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Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes mean

  • Written by: Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
Premiums up, rebates down, and a new tiered system – what the private health insurance changes meanThis year's premium increase is small in comparison to previous years – but it still outweighs wage inflation.From shutterstock.com

If you have private health insurance, or are considering getting it, a series of changes coming into effect on April 1 are worth knowing about.

These include the annual premium increase, a small decrease in...

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From the bronze age to food cans, here's how tin changed humanity

  • Written by: Michael Cortie, Physics Discipline Leader, University of Technology Sydney
From the bronze age to food cans, here's how tin changed humanityTin comes from the ore cassiterite.Shutterstock/PYP

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work.

Today’s it’s tin, a chemical that has little use by itself, but mix it with other elements and it takes on a whole new life.

Me...

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Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare

  • Written by: Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Australia’s electricity sector has begun to transition away from coal, with coal’s contribution to our electricity mix falling from around four-fifths 13 years ago to around three-fifths today.

Twelve coal-fired power stations closed between 2012 and 2017.

There are clear upsides to the transition, among them an ongoing decline in...

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what are Confucius Institutes and do they teach Chinese propaganda?

  • Written by: Jeffrey Gil, Senior Lecturer in ESOL/TESOL, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University

Government concerns about Chinese influence in Australia continue. One example is the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, which seeks to provide for the public and government

visibility of the nature, level and extent of foreign influence on Australia’s government and political process.

It has been reported the Attorney-General’s...

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  2. Scott Morrison struggles to straddle the south-north divide
  3. How big tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability
  4. NZ's environmental watchdog challenges climate policy on farm emissions and forestry offsets
  5. Labor pledges $14m funding boost to Environmental Defenders Offices – what do these services do?
  6. Kate Mulvany's The Mares bristles with energetic feminist storytelling
  7. How to challenge racism by listening to those who experience it
  8. How Fraser Anning was elected to the Senate – and what the major parties can do to keep extremists out
  9. Grab your tickets to our live election events (plus 30% off our book)
  10. how a sci-fi film tackled big philosophical questions
  11. How challenging masculine stereotypes is good for men
  12. Helping teachers 'practise what they teach' could help them stay teaching for longer
  13. Why we still struggle with work-home conflict in women and men
  14. Historic pay equity settlement for NZ care workers delivers mixed results
  15. Chinese social media platform WeChat could be a key battleground in the federal election
  16. What is a waterless barrier and how could it slow cane toads?
  17. Healthy, happy and tropical – world's fastest-growing cities demand our attention
  18. A national living wage is on the table. Now let's talk about a global living wage
  19. Jenny Macklin on inequality and Labor values
  20. what can we learn from Al Jazeera's undercover NRA sting?
  21. Making more drugs available 'over the counter' would be a win for the public and the health care system
  22. Banning exotic leather in fashion hurts snakes and crocodiles in the long run
  23. Scott Walker has gone but his voice will drift with us into the twilight
  24. The inside story on crime within prison
  25. Are more Aussie trees dying of drought? Scientists need your help spotting dead trees
  26. 'are Kegel exercises actually good for you?'
  27. should Australia lower the voting age to 16?
  28. James Ashby rocks a few boats, including his own
  29. When even winning is losing. The surprising cost of defeating Philip Morris over plain packaging
  30. Smart speakers are everywhere -- and they're listening to more than you think
  31. When we celebrate Captain Cook's voyage, let's mark the epic journey of a Wati Wati man also
  32. To protect fresh food supplies, here are the key steps to secure city foodbowls
  33. Morrison kicks decision on Queensland coal plant well down the road
  34. It's your money they're spending in this election-eve budget. Here's how we're covering the story
  35. Did Al Jazeera's undercover investigation into One Nation overstep the mark?
  36. Peta Clancy brings a hidden Victorian massacre to the surface with Undercurrent
  37. What is the Medicare rebate freeze and what does it mean for you?
  38. Why new laws are vital to help us control violence and extremism online
  39. why strategic marine park placement is a win-win
  40. Australian political journalists might be part of a ‘Canberra bubble’, but they engage the public too
  41. Morrison flags new laws to stop social media platforms being 'weaponised'
  42. Expect tax cuts and an emptying of the cupboards in a budget cleanout as the billions roll in
  43. Pets and owners - you can learn a lot about one by studying the other
  44. Older people are more digitally savvy, but aged care providers need to keep up
  45. Schools are asking students to bring digital devices to class, but are they actually being used?
  46. Massacre is now part of Christchurch's identity, so how does a city rise above that?
  47. A new twist in the elusive quest for the origins of the word 'bogan' leads to Melbourne's Xavier College
  48. Shorten to announce Labor's 'living wage' plan but without an amount or timing
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  50. A skilful and stirring one-man treatment of George Orwell’s Animal Farm

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