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Compare the pair: 4 keys to Australia’s democracy edge

20 April 202520 April 2025

Threats to democracy seen in the US are a global issue, but differences in the media and political systems limit their impact in Australia — for now.

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Here’s a better way to spend $10b

16 April 202523 April 2025

Both Labor and Liberal parties reheated old policy and whacked a $10b price tag on it for their major campaign announcements. Surely we can do better than that?

Posted inPolitical, Social

‘Woke’: Australian teaching must hold tight to the fair go

15 April 202516 April 2025

When asked last week what he would do about the “the woke agenda” in education, federal opposition leader Peter Dutton raised the prospect of tying government funding to teaching of the curriculum.

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Could this election campaign be less inspiring?

5 April 202516 April 2025

RK Crosby asks where have all the good leaders gone?

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The new kids shaping the election block

3 April 20253 April 2025

Gen Z and other relatively young Australians who feel they owe little to major parties are an unpredictable voting force heading into the 2025 federal election.

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The end of coal and the fake nuclear energy campaign

30 March 20259 April 2025

The end of coal and the case for renewables driving Australia’s energy future is irresistible and backed by facts, unlike campaigns pushing the nuclear furphy.

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Closing the Gap: A call for Indigenous-led solutions and redefining success

29 March 202529 March 2025

On another Closing the Gap Day we are once again confronted with the same disappointing reality – only four of 19 Closing the Gap (CTG) targets, some originally pledged in 2007, are on track. Despite repeated commitments from governments and institutions, the results remain stagnant.

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Budget delivers cheaper medicines and more bulk billing but leaves out long-term health reform

28 March 20259 April 2025

Less than two months from an election, the Albanese government last night presented a budget that aims to swing the voting pendulum its way.

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Is this the right budget for these economic times?

27 March 20259 April 2025

Matt Garrow and Victoria Thieberger from The Conversation asked five experts what they think of the Budget.

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Time to call BS on the PBS

23 March 20259 April 2025

One in three New Englanders is taking a medication not covered by the PBS. The reduction in the PBS copay from $30 to $25 will not help them at all.

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