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Trucks are destroying our roads and not picking up the repair cost

  • Written by: Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
imageA fully loaded semitrailer can cause 10,000 times more damage to roads than a family car. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

It’s high time Australia changed its current road user charges for trucks. The shortfall between the charges for heavy vehicles and the money spent on things like road system maintenance, construction costs, road crashes...

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Could long-distance bullies in Australia face up to 20 years in jail for encouraging suicide?

  • Written by: Marilyn McMahon, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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In a rare decision, a young woman who encouraged another teenager to kill himself has been found guilty of manslaughter. A Massachusetts judge found that Michelle Carter’s text messages to her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, contributed to Roy’s suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

The case marks a controversial development in...

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The passage of Gonski 2.0 is a victory for children over politics

  • Written by: Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute

In the early hours of this morning, the Senate did something profound. It voted to improve the way we fund our schools. This is a victory for the children of Australia.

A Senate packed with cross-benchers and minor parties was supposed to make political compromise harder, and good policy all but impossible.

But the cross-benchers have proved the...

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Australia is still lagging on some aspects of early childhood education

  • Written by: Kate Torii, Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
imageAustralia is doing well on enrolling four-year-olds in pre-school, but the picture on three-year-olds is less clear.Shutterstock

The OECD’s latest Starting Strong report provides an update on early childhood education opportunities across the developed world, and a fresh insight into how Australian children are faring.

The Starting Strong...

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  3. Vital Signs: it will take more than asking for a pay rise to fix Australia's wages problem
  4. Explainer: how law enforcement decodes your photos
  5. Who's responsible? Housing policy mismatched to our $6 trillion asset
  6. Friday essay: the legend of Ishtar, first goddess of love and war
  7. Is it really so wrong to care for an introduced bird species?
  8. The Lark Descending: are non-native birds undervalued in New Zealand?
  9. Grattan on Friday: Plenty of 'rising damp' in Turnbull government's approach
  10. Pauline Hanson is wrong – we need to include children with disability in regular classrooms
  11. Explainer: how malware gets inside your apps
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  13. Gene testing for the public: a way to ward off disease, or a useless worry?
  14. The government's new energy plans will leave investors less confident than ever
  15. 'Who knew the world could be so awful': Alice Birch's apocalyptic feminist theatre
  16. Journalists in war zones tread a fine line between safety and freedom of speech
  17. Why the sunrise is still later after the winter solstice shortest day
  18. Why is the Australian government funding Hollywood films at the expense of our stories?
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  20. Growing up in disadvantaged areas may affect teens' brains, but good parenting can help
  21. Restricting bail and parole for those with terror links is no cure-all
  22. Are we counting culture to death?
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  24. Surgeons admit to mistakes in surgery and would use robots if they reduced the risks
  25. Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
  26. Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health
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  30. A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?
  31. A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?
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  34. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
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  36. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  37. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  38. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  39. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  40. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  41. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  42. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
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  44. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  45. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  46. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
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  49. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
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