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Stem cell therapies are advancing, but will Australian patients be left behind?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageCurrent clinical trials are evaluating stem cell therapies for conditions ranging from eye disease to AIDS.from shutterstock.com

Discoveries in stem cell science over the past decade are finally starting to reach the clinic. Current clinical trials are evaluating stem cell therapies for conditions ranging from eye disease to AIDS.

These trials are...

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Explainer: how company versus personal tax cuts boost the economy

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Suppose the government had about A$10 billion a year to fund lower income tax. It could reduce personal income tax by about 6%, or lower each marginal rate by about 1.5 percentage points. Alternatively it could reduce company tax by about 15%, or reduce the current 30% rate to 24%. Which option has more merit?

The government is currently making the...

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Coral bleaching comes to the Great Barrier Reef as record-breaking global temperatures continue

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageA bleached Seriatopora coral. Tyrone Ridgway, CC BY-SA

As we write, the much-cherished Great Barrier Reef is experiencing the devastating effects of coral bleaching. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has declared severe coral bleaching underway on the reefs north of Cooktown.

El Niño and climate change have driven record-breaking...

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  2. Health Check: is it bad to pop your pimples?
  3. Algorithms are changing business: here's how to leverage them
  4. Looking beyond 'the refugee crisis', can migrants be the new agents of democracy?
  5. There's a long tradition of mothers offering architects the first big commission
  6. Voters say Turnbull best to handle tax reform: Newspoll
  7. Fear and loathing reigns in Safe Schools and same-sex marriage debates
  8. No-one should get dud hospital care – it's time to lift our game on quality and safety
  9. Iron ore still has an important role to play in Australia's economy
  10. Explainer: Go and the 'conversation of hands'
  11. Is someone watching you online? The security risks of the Internet of Things
  12. Penalty rate cut will hurt economy without helping business: Labor
  13. Workers would benefit from lowering company tax: Sinodinos
  14. Comet 252P/LINEAR swings by Earth, much brighter than expected
  15. Of frogs and lions, a donkey and horse - Can the elephant really cry “Trump!”?
  16. Trump, Trump, Trump...
  17. Goodies v baddies? Why labelling wild animals as 'pests' or 'friends' is holding farming back
  18. Safe Schools review findings: experts respond
  19. Grand Theft Auto doesn't cause crime, but poverty and alienation will
  20. Construction outlook: mining construction slowdown ripples across industry
  21. Exhausted senators tick off on sweeping change to upper house voting
  22. Senate voting changes pass – so how do we elect the upper house now?
  23. Google's Go victory shows AI thinking can be unpredictable, and that's a concern
  24. Universities should require science, engineering and commerce students to know their maths
  25. Supermassive black holes could be the source of mysterious cosmic rays
  26. Relationship reality TV: entertainment masquerading as science
  27. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Senate voting reform
  28. Di Natale shows it's possible to be Green and glam
  29. Journalism in Australia will not die because Fairfax is walking away from the job
  30. Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universities
  31. FactCheck: has there been a massive increase in child care costs under the Coalition government?
  32. Full response from a spokeswoman for Kate Ellis
  33. Why a drop in unemployment doesn't add up – literally
  34. Trashing the brand: ANZ and CBA could pay a high price for choosing profit over people
  35. The BRICs: battered, regressive, incompetent, and corrupt?
  36. 'The 30-minute city': how do we put the political rhetoric into practice?
  37. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's double dissolution hand could be strengthened by final pitch to crossbench
  38. What are better, public or private hospitals?
  39. Do you really need to go to hospital? Time to recentre the health system
  40. 'Command and control' banks have got ethics and culture all wrong
  41. Vital Signs: A tale of two central bankers
  42. Mining outlook: volatility will force cuts to operations and jobs
  43. Friday Essay: land, kinship and ownership of 'Dreamings'
  44. Road rage: why do bike riders make car drivers see red?
  45. In the world of Goodreads, do we still need book reviewers?
  46. Bringing the war home: the rising disability claims of Afghanistan war vets
  47. What the 'weather' is like on a star can help in the search for life
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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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