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How Australia can fix the market for plasma and save millions

  • Written by: Robert Solnim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
How Australia can fix the market for plasma and save millionsAustralians aren't paid for their donations even though donors overseas are.Shutterstock

Australia’s demand for plasma, a component of blood that transports nutrients, is rapidly outpacing domestic supply. This means enormous quantities of plasma must be imported from overseas, where donors are paid for donating.

Two factors can help explain...

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Australian universities to benefit in Australia-Indonesia free trade deal

  • Written by: Avery Poole, Assistant Director, Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne

On August 31, Prime Minister Scott Morrison secured an end to negotiations on a new free trade agreement with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, opening a path for Australian universities to build new campuses in Indonesia. Negotiations began in 2012, but have recently ramped up. President Widodo and Prime Minister Morrison signed a memorandum of...

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Don't believe what they say about inequality. Some of us are worse off

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Don't believe what they say about inequality. Some of us are worse offWithout measures to stop it, many of us will fall further behind.Shutterstock

If you were going to reduce a 150-page Productivity Commission examination of trends in Australian inequality to a few words, it would be nice if they weren’t “ALP inequality claims sunk”, or “Progressive article of faith blown up” or “L...

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Why the WA government is wrong to play identity politics with dingoes

  • Written by: Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia

Australia’s Commonwealth Coat of Arms depicts two iconic native animals – the kangaroo and the emu. Both are unquestionably fair dinkum Aussies, unique to this continent and having lived here for a very long time. A “very long time”, according to Australian legislation (the EPBC Act 1999), is any species having been present...

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  2. Peter Dutton's decisions on the au pairs are legal
  3. Michelle Grattan on the Liberals' leadership spill and the controversy around au pair visas
  4. whose name on the laws of physics for an expanding universe?
  5. Revised DrinkWise posters use clumsy language to dampen alcohol warnings
  6. What is a mobile network, anyway? This is 5G, boiled down
  7. Australian politics and the psychology of revenge
  8. Peter Corris's Cliff Hardy was a genuine Australian international crime fiction hero
  9. what role does ministerial discretion play in the Chelsea Manning visa case?
  10. For Pacific Island nations, rising sea levels are a bigger security concern than rising Chinese influence
  11. Children’s well-being goes hand in hand with their dads’ mental health
  12. why the UN has found Myanmar’s military committed genocide against the Rohingya
  13. Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws
  14. done right, awareness-raising days can pack a punch
  15. the art of the colonial kangaroo hunt
  16. why do our muscles stiffen as we age?
  17. how to provide suitable and affordable housing for ageing people
  18. When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buy
  19. online retailing is changing our lives, whether we use it or not
  20. Leaks target Peter Dutton over decisions on au pairs
  21. The high costs of our destructive coup culture
  22. Sarah Kane's controversial 1990s play Blasted feels prescient in the #MeToo era
  23. How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experience
  24. Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence
  25. Belly fat is the most dangerous, but losing it from anywhere helps
  26. Training won't end discrimination, we have to hold people responsible
  27. Spring is coming, and there's little drought relief in sight
  28. journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump's America
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  30. Better than the alternative. What the market thought of ScoMo
  31. A 'woman problem'? No, the Liberals have a 'man problem', and they need to fix it
  32. Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academia
  33. Donald Trump’s Brave New World and Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision
  34. New solar cells offer you the chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
  35. What type of relationship should I have with my co-parent now we're divorced?
  36. Local communities need more reassurance about the legacy left by coal seam gas wells
  37. Planned closures of charter schools in New Zealand prompt debate about Māori self-determination
  38. Australian science at the 2018 Eureka Prizes
  39. Digital inclusion in Tasmania has improved in line with NBN rollout – will the other states follow?
  40. Could Section 44 exclude Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce from parliament?
  41. Our new PM wants to 'bust congestion' – here are four ways he could do that
  42. An ape in anguish: Brett Whiteley's Sacred baboon
  43. Liberal MP Julia Banks to quit at election, calling out bullying
  44. With Bishop gone, Morrison and Payne face significant challenges on foreign policy
  45. How Brazil can beat the odds and restore a huge swathe of the Amazon
  46. We hardly ever trust big transport announcements – here's how politicians get it right
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