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An act of faith: watching The Young Pope

  • Written by Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough, Lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
imageHow can a Pope not believe in God? Jude Law as Pius XIII in The Young Pope.Wildside,imdb

The Young Pope is a fascinating exploration of the ambiguities and doubts within Christian faith. The series is directed by Paolo Sorrentino, famed for his 2013 Academy Award winning movie The Great Beauty, which like The Young Pope, explores the search for...

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How urban bushland improves our health and why planners need to listen

  • Written by Pierre Horwitz, Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
imageDiverse bushland and wetlands in urban areas contribute to the health and wellbeing of all residents.Author provided, Author provided

Urban bushland has health benefits beyond being a great place to go for a walk. It filters our air and water, helps cities avoid extremes in temperatures, and is linked to lower rates of chronic disease.

But these and...

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Highlighting 'good and bad' debt will make it harder to fund social programs

  • Written by Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

In the forthcoming budget, the net operating balance will be reported alongside the underlying cash balance.

This change has important policy implications because it creates a strong bias towards public spending on infrastructure and other physical capital assets over public spending on public goods (like health and education) and social welfare.

Thi...

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New drugs on the PBS: what they do and why we need them

  • Written by Nial Wheate, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, University of Sydney
imageSome of the notable additions to the PBS include drugs to treat eye and HIV infections, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, and cancer.from shutterstock.com

This week, the government announced the latest additions, amendments, and deletions from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS): the program through which essential medicines are subsidised...

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  1. China’s Eurasian gambit needs to be taken seriously
  2. Why biased budget forecasts make poor politics
  3. Explainer: how will the changes to HELP student loans affect you?
  4. The Cashless Debit Card Trial is working and it is vital – here's why
  5. When a suburb's turn for gentrification comes ...
  6. Food as medicine: your brain really does want you to eat more veggies
  7. Space bling: 'jewelled' LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth
  8. Can art put us in touch with our feelings about climate change?
  9. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - Caligula's Horse
  10. Three Little Words and Best Self Nonsense
  11. Abbott questions Turnbull's schools plan
  12. NATSEM models the impact of HELP changes
  13. Politics podcast: John Hewson on the budget climate
  14. Disappearing act: take two for the Moon and Regulus
  15. UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
  16. The great Australian plays: sex, poetry and The Chapel Perilous
  17. With gas and hydro plans, the government is looking at the whole picture
  18. Weekly Dose: Kalydeco, the drug that treats the cause of cystic fibrosis, not just symptoms
  19. The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac's Adani decision
  20. History can provide many lessons for Turnbull as he prepares for Trump meeting
  21. Victorian budget splash raises questions about privatisation
  22. The future of Australian coal: an unbankable deposit
  23. Gonski 2.0: Is this the school funding plan we have been looking for? Finally, yes
  24. Found with cocaine in Colombia, we should presume Cassandra Sainsbury's innocence
  25. Our uniquely lopsided brain
  26. Australian Twitter is more diverse than you think
  27. Feeling worn out? You could have iron overload
  28. All care and no responsibility: why Airtasker can't guarantee a minimum wage
  29. Full response from Airtasker CEO Tim Fung
  30. Police officer suicide: it's not just about workplace stress, but culture too
  31. Food as medicine: why do we need to eat so many vegetables and what does a serve actually look like?
  32. New to Australia? Good luck! Migrants can no longer afford 'gateway' suburbs
  33. Curious Kids: Why don’t cats wear shoes?
  34. Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test
  35. A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more
  36. Protecting young people's privacy as Facebook claims it can identify their anxieties
  37. Turnbull announces schools funding and a new Gonski review
  38. Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
  39. Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
  40. WA's economic mismanagement is not a reason to review how the GST is carved up
  41. Higher education reform: small changes for now but big ones to come
  42. Government to build second Sydney airport
  43. How 3D food printers could improve mealtimes for people with swallowing disorders
  44. When exploiting kids for cash goes wrong on YouTube: the lessons of DaddyOFive
  45. Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where
  46. Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant
  47. Affordable housing is not just about the purchase price
  48. Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'
  49. Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence
  50. Rather than capping tax revenue, the government should reform the system

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