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In the Family Court, children say they want the process explained and their views heard. It's time we listened

  • Written by: Anne Graham, Professor and Director of the Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University
In the Family Court, children say they want the process explained and their views heard. It's time we listenedOur research found that children place the most emphasis on issues such as having the Family Court process and the roles of key players explained to them, and on being heard.Cindy Zhi NY-BD-CC, CC BY-NC-ND

Where will I live? Who will look after me? Can I stay at my school? Do I have to move house? Can I keep my dog?

When parents separate, children...

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Five ways the Treasurer could boost the budget bottom line

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutions, Grattan Institute

Treasurer Scott Morrison faces a difficult balancing act in the federal budget. He wants to cut income taxes, deliver new infrastructure spending and still reach a surplus by at least 2019. If he’s serious about maintaining the surplus, here are five ways the Treasurer could boost revenue to make the numbers work.

1. Scrap age-based tax...

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Capping university places will mean a less skilled and diverse workforce

  • Written by: Omer Yezdani, Director, Office of Planning and Strategic Management, Australian Catholic University
Capping university places will mean a less skilled and diverse workforceThe legacy of capping funding for universities will be a less skilled future workforce, and an Australian youth that miss out on the educational opportunities available to their parents. Shutterstock

Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced last year in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook that funding for Commonwealth-supported...

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  1. what abandoning tax reform means for taxpayers
  2. Every cancer patient should be prescribed exercise medicine
  3. Toxin linked to motor neuron disease found in Australian algal blooms
  4. why a Chinese dress set off a cultural debate about identity and history
  5. Goals – and own goals – in Australian football
  6. Custom-built DNA could be used as a sensor probe
  7. We can't just leave it to the NDIS to create cities that work to include people with disability
  8. Why do you have to wear a helmet in space?
  9. A benign budget – but will the voters trust it?
  10. ephylone, the dangerous designer stimulant found at Groovin the Moo
  11. Government to announce increased penalties for live sheep trade
  12. How design thinking can help teachers collaborate
  13. If tennis really wants to stamp out corruption, it will need systemic change
  14. The new 100% recyclable packaging target is no use if our waste isn't actually recycled
  15. who benefits and why other states should consider it
  16. Space Agency for Australia: here's why it's important
  17. Australians will not buy electric cars without better incentives
  18. Michelle Grattan on the budget outlook
  19. The 2018 Archibald, Sulman and Wynne prizes show a changing of the guard
  20. neuroscience is advancing, but we're a long way off head transplants
  21. the remarkable, prize-winning rise of our small publishers
  22. Company boards are stacked with friends of friends so how can we expect change?
  23. fallout from banking crackdown could be worse than interest rate rises
  24. China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world
  25. Beyond breadwinners and homemakers, we need to examine how same-sex couples divide housework
  26. The Dreamtime, science and narratives of Indigenous Australia
  27. Melbourne’s 'doughnut city' housed its homeless
  28. How to tell if your kid's 'fussy eating' phase is normal
  29. What democratic schools can teach us about how to implement Gonski 2.0
  30. Peter Dutton's bid for more crime-fighting power has bought him a fight
  31. The ALP promises to phase out live sheep export
  32. Facebook gets into dating, but there's little scientific evidence online personality matching works
  33. Carrying backpacks doesn't cause back pain in children and teenagers
  34. ReachTEL poll 52-48 to Labor as party faces Perth byelection, and strong swings to US Democrats
  35. Why superhero films such as Infinity War aren't ruining cinema (or our minds)
  36. who is worse off under Coalition budgets?
  37. Australia can do a better job of commercialising research – here's how
  38. A DNA test says you’ve got Indigenous Australian ancestry. Now what?
  39. Revealing how much tax companies pay doesn't move markets or reduce tax avoidance
  40. there is evidence inclusive schooling will help those left behind
  41. Chris Bowen on the budget and Labor's policies
  42. The off-topic Conversation #160
  43. Why decisions to desex male dogs just got more complicated
  44. Rhino fossil rewrites the earliest human history of the Philippines
  45. $500 million for the Great Barrier Reef is welcome, but we need a sea change in tactics too
  46. Rio Tinto's climate change resolution marks a significant shift in investor culture
  47. teaching creativity and critical thinking through the curriculum is already happening
  48. the politics of sugar, sugary drinks and poor nutrition in Australia
  49. The politics behind the competitive neutrality inquiry into ABC and SBS
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