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Three tests the 2015 federal budget must pass

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imageAustralian Treasurer Joe Hockey must ensure this year's budget escapes the echo chamber.Lukas Coch/AAP

If poor policy were to gather all its devils together, they would fit – with plenty of room to spare - between the pages of federal budget released last May.

Broken promises and quarter-truths, ill-thought through spending cuts targeting the...

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School refusal is not the same as wagging

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imageSchool refusal needs to be recognised as a psychological problem, rather than being glossed over in school attendance policies. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Attempting to understand school refusal is no mean feat. Many people still consider it in a similar vein to “wagging” or parent-condoned absenteeism. However, school refusal is an...

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