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Business Briefing: Simon McKeon on removing the retirement label

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Assistant Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageThose who want to work longer should be given the option to, McKeon argues.www.shutterstock.com

Former Treasurer Joe Hockey did not get a warm reception when he confirmed the retirement age would increase to 70 by 2035. But Monash University Chancellor Simon McKeon thinks its not such a bad thing.

He argues if Australians are productive well into...

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Not on struggle street yet, but mortgage stress risk is rising

  • Written by: Danika Wright, Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney

Newly released analysis from Roy Morgan reaffirms that it is the lowest-income households that face the highest mortgage stress. And, contrary to what many might expect, the worst stress is not in Sydney and Melbourne, where property prices have hit record highs.

The Roy Morgan report estimates that 18.4% of Australian households are experiencing...

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Shorten to Turnbull: Here are my budget repair ideas

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

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on Wednesday will propose a budget repair package worth $8 billion over the forward estimates, as government and Labor jostle over the nation’s finances ahead of next week’s start of the new parliament.

The eight measures, recycling policies the ALP took to the election, include only one - a rise in...

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A pub brawl over research funding doesn't benefit any of us

  • Written by: Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
imageIs this really how we want to decide where research funding should be allocated?Shutterstock

Here we go again. On Monday, we were interested to see The Daily Telegraph’s Natasha Bita and 2GB broadcaster Ray Hadley making a strong fist of implying they would make good directors of Australia’s research funding system, supported supported...

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  2. Eddie Betts and racism in sport: it's not enough to just not join in
  3. Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let's help plants move
  4. How to get a better bang for the taxpayers' buck in all sectors, not only Indigenous programs
  5. Aleppo's dying children and shattered health system: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
  6. The victims' verdict: what happens when they try to report online fraud
  7. Ben-Hur can be fun on film but the real Roman spectacle would have thrilled anyone
  8. Explainer: why some economists think the RBA should drop its inflation target
  9. Doctors or activists? Who draws the line?
  10. Winning Edge fails to deliver, so what now for Australia's Olympic hopes?
  11. Do you know a Bunji from a Boorie? Meet our dictionary's new Indigenous words
  12. Malaysia’s Bersih movement shows social media can mobilise the masses
  13. Science or Snake Oil: is A2 milk better for you than regular cow’s milk?
  14. Shock horror: the big end of town has finally discovered Australia's media is a whitewash
  15. Australia's new focus on gas could be playing with fire
  16. Quantimentals, signal surfing and fast walkers: mapping the rise of weird data
  17. Universities Australia to survey prevalence of sexual abuse on campuses
  18. If you're going to ridicule research, do your homework
  19. Australia continues to be shamefully silent on Indonesia's human rights abuses
  20. The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
  21. New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies
  22. New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area
  23. Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard: how the media shape our view of leaders as 'women'
  24. Health Check: should kids be given antibiotics in their first year?
  25. Omran Daqneesh: the poster child for cognitive dissonance
  26. The Panopticons are coming! And they'll know when we think the grass is greener
  27. Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence
  28. A fortune built on slavery: the Bright Family Papers and their journey from UK to Melbourne
  29. Here's to coaches, unsung heroes and role models for social change
  30. Why Rio, like Sydney and London before it, won't turn locals into sports stars
  31. Viewpoints: is addiction a disease?
  32. Offshore detention: Australians have a right to know what is done in their name
  33. Can buying up fishing licences save Australia's sharks?
  34. New risks for disability care workers under the NDIS
  35. What role should universities play in today's society?
  36. Why the ACCC siding with the banks against Apple will not be in consumers' interests
  37. Shorten says grievance tribunal would not stop bank 'rip offs'
  38. Colin Barnett says same-sex marriage should be settled by parliament
  39. An historic handful of dirt: Whitlam and the legacy of the Wave Hill Walk-Off
  40. Turnbull's backbench muscles up
  41. Morrison gives final 'no' to Chinese on Ausgrid
  42. Research Check: do we really need to do five times as much exercise as we've been told?
  43. When ancient lovers meet: the best planet duo of 2016
  44. To future-proof our crops from drought, look to the Australian deserts
  45. Gaming trends show cities need to rethink how they tap into creative economy
  46. Disrupted businesses are struggling in the valley of death
  47. Will women ever be able to compete against men in Olympic events?
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