursday night – aims to ensure cancer treatment costs for scans, specialists and drugs are bulk billed or subsidised under...

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Those future tax cut promises... they're nowhere near as big as you'd think

  • Written by: Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
Those future tax cut promises... they're nowhere near as big as you'd thinkMuch of what's been promised would have had to happen anyway.Shutterstock

The 2018 budget contained big tax measures – worth A$143 billion over the next decade – initially targeted at lower and middle income Australians, but after five or so years to be heavily weighted towards higher income Australians. The 2019 Budget doubled down,...

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Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan

  • Written by: Emma Schleiger, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a planArtificial intelligence needs to be developed with an ethical framework.Shutterstock/Alexander Supertramp

The question of whether technology is good or bad depends on how it’s developed and used. Nowhere is that more topical than in technolgies using artificial intelligence.

When developed and used appropriately, artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at risk

  • Written by: Jeremy Dean Wilson, Ph.D candidate, Department of Environment & Science, Griffith University, Griffith University
Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at riskA palisade trapdoor spider of the new species _E. turrificus_ walks across the rainforest floor near Maleny, Queensland.Jeremy Wilson, Author provided

Several new species of trapdoor spiders found in Queensland are finally described in an article published this month in Invertebrate Systematics.

But each of the new species occurs in only its own...

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  1. Michelle Grattan on the government's benign budget and Shorten's mic drop
  2. New Zealand gun owners invoke NRA-style tropes in response to fast-tracked law change
  3. It's time for Indigenous nationhood to replace a failing colonial authority
  4. why do tigers have whiskers?
  5. 'enhancing' forensic audio can mislead juries in criminal trials
  6. The 'painless woman' helps us see how anxiety and fear fit in the big picture of pain
  7. Why it might be time for New Zealand to reconsider the legal definition of murder
  8. Bill Shorten's tactical play foils budget's tax pitch
  9. What just happened to our tax? Here's an explanation you'll understand
  10. death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji
  11. federal budget takes aim but will it be a lethal shot?
  12. Don't kiss your kids? Questioning the recent advice about CMV in pregnancy
  13. Australian philanthrophy needs your help
  14. Why do we mix up faces? Game of Thrones might help us find the answer
  15. Seven steps Melbourne can take to regain its 'liveable city' crown
  16. Shorten uses budget reply speech to reframe the economic debate
  17. Shorten promises $2.3 billion package to relieve costs for cancer patients
  18. New livestreaming legislation fails to take into account how the internet actually works
  19. dingoes can keep feral cats in check
  20. How Leonardo da Vinci, 'Master of Water', explored the power and beauty of its flow
  21. why the Crusaders rugby team is right to rethink brand after Christchurch attack
  22. Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself
  23. What Najib Razak's corruption trial means for Malaysia – and the region
  24. A 'seiche' wave can outpace a tsunami, and both can be triggered by meteorites and earthquakes
  25. Shorten's budget reply will outbid government on tax relief for low income earners
  26. federal budget will widen gap between rich and poor
  27. Goodbye Google+, but what happens when online communities close down?
  28. Coral reproduction on the Great Barrier Reef falls 89% after repeated bleaching
  29. a dreadful year that demands action
  30. Ex-prisoners are more likely to become homeless but the reverse isn't true
  31. Do you plan your life around your fitness schedule? You could be addicted to exercise
  32. Helmet churn adds to challenges of e-scooter disruption
  33. racism, resilience and the right to belong
  34. What makes a school good? It's about more than just test results
  35. Jim Chalmers on Labor's budget reaction
  36. a vision for the arts in the 2019 budget
  37. ABC inquiry finds board knew of trouble between Milne and Guthrie, but did nothing
  38. Government gives Newstart recipients energy payment to smooth passage of legislation
  39. Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to know
  40. don't blame online for killing discount department stores
  41. The budget super change that helps the wealthy at the expense of the young
  42. Were you paying attention on budget night? Test yourself with this quiz
  43. Is bottom-pinching still 'indecent' by today's community standards?
  44. The first known case of eggs plus live birth from one pregnancy in a tiny lizard
  45. Going to the naturopath or a yoga class? Your private health won't cover it
  46. How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machines
  47. Total transport spending is about par for the course, but the pattern is unusual
  48. Banning 'tiny vehicles' would deny us smarter ways to get around our cities
  49. women don't get a fair go in sports administration
  50. Budget 2019 has little new for schools and even less for early childhood: education experts respond

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