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Don’t just blame older Australians for increased hospital demand

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imageThe debate about ageing needs to move away from claiming the sky will fall in because of the ageing of the population.Pressmaster/Shutterstock

Australian Medical Association president Michael Gannon last week headed his list of reasons for increased pressure on the health system with population ageing. He’s not alone: commentators regularly...

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Lessons from the election

  • Written by: John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School, Australian National University

The major parties seem to be having considerable difficulty drawing lessons from the recent election campaign. Of course, there are many. The most obvious, but probably the most difficult for them to accept, is that the electorate has lost confidence and trust in them, and in the political process.

Basically, the electorate is sick and tired of the...

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Death on smartphones: in a world of live streamed tragedy, what do we gain?

  • Written by: Vincent O'Donnell, Honorary Research Associate of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
imageThe death in Nice on Bastille Day was live streamed in sickening detail.

The videos in this article contain graphic violence that may be disturbing to some viewers.

A series of horrendous global events in the past few weeks have highlighted the use of Facebook Live to stream footage via smart phones, as they unfold.

For the 1.5 billion Facebook...

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The environment-energy superportfolio can deliver real action – here's how

  • Written by: Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reshuffled his cabinet in May, most of the headlines were about Wade Noonan’s return after suffering mental health issues, and Lisa Neville who became the state’s first female police minister.

But from an environmental perspective there was another significant change. Energy and resources, long...

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  4. Don’t poke the Bear: what could Russia do next about drugs in sport?
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  6. Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall
  7. Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia
  8. Blockchain really only does one thing well
  9. Bed-wetting in older children and young adults is common and treatable
  10. Australian foreign policy needs a broader conception of our national interest
  11. When bad ideas refuse to die: the denial of human individuality
  12. For lovers of graffiti, Pokémon Go is old hat
  13. Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
  14. Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
  15. Australia expands Iraq role to training law enforcement authorities
  16. Liberals deride quotas for women MPs but how are they going to make targets work?
  17. Under a single minister, will energy and the environment be friends or foes?
  18. Remind me again, how close are we to a cure for HIV?
  19. Australia's reputation for fine wines is under threat
  20. Is the new Senate vote capture system as risky as electronic voting?
  21. Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power
  22. City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future
  23. Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
  24. Nightmares and night terrors in kids: when do they stop being normal?
  25. Mums and dads of very preterm babies more likely to be depressed
  26. Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?
  27. We need to talk about the bad science being funded
  28. A realistic strategy for federal budget repair
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  39. High-speed rail? At $200 billion we'd better get it right
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  44. Internet of Things data will help us predict the future
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