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What is the Medical Technology Association and how does it wield its power?

  • Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
imageThe Medical Technology Association of Australia is quietly influential. Denis Simonov/Shutterstock

If your health practitioner has used a syringe, tongue depressor (to look at your throat), pacemaker, stethoscope, X-ray or MRI scan, blood test, dental filling or joint implant to treat you, you’ve encountered a product from the medical...

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Backpacker tax to be 19% but departure tax will rise $5 in compromise package

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government will impose a A$5 increase in the departure tax, to A$60, and claw back more superannuation from holiday makers departing Australia to pay for a A$350 million compromise on the controversial backpacker tax.

From January 1, the tax rate for those on working holidays will be 19% on earnings up to A$37,000. This has been brought down...

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Dear Mr Trump: here's how you build a wall

  • Written by: Xing Ruan, Professor of Architecture, Associate Dean International and Director of Architecture, UNSW Australia
imagePerformers march along the Great Wall of China in 2008. David Gray/Reuters

Dear Mr Trump,

As soon as you are inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America, I would dearly like to build for you and the American people the wall along the Mexican border. It will be, as you say, a beautiful wall.

Pundits may question the efficacy of a...

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Cute and condemned to suffering: it’s time to ban the breeding of mutant cats

  • Written by: Richard Malik, Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney
imageThe Scottish Fold is a lovely cat, but unfortunately suffers from health problems related to its breeding. Cat image from www.shutterstock.com

Cats are one of the world’s favourite pets, but in our efforts to breed more attractive felines, we are metaphorically loving them to death.

Like British Bulldogs and extreme styles of pigeons, some...

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  2. Can Facebook influence an election result?
  3. Trump and Clinton face off in first US presidential debate: experts respond
  4. Electricity infrastructure like Ausgrid is a safe bet for super funds
  5. Explainer: what is cystic fibrosis and how is it treated?
  6. One in two favour Muslim immigration ban? Beware the survey panel given an all-or-nothing choice
  7. Manuka honey may help prevent life-threatening urinary infections
  8. Productivity Commission stance has potential for social housing gains
  9. Who are Trump Voters? Social Sciencing the S**t out of Yard Signs
  10. The burglar as architectural critic?
  11. Birds, bees and bugs: your garden is an ecosystem, and it needs looking after
  12. Explainer: why blackface (and brownface) offend
  13. The robots are polarising how we consume news – and that's how we like it
  14. We're capable of infinite memory, but where in the brain is it stored, and what parts help retrieve it?
  15. From chickens and pickles to iSnack 2.0: the trends behind the brand names you remember
  16. The Memory Code: how oral cultures memorise so much information
  17. It’s not all about the president: why November's congressional elections matter too
  18. Current emissions could already warm world to dangerous levels: study
  19. Same-sex marriage manoeuvring has become a charade
  20. Backpacker tax due to go to cabinet
  21. Converting HTML to Markdown with Upmark
  22. Full response from Jacqui Lambie
  23. The off-topic Conversation #108
  24. FactCheck Q A: are one in three age pensioners living under the poverty line?
  25. Review: barrangal dyara (skin and bones) was made flesh
  26. 'Syria: Always Beautiful' – can tourism be a force for peace?
  27. Clinton-Trump tied! But here's why you should ignore the polls
  28. Are we finally about to get a global agreement on aviation emissions?
  29. Pedestrian safety needs to catch up to technology and put people before cars
  30. Illegal phoenix activity is costing us billions – here's how it could be stemmed
  31. Guide to the classics: Christina Stead's The Beauties and Furies
  32. The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important?
  33. What brain regions control our language? And how do we know this?
  34. Sixty years on, the Maralinga bomb tests remind us not to put security over safety
  35. The science is in: gardening is good for you
  36. Public support for climate action on the up after dark days: Climate Institute survey
  37. The real lesson from South Australia's electricity 'crisis': we need better climate policy
  38. Closing Victoria's Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply
  39. Why we need an independent authority to oversee tertiary education
  40. Australian companies have more work to do on tax transparency
  41. Old vs New: the next generation of the space industry
  42. Social media can damage body image – here's how to counteract it
  43. What does Trump's rise mean for the past, present and future of celebrity politics?
  44. Not conservative, reactionary: The flawed case against same-sex marriage
  45. A New Democratic Enlightenment?
  46. How heterosexual couples are protesting marriage inequality
  47. Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
  48. Let's meet in the middle on schools funding, not continue the trench warfare
  49. What do the newspapers _really_ tell us about the lock hospital histories?
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