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People who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities face a unique set of challenges, and have a particular need for better access to period products.
International students have come under fire for their supposed impact on Australian housing. Our research shows they are finding it stressful and difficult to secure accommodation.
Many of the party’s more ambitious proposals – like free cancer treatment and dental care for pensioners – were abandoned after the 2019 election, and have not resurfaced.
Funding announced in this week’s federal budget moves Australia closer to eliminating HIV.
A change to university funding is on the cards, but the Job-ready Graduates scheme is staying put for now.
What’s in the budget for the environment? Lots for green industry, little for conservation
Which departments are the biggest winners and losers in this year’s budget? We’ve broken the budget documents down to show you where the money’s going - and where it isn’t.
The treasurer has juggled the economics and the politics by going big on spending while keeping a firm eye on inflation.
If the Reserve Bank is genuinely prepared to cut interest rates as inflation moves back towards its target, we can expect a rate cut within the year.
A $300 energy rebate and an increase in rent assistance headline Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget.
This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
Allowing our spent lithium batteries to be exported free of charge could mean forfeiting a potential $3 billion onshore reprocessing industry.
Holding up Labor’s female vote will be vital, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared Tuesday will bring “a budget for mums and middle Australia”.
While the iconic ‘budget tree’ has its own narrative it’s now up to Chalmers to weave his budget story and kick some goals for the government.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
The thing to look for is the “fiscal strategy”. For the past quarter-century, it’s provided a surprisingly accurate insight into what each budget is doing.
Here’s how we design a fairer pathology system, fit for the 21st century, with no out-of-pocket costs or the public.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer and Socio-cultural researcher, UniSA Education Futures, Adelaide University
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Research Engineer in Electric Vehicle Batteries and Battery Storage, Edith Cowan University
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Senior lecturer in Economics and the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow, Adelaide University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Head, Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra