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A benign budget – but will the voters trust it?

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

When Scott Morrison did his pre-budget interview with the Nine Network - as treasurers have done for eons on the Sunday before the Tuesday - Chris Uhlmann asked: “Don’t you think one of the big problems this government has had from the outset is not a budget deficit, it’s a trust deficit?”

Morrison replied that since the...

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ephylone, the dangerous designer stimulant found at Groovin the Moo

  • Written by: Samuel Banister, Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Sydney
ephylone, the dangerous designer stimulant found at Groovin the MooSynthetic cathinones are sometimes sold as “bath salts” or “plant food”, but are intended to be snorted or swallowed for their psychoactive effects.Shutterstock

Australia’s first pill testing service was successfully trialled on Sunday at the Groovin the Moo music festival in Canberra. The group Safety and Testing and...

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Government to announce increased penalties for live sheep trade

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Government to announce increased penalties for live sheep tradeAs the Coalition announces tougher penalties. Labor has promised to phase out the trade.AAP/Animals Australia

The federal government will announce tougher penalties for breaches in the live sheep industry - ahead of receiving the review it has commissioned into the controversial northern summer trade.

Resisting mounting pressure for the trade to be...

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