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Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature

  • Written by Jim Middleton, Vice Chancellor's Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageMark Colvin spent nearly two decades presenting the ABC's PM program.ABC

Mark Colvin, who passed away today aged 65, was a journalistic force of nature, perhaps the most precociously talented of his generation.

He joined the ABC in 1974, a leather-jacketed, motorbike-riding, Gauloises-smoking devotee of the best of modern music, popular culture and...

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Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Some of the budget changes on welfare appear to be about sending the message that receiving welfare is undesirable. Whether these changes actually reduce social security spending and encourage independence to any significant extent remains to be seen. While the 2014 rhetoric of “lifters” and “leaners” may have been...

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Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy

  • Written by Sebastian Rosenberg, Senior Lecturer, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
imageMental health remains chronically underfunded.from shutterstock.com

This week’s federal budget allocated A$115 million in new funding over four years. This is one of the smallest investments in the sector in recent years.

For instance, the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) added more than $5.5 billion to mental health spending in 2006....

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The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change

  • Written by Tayanah O'Donnell, Research Fellow, University of Canberra

The 2017 federal budget has axed funding for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), an agency that provides information to decision-makers on how best to manage the risks of climate change and sea level rise.

The NCCARF received A$50 million in 2008 to coordinate Australia’s national research effort into climate...

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  1. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  2. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
  3. Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
  4. Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts
  5. Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you're a Tasmanian devil
  6. The off-topic Conversation #122
  7. Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read
  8. Humane and intimate, how the Red Cross helped families trace the fates of WW2 soldiers
  9. How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment
  10. Budget needs a sharper policy scalpel to help first home buyers
  11. Islam and feminism are not mutually exclusive, and faith can be an important liberator
  12. Why data-driven science is more than just a buzzword
  13. Sustainable shopping: with the right tools, you can find an eco-friendly car
  14. Banks may squeal about new tax but they are outgunned
  15. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
  16. Senate inquiry told zero tax or royalties paid on Australia's biggest new gas projects
  17. 'Short-sighted' budget means universities can't deliver their full economic benefit
  18. Budget bank levy: too big to fail, not too big to take a hit
  19. From breaking glass to chest bursting, the scientists' review of Alien: Covenant
  20. Australian media at a crossroads amid threats to diversity and survival
  21. Terror, Muslims, and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages
  22. Is this the budget that forgot renters?
  23. Explainer: what is cancer radiotherapy and why do we need proton beam therapy?
  24. Bond aggregator helps build a more virtuous circle of housing investment
  25. Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars
  26. Have the arts come out of the cold or is it another sleight of hand?
  27. Curious Kids: What plants could grow in the Goldilocks zone of space?
  28. Decoding the music masterpieces: Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor
  29. To get the 'good debt' tick, infrastructure needs to be fit for the future
  30. Prescribing generic drugs will reduce patient confusion and medication errors
  31. Budget 2017: Medicare levy rise finances NDIS and banks hit for budget repair
  32. Budget 2017: government goes hard on gas and hydro in bid for energy security
  33. Budget's 'good debt' conversion underpins $70b-plus infrastructure program: experts respond
  34. Budget 2017 sees Medicare rebate freeze slowly lifted and more funding for the NDIS: experts respond
  35. Federal Budget 2017: what's changing in education?
  36. Budget 2017-18 brings welfare crackdown and increased defence and security funding: experts respond
  37. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 budget speech, annotated by experts
  38. The art of the leak: how the budget is strategically doled out for maximum effect
  39. Budget 2017: Morrison heads off the right with an appeal to altruism over self-interest
  40. Infographic: Budget 2017 at a glance
  41. Morrison's fresh start budget comes with fresh pain
  42. Budget 2017: government still tinkering with housing affordability
  43. Budget 2017: bank populism will be paid for by Australians
  44. Winning ugly: the AOC election and the Olympic spirit
  45. Data availability report presents compromised rights for consumers
  46. Life after redundancy: what happens next for journalists when they leave newsrooms
  47. Why Birmingham's performance funding plan won't improve Australian universities
  48. Has the print book trumped digital? Beware of glib conclusions
  49. What's the difference between traumatic fear and moral anger? Trigger warnings won't tell you
  50. Government spending explained in 10 charts; from Howard to Turnbull

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