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Turnbull inquiry-lite bank plan falls short

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

Malcolm Turnbull’s plan to have the chiefs of the big banks regularly front a parliamentary committee is more gesture than substance.

What it tells us is that Turnbull is very sensitive to the strong public feeling about the banks. He knows that, though the election campaign is over, Bill Shorten’s advocacy of a royal commission still...

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Latest PBO costings won't hold any parties to account

  • Written by: Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University

While the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) 2016 post-election report represents a massive undertaking in time and effort, it won’t hold any political party to account, nor provide any additional transparency to the electoral process.

In 2013, then treasurer Wayne Swan announced that the PBO would provide full costings for all...

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Here's how you beat 'indestructible' head lice

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

Head lice don’t pose a particularly serious threat to our health but they do cause great anxiety among parents and carers. This anxiety, and associated stress, is made even worse given the perceived social stigma of a family infested with parasites, and the seemingly endless battle to exterminate these pests.

What are head lice?

Head lice are...

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One Nation's Malcolm Roberts is in denial about the facts of climate change

  • Written by: John Cook, Climate Communication Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland

The notion that climate science denial is no longer a part of Australian politics was swept away yesterday by One Nation Senator-Elect Malcolm Roberts.

In his inaugural press conference, Roberts claimed that “[t]here’s not one piece of empirical evidence anywhere, anywhere, showing that humans cause, through CO₂ production,...

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