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We don't need another inquiry into family law – we need action

  • Written by: Miranda Kaye, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney

Over the next 12 months, a joint parliamentary committee will examine Australia’s family law system. It will be led by conservative Liberal MP Kevin Andrews and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

But it would appear the driving force behind this new inquiry is Hanson’s recent unsupported claim that women are frequently making up...

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NBN's new price plans are too little, too late

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
NBN's new price plans are too little, too lateLack of speed kills: finally NBN Co is thinking about a genuinely 21st century offering for customers.www.shutterstock.com

This week NBN Co announced pricing changes for the National Broadband Network.

It includes a new plan boasting a download speed of 1 gigabit per second and an upload speed of 50 megabits per second for $80 a month.

These are...

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The big budget question is why the surplus wasn't big

  • Written by: Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
The big budget question is why the surplus wasn't bigTreasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann unveil a budget outcome as good as balanced on Thursday.Lukas Coch/AAP

The budget was for practical purposes in neither deficit nor in surplus in 2018-19, the final figures released by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Thursday reveal.

The underlying cash...

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It's Newstart pay rise day. You're in line for 24 cents, which is peanuts

  • Written by: Peter Martin., Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
It's Newstart pay rise day. You're in line for 24 cents, which is peanutsThe extra 24 cents per day can buy an extra 36 peanuts per day, more if you buy in bulk.Shutterstock

Newstart recipients and other Australians on benefits get their half-yearly pay rise today (and also on March 20). This one is vanishingly small.

Announced very quietly by Social Services Minister Anne Ruston earlier this week, it amounts to just A$...

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  3. How rising temperatures affect our health
  4. How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system
  5. Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand
  6. investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
  7. inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan
  8. the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane
  9. There's a good reason we're moderating climate change deniers: uninformed comments undermine expertise
  10. it's almost all about housing
  11. For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram
  12. two reef scientists share their climate grief
  13. Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility
  14. NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament
  15. 3 keys to getting the policy mix right
  16. Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead
  17. Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is 'not much'
  18. Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
  19. family loss and sorry business that invokes laughter and tears
  20. Now the senators are taking on John Setka
  21. How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?
  22. How big is the International Space Station?
  23. sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments
  24. Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)
  25. why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soon
  26. our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians
  27. the nations leading and failing on climate action
  28. Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
  29. Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends
  30. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  31. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  32. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  33. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  34. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  35. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  36. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  37. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  38. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos
  39. Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
  40. embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop
  41. Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it
  42. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters
  43. climate change affects our mental health, too
  44. As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained Australians
  45. 'An insult' – politicians sing the praises of the cashless welfare card, but those forced to use it disagree
  46. Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history
  47. Keeping the city cool isn't just about tree cover – it calls for a commons-based climate response
  48. The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future
  49. 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
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