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Brian Howe on what Bill Shorten must do to revitalise social democracy

  • Written by: Brian Howe, Professorial Associate in the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne

Over the weekend, The Australian published a piece by Troy Bramston, plugging his recent biography of Paul Keating. In the article, Keating is quoted as suggesting Bill Shorten is not the right person to lead the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He argues that Shorten has led the Party too far from the political centre and that this is part of the...

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Discount chemists are cheapening the quality of pharmacy along with the price

  • Written by: Greg Kyle, Professor of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology

Every day, more discount pharmacy stores and chains are opening and assaulting health-care consumers with the “we are cheaper” message. But is price the best way to achieve positive health-care outcomes?

Community pharmacists are the only Australian health-care professionals to practise in a retail environment. When a patient...

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Yes, you're entitled to your opinion - but it helps if you're a man

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Fellow, Australian Perspectives, Grattan Institute

Newspaper opinion pages are a largely male affair. Flick through the pages of the Australian Financial Review (AFR) or our other major newspapers over breakfast and you’ll find them even more homogeneous than the accompanying bowl of porridge.

In the six months to September this year, I collected data from the double page opinion sections of...

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Australia can't bank on an iron ore Trump bump in the long term

  • Written by: Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin University
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Trump’s fiscal policies could mean commodities rally in the short term, boosting the Australian government’s budget, but this could be undone in the long term as his trade policies are bad news for base metals and energy commodities.

Global growth and movements in commodity prices have important implications for the Australian economy....

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  3. The Democrats must change - here's how they can do it
  4. What do we want? Charting the rise and fall of protest in Australia
  5. Changes to the pension asset test will ripple through the economy
  6. Alien invaders: the illegal reptile trade is a serious threat to Australia
  7. The red professor and the white anting that continues to this day
  8. Of microbes and machines: how art and science fuse in Bio-art
  9. How to recognise a stroke and what you should know about their treatment
  10. A mini stroke is a warning! A stroke may follow
  11. Bilingual babies are better at detecting musical sounds, research shows
  12. It is hard to see how Snapchat parent Snap will live up to expectations after its IPO
  13. Does Trump's arrival herald Australia’s middle power moment?
  14. Politics podcast: Rory Medcalf on the security implications of Donald Trump's presidency
  15. Understanding Trump by watching The Apprentice
  16. SA doesn't need a nuclear plebiscite – Weatherill just needs to make a decision
  17. Business Briefing: breaking down the 457 visa myths
  18. Book extract: The Mind of the Islamic State
  19. Whale shark mugshots reveal teenage males hang around WA's coast
  20. Five traps to be aware of when reading success rates on IVF clinic websites
  21. There may be a silver lining to Trump's trade policies
  22. As the world pushes for a ban on nuclear weapons, Australia votes to stay on the wrong side of history
  23. Three good reasons to worry about Trump having the nuclear codes
  24. Give prisoners internet access for a safer and more humane community
  25. There is more to good central bank governance than independence
  26. Modi’s surgical strike on black money relies on uptake of electronic payments
  27. Not everyone loves wheat -- so why not remove the bad bits
  28. National parks are vital for protecting Australia's endangered plants
  29. Trench art tells a story of survival and resilience
  30. Explainer: how do our bodies balance themselves?
  31. Prospective higher education students need better information about admissions process: Shergold report
  32. Humans are still evolving but in ways that might surprise you
  33. The government shouldn't use super to help low-income savers
  34. Raimond Gaita on Donald Trump's America: a cloud cuckoo land devoid of fact, evidence and argument
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  36. Forty years of measuring the world's cleanest air reveals human fingerprints on the atmosphere
  37. Change section 18C? Critics should do this crash course first
  38. Women aren't the problem in the film industry, men are
  39. Why virtual reality won't replace cadavers in medical school
  40. Nothing to see here? The abuse and neglect of children in care is a century-old story in Australia
  41. Hurt by sea: how storm surges and sea-level rise make coastal life risky
  42. If smoking doesn't kill, Mike Pence, neither does the plague
  43. Underwater health check shows kelp forests are declining around the world
  44. Women in prison: histories of trauma and abuse highlight the need for specialised care
  45. Why was Shakespeare's death such at non-event at the time?
  46. Australian business should hold fire in reacting to Trump election
  47. Scabies: a neglected parasitic disease we already know how to treat
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