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what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?

  • Written by Anika Gauja, Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?Daniel Andrews speaks about the allegations against Somyurek.AAP/Scott Barbour

Less than 24 hours after The Age’s investigation into branch stacking in the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aired on 60 minutes, Adem Somyurek was sacked from Daniel Andrew’s cabinet. The allegations have been referred to police, and...

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We don't know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That's bad for everyone

  • Written by Lisa Amir, Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
We don't know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That's bad for everyoneKevin Liang/Unsplash, CC BY

As the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all too well, good health policy depends on prior planning, decisive action, and a willingness to spend money.

But there’s another area where Australia’s willingness to plan and spend has fallen far short: monitoring breastfeeding rates.

A newly released international...

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Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it's recorded properly

  • Written by Frank Beard, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it's recorded properlyShutterstock

Pharmacists are vaccinating more and more people, but those shots are not always ending up in your immunisation record, our report out today shows.

This means your records could be incomplete, leading to unnecessary repeat vaccinations, or it could affect your eligibility for government benefits or work.

Incomplete records also mean...

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  1. international students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbs
  2. We may live to regret open-slather construction stimulus
  3. Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too late
  4. Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research
  5. experts react to plans to release 2 million fish into the Murray Darling
  6. Disadvantaged students may have lost 1 month of learning during COVID-19 shutdown. But the government can fix it
  7. The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think – but COVID-19 can help us get ready
  8. the self-surveillance strategy to keep supermarket shoppers honest
  9. what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it
  10. Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules
  11. Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure
  12. 48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest
  13. Senate committees are one of the few bright spots in the battle to hold government to account
  14. The coastal banksia has its roots in ancient Gondwana
  15. Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves. One way to do this is to take an Indigenous tour.
  16. Michelle Grattan on protests, social-distancing, and domestic borders
  17. Bob Santamaria, 'the most significant' figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament
  18. Tear gas and pepper spray are chemical weapons. So, why can police use them?
  19. taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down
  20. What makes pepper spray so intense? And is it a tear gas? A chemical engineer explains
  21. why 'the marketplace for ideas' can fail – from an economist's perspective
  22. New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety
  23. Should I wear a mask on public transport?
  24. The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forward
  25. 3 things international students want Australians to know
  26. 120 million years ago, giant crocodiles walked on two legs in what is now South Korea
  27. An El Niño hit this banana prawn fishery hard. Here’s what we can learn from their experience
  28. 4 ways a smart government can create jobs and cut emissions
  29. Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit
  30. Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn't even be up for debate
  31. employers requisitioned our homes and our time
  32. TV has changed, so must the way we support local content
  33. Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn
  34. what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business
  35. Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all
  36. could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?
  37. My baby has 'tongue-tie'. Should I be worried?
  38. with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  39. How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
  40. University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'
  41. At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
  42. how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery
  43. it would help not to pay businesses late)
  44. it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'
  45. Heading back to the gym? Here's how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation
  46. Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
  47. Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford
  48. Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way
  49. The national cabinet's in and COAG's out. It's a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks
  50. Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
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