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Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly

  • Written by: Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets uglyIn Boris Johnson's short time as prime minister, the Brexit mess has become only messier.AAP/EPA/Will Oliver

In the ongoing saga that is Britain’s attempted divorce from the European Union, Monday is shaping up to be the most significant day to date. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected once again to try to force a general election from a...

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Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it

  • Written by: Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe itLabor's so-called Rental Affordability Scheme did little to make those who most needed it, but it helped landlords.Shutterstock

Most Australians are spending more of their income on housing than they used to, but low-income households are being squeezed the hardest.

Many are in poverty, and many more are suffering financial stress. A growing number...

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Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers

  • Written by: Michele Simons, Dean of Education, Western Sydney University
Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachersIt's estimated up to 50% of teachers leave the profession within five years of graduating.Shutterstock/VCoscaron

Australia, like many other countries, is grappling with the problem of how to keep good teachers in schools, especially those who are early in their careers.

Accurate data on the attrition are not available, but it’s estimated up...

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'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes

  • Written by: Libby Callaway, Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homesMost young people who enter aged care do so after acquiring a disability and need high levels of support.Heiko Kueverling/Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety turns its attention this week to hearings focused on younger people with disabilities living in residential aged care facilities.

Around 6,000 Australians aged...

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  3. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
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  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
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  7. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  8. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  9. two new five-year arts plans
  10. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire
  11. Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons
  12. Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature's crystal coat
  13. 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation
  14. Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination
  15. lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law
  16. female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders
  17. a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities' water supply
  18. 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us
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  23. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy
  24. the truth about electric vehicle emissions
  25. With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply
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  28. Relaxing pharmacy ownership rules could result in more chemist chains and poorer care
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  30. what exactly do musical conductors do?
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  32. Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine
  33. Apple iPhones could have been hacked for years – here's what to do about it
  34. Outgoing ASIO head hopes for greater public preparedness to defend Australian sovereignty
  35. Why we've the weakest economy since the global financial crisis, with few clear ways out
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