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What's the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol

  • Written by: Jaithri Ananthapavan, Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics, Deakin University
What's the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcoholAustralians drink more than nine litres of pure alcohol a year.

We don’t often equate the kilojoules we drink in our glass of wine or pint of beer with the weight that accumulates around our middle. But our new study shows increasing the price of alcohol is the most value for money policy option to prevent obesity in Australia.

The study,...

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Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians

  • Written by: Luke McNamara, Professor of Law, UNSW
Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politiciansOutgoing Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy and wife Renae as Guy acknowledges defeat in the recent Victorian state election in which he had tried to appeal to voters' fears over street crime, race and terrorism.David Crosling/AAP

With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever...

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Morrison government promises $1.25 billion for health care

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

With health perennially a challenging election issue for the Coalition, Scott Morrison has announced $1.25 billion extra funding he says will provide more doctors, nurses and services.

Under a new Community Health and Hospitals Program, the federal government will partner with communities, states and territories, health and hospital services and...

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'Designer' babies won't be common anytime soon – despite recent CRISPR twins

  • Written by: Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
'Designer' babies won't be common anytime soon – despite recent CRISPR twinsEditing just one gene in an embryo could create many unanticipated side-effects once the baby is born. from www.shutterstock.com

This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity.


Despite reports that two genetically modified...

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