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Emotional abuse of children is a growing problem in Australia

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageEmotional abuse is most likely to coincide with other forms for abuse, including neglect and physical abuse. from www.shutterstock.com

Our politicians talk a lot about “families”, but what do they really mean when they use this term? What does a modern Australian family look like and how does it compare with ten, 20 or even 30 years ago?...

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Strong GDP growth figures show economy on track

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

It is hard to find any bad news in the latest quarterly GDP result. GDP growth of 1.1% for the March quarter (0.9% trend) puts annual growth just over 3%.

The Federal Budget and subsequent Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) forecast for 2.5% for the current fiscal year 2015-16 looks likely to be comfortably exceeded. The figures...

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