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Greens release annual figures for income tax package

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

The Greens have released year-by-year costings of the budget’s income tax cuts, which the government has previously declined to produce publicly.

The estimates have been prepared by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office, at the request of the Greens. The opposition has repeatedly sought annual figures, but the government resisted the...

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Turnbull wants Joyce to have continuing 'prominent role' in public life

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

Malcolm Turnbull has strongly backed Barnaby Joyce running for another parliamentary term, in contrast to Nationals leader Michael McCormack’s much more lukewarm attitude.

As the Joyce saga continued to suck political oxygen in the wake of Sunday’s TV interview on Seven with Joyce and partner Vikki Campion, the former deputy prime...

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The flu vaccine is being oversold – it's not that effective

  • Written by: Chris Del Mar, Professor of Public Health, Bond University
The flu vaccine is being oversold – it's not that effectiveThe protection of the flu vaccine is minimal, and may not be worth it.from shutterstock.com

Winter has started, and with it, flu season. Inevitably, all of us (young, old and sick) have been implored to be immunised against influenza, with some eligible for a subsidised vaccine. And people are heeding the message, to the point that there is now a...

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why Chinese telecoms participating in Australia's 5G network could be a problem

  • Written by: Sandeep Gopalan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation) & Professor of Law, Deakin University

Chinese telecom giants ZTE and Huawei are facing renewed scrutiny about the potential for their equipment and software to be used in Australia’s 5G mobile network, following revelations from a current court case in the United States.

In the end, Australia’s willingness to include Huawei and ZTE in its 5G mobile infrastructure should be...

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  3. Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish between sharing and plain old commercial letting
  4. The House of Bernada Alba is an extraordinary portrait of imposed silence and female misogyny
  5. Why industrial manslaughter laws are unlikely to save lives in the workplace
  6. five medicinal plants used by Aboriginal Australians
  7. Australian drama in the 1970s
  8. Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
  9. Combining the facial recognition decisions of humans and computers can prevent costly mistakes
  10. Fed up with always being in the slow queue? That's why queues are being 'designed out'
  11. How changes to UK law may provide more dual citizenship drama
  12. To improve internships and placements, embed technology in their design
  13. Many women with breast cancer may not need chemo, but beware misleading headlines
  14. Public Service Commissioner targeted over IPA links resigns
  15. Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence
  16. Remember Turnbull's 2015 'ideas boom'? We're still only part way there
  17. How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in Australia
  18. Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting can reduce hospital visits
  19. Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
  20. Australia needs to reset the relationship with China and stay cool
  21. Fear not, shoppers: Amazon's Australian geoblock won't cramp your style
  22. Hitchcock's Psycho and the power of jarring music
  23. understanding online commenting culture shows us how to improve it
  24. New Zealand's productivity commission charts course to low-emission future
  25. Joyce admits he knew as soon as Campion was pregnant that he'd lose his job
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  30. A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?
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  37. What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study
  38. Why nanotechnology is more than just a buzzword
  39. How we're using Darwin's theory of evolution to build robots that can adapt and learn on their own
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