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FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?

  • Written by Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, UNSW, UNSW

Malcolm Turnbull is … increasing the pension age to 70 – meaning that Australia will have oldest pension age in the developed world. – Jenny Macklin, shadow minister for families and social services, press release, February 6, 2017.

As the government seeks to balance the budget and looks for ways to trim the social services bill,...

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How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders

  • Written by Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
imageThis man needs to trust you before listening to your public health message. No wonder bombarding him with facts doesn't always work.from www.shutterstock.com

Dismissing people’s worries as baseless, whether that’s about the safety of mobile phones or fluoridated drinking water, is one of the least effective ways of communicating public...

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Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones

  • Written by Linda Cobiac, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageWould you eat more of this if you were subsidised to?from www.shutterstock.com.au

In an Australian study published today, we show that if the government were to combine taxes and subsidies on a range of foods and beverages, it could substantially improve the health of Australians and potentially free up billions in health care spending.

In the past...

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Moving on from home ownership for 'Generation Rent'

  • Written by Richard Ronald, Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam

The inequalities and inequities that housing markets generate have become a cross-national issue in the last decade or so. In Australia, the UK and the US, discussions of “Generation Rent” have taken centre stage.

In the generational debate, older, asset-wealthy owner-occupiers advantaged by previously more stable lending conditions and...

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  1. Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
  2. The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre
  3. End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car
  4. How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation
  5. Molecules do not have colour!
  6. Morrison pushed NDIS 'hypothecation' announcement despite caution about timing from Turnbull's office
  7. 6 things young men should know about food, nutrition and getting in shape
  8. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  9. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  10. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  11. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
  12. WA state election: Liberals' deal with One Nation may come back to bite them
  13. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
  14. And then there were two: welcome back ABC Fact Check
  15. Basil Hetzel: Australian medical pioneer, and my friend
  16. Six psychiatric concepts that have mutated: for better or worse
  17. Errors in Centrelink's debt recovery system were inevitable, as in all complex systems
  18. Housing affordability problems might not be all bad
  19. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, January 2017
  20. The off-topic Conversation #117
  21. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll stay forever if you scrub out the loo
  22. 'Ice Wars' message is overblown and unhelpful
  23. Why housing supply shouldn't be the only policy tool politicians cling to
  24. To the mattresses: a defence of romance fiction
  25. We need a comprehensive housing approach to deal with heatwaves
  26. There are six styles of love. Which one best describes you?
  27. Rudd warns against a 'second Stolen Generation' by default
  28. There is a difference between a strong contest of views on energy policy and counter-productive hyper-partisanship
  29. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
  30. Australian banks go back to ACCC to further delay customers from getting Apple Pay
  31. A hologram of light and love
  32. The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
  33. Australia's looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
  34. Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out
  35. Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream
  36. Mainstream schools need to take back responsibility for educating disengaged students
  37. Baby galaxies light up the universe
  38. Health Check: do cold showers cool you down?
  39. Royal commission hearings show Catholic Church faces a massive reform task
  40. The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 1
  41. Why it's time for Australia to launch its own space agency
  42. Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you'd never know from the headlines
  43. New research shows how petrol retailers pushed prices up in Perth
  44. The faulty child welfare system is the real issue behind our youth justice crisis
  45. FactCheck: is Australia below the international average when it comes to school funding?
  46. Is there a crisis in public education?
  47. Guide to the classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  48. How drones can help fight the war on shark attacks
  49. Plea to politicians on energy: stop the brawling
  50. One Nation has now been 'normalised' in the Liberals’ firmament of political players

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