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View from the Hill: Shorten targets hip pocket pain, but prescriptions yet to come

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

For Bill Shorten, Tuesday’s National Press Club speech was the easy start to what could be a tougher year than 2017. The address had a popular “announceable” – a proposed National Integrity Commission – and it homed in on fertile electoral ground: cost-of-living pinches, flat wages, and high health insurance costs.

But...

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Shorten puts pressure on Turnbull over anti-corruption body

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

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has pledged a Labor government would set up a National Integrity Commission in its first year – not because of any known corrupt conduct, but to restore people’s trust in the political system.

Shorten said the body – which has been canvassed for years without being adopted by either major party...

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Tasmanian election likely to be close, while Labor continues to lead federally

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Tasmanian election likely to be close, while Labor continues to lead federallyIf the Greens hold the sole balance of power after the Tasmanian election, the next parliamentary term could be a messy business for Labor's Rebecca White or the Liberals' Will Hodgman.AAP/The Conversation

On Sunday, Premier Will Hodgman called the Tasmanian election for March 3. Tasmania uses the Hare Clark system for its lower house, with five...

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Five supplements that claim to speed up weight loss – and what the science says

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
Five supplements that claim to speed up weight loss – and what the science saysDoes caffeine speed up your metabolism? And does that help with weightloss?from www.shutterstock.com

When you google “weight loss” the challenge to sort fact from fiction begins. These five supplements claim to speed up weight loss, but let’s see what the evidence says.

1. Raspberry ketones

Raspberry ketones, sold as weight loss...

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