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Why scare campaigns like 'Mediscare' work – even if voters hate them

  • Written by Nicholas Reece, Principal Fellow - Melbourne School of Government | School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
imageLabor's 'Mediscare' campaign played to an existing belief about the Coalition's health policies.AAP/Mick Tsikas

As the 2016 election campaign ground into its final days, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appeared on the evening news bulletins. “Medicare will never, ever, ever be privatised,” he declared. At Labor campaign headquarters a...

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Trying to cut your drinking? There's an app for that

  • Written by Omar Mubin, Lecturer in human-centred computing & human-computer interaction, Western Sydney University
imageTechnology can help cut your alcohol use.Flickr/Mr TinDC, CC BY-NC-ND

Australia is known to be a nation of drinkers with almost 18% having a drink on a daily basis at a level that is considered risky.

But the ill-effects of such behaviour extend to binge drinking, impacts on health and well-being, assaultsdrink driving with resulting car accidents...

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Watching Warcraft: The Beginning is a lesson in real world racism

  • Written by Myles Russell Cook, Lecturer, Design Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
imageUniversal Pictures

The game World of Warcraft (or WOW for short) has always meant a lot to me. I spent many hours of my teenage years playing it.

As a child, I was teased for having white skin and being Aboriginal, something that at the time very few people understood. This is something I have written about before because racism and skin colour have...

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Australia's energy sector is in critical need of reform

  • Written by Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute

A federal election is an opportunity to take stock of how Australia is doing, where it’s going, and what governments can do about it. This series, written by program directors at the Grattan Institute, explores the challenges that Australia faces and advocates policy changes for budgets, economic growth, cities and transport, energy, school...

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More Articles ...

  1. Dancing Dubya and the Policing of Grief
  2. Can Malcolm Turnbull do climate and energy policy now?
  3. Explainer: what are the legal implications of the South China Sea ruling?
  4. Turnbull agrees Nationals entitled to two extra ministers
  5. Parent education and complementary therapies reduce birthing risks
  6. Weekly Dose: Valium, the 'safer choice' that led to dependence and addiction
  7. What's made Pokémon GO such a viral success?
  8. Views from abroad: how does the world see Australia's political instability?
  9. Can the government realistically cut funding by 20% for each student in higher education?
  10. Politics podcast: Darren Chester on the Nationals' success
  11. We're hiring editors and web developers
  12. How apps and other online tools are challenging racist attacks
  13. The Oxford dictionary's new words are a testament to the fluid beauty of English
  14. Pokemon GO gets people out and about, and that's a good thing
  15. Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme view music therapy?
  16. Have Western Australians elected an ineligible One Nation Senate candidate?
  17. Future of higher education: 'The situation in research is clearly unsustainable'
  18. Business Briefing: Trouble in the South China Sea
  19. Demystifying the blockchain: a basic user guide
  20. Are Australia’s political parties past their use-by date?
  21. Explainer: what happens now to the bills that triggered the double-dissolution election?
  22. How to keep more women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
  23. Many Australians pay too much for health care – here's what the government needs to do
  24. Unhealthy sport sponsorship continues to target kids
  25. Harder, faster, louder: challenging sexism in the music industry
  26. Cold and calculating: what the two different types of ice do to sea levels
  27. South China Sea: China waives the rules
  28. Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce injured by sheep
  29. AIDS epidemic no longer a public health issue, but HIV still is
  30. New dwarf planet in the outer solar system
  31. Explainer: how the paperless property market works
  32. A snapshot of the challenges facing the new Turnbull government
  33. Some places should be off limits for games such as Pokémon GO
  34. Here's looking at: Dibirdibi Country – Topway by Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori
  35. The off-topic Conversation #101
  36. Just how representative are the houses of parliament of how Australians vote?
  37. India soon to have have largest tertiary-age population in the world
  38. Coalition's lost ground on women MPs shows we need to tackle new gender biases
  39. Turnbull's economic plan will divide both the Senate and business lobby groups
  40. The policy agenda: what the government should do now
  41. Time to learn the many lessons from a long campaign
  42. What the government should do now: economic growth
  43. Why do some galaxies stop making new stars?
  44. Health funding: something else for Turnbull to worry about
  45. Greyhound ban shows need for joined-up thinking across all animal industries
  46. Explainer: the terror behind Keep Calm And Carry On
  47. Nationals' ministerial claims complicate Turnbull's reshuffle
  48. The Pokémon GO craze sees gamers hit the streets but it comes with a warning
  49. Reading three great southern lands: from the outback to the pampa and the karoo
  50. Health Check: which fruits are healthier, and in what form?
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