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Morrison ticks the boxes but can't hide the dysfunction

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

Scott Morrison is approaching a prime ministership that fell into his lap in the tactical manner you might expect from the NSW Liberal party director he once was. Take this week.

First, he seized the Howard barnacle scraper, dumping the plan to lift the pension eligibility age to 70. Not because it was bad policy, but because it could lose votes.

The...

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Dutton and former Border Force chief trade accusations in au pair affair

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

Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has accused the former Australian Border Force chief, Roman Quaedvlieg, of fabricating evidence to a Senate inquiry and suggested he has mental health issues.

Dutton’s attack on his one-time right hand man – who was dismissed earlier this year for misconduct - came after Quaedvlieg claimed that the...

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when is a colonoscopy necessary?

  • Written by: Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
when is a colonoscopy necessary?Colonoscopies are on the rise in Australia.from shutterstock.com

From time to time, we hear or read about medical procedures that can be ineffective and needlessly drive up the nation’s healthcare costs. This occasional series will explore such procedures individually and explain why they could cause more harm than good in particular...

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  2. Morrison's return to surplus built on the back of higher tax – Parliamentary Budget Office
  3. Coal does not have an economic future in Australia
  4. why there's more to duelling than what's seen on our screens
  5. A fresh opportunity to get regulation and engagement right – the case of synthetic biology
  6. When it comes to violent brawls, does Victoria need more 'force'?
  7. Media Files: Spotlight's Walter V. Robinson and the Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson on covering clergy abuse
  8. Local councils put affordable housing supply in the too hard basket
  9. what you should know about teeth whitening
  10. How Australia measures up against UN targets
  11. Retiring at 70 was an idea well ahead of its time
  12. Australia is not on track to reach 2030 Paris target (but the potential is there)
  13. oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction
  14. Why it's time to end the policy limbo threatening Australian children's TV
  15. Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
  16. To fix higher education funding, we also need to fix vocational education
  17. Nike's courageous new ad campaign mixing racial politics with sport will be vindicated
  18. Chelsea Manning and the rise of 'big data' whistleblowing in the digital age
  19. Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
  20. how leadership ideologies drive anxiety in academia
  21. Young people want sex education and religion shouldn't get in the way
  22. science will lie at the heart of our decisions
  23. First Nations dancers are stepping into the void left by Australia's politicians
  24. Dementia patients' thinking ability may get worse in winter and early spring
  25. The synthetic biology revolution is now – here's what that means
  26. Morrison does about-face on age pension eligibility rising to 70
  27. Why Australia should invest in paying early childhood educators a liveable wage
  28. The new and more efficient payments system means new and more efficient payments fraud. Here's how to prepare
  29. do we have to poo every day?
  30. making progress, could do better on inequality and climate
  31. How unearthing Queensland's 'native police' camps gives us a window onto colonial violence
  32. Our urban environment doesn't only reflect poverty, it amplifies it
  33. Gender inequalities in science won't self-correct: it's time for action
  34. Judith Troeth on the Liberal party's woman problem and asylum seekers
  35. A nostalgic journey through the evolution of web design
  36. Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet's
  37. Explainer: can you copyright furniture?
  38. How will Indigenous people be compensated for lost native title rights? The High Court will soon decide
  39. with more families in apartments, such attitudes are changing
  40. How to co-parent after divorce
  41. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  42. Can we learn from the past in tackling witchcraft-related violence today?
  43. Introducing land rent, the ACT's excellent idea for making houses cheaper
  44. Facebook's new video 'Watch' option enters an already crowded market
  45. Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer says Liberals were "subject to threats" in leadership battle
  46. To whack the CFMMEU, Morrison needs first to get the right stick
  47. What is fake honey and why didn’t the official tests pick it up?
  48. When I met James Mirrlees, perhaps the word's greatest tax theorist
  49. Should writers only write what they know? What I learned from my research
  50. how has it come to this in Western democracies?

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