A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care
5th May 2022
Health workers are grappling with long hours, high workplace demands, staff shortages and limited resources, which risks their health, and the quality and safety of patient care.
How do the major parties rate on Medicare? We asked 5 experts
4th May 2022
Medicare has been mentioned a lot, but we’ve seen relatively few substantial policy announcements. What have the major parties committed to?
What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell
7th April 2022
The government has spent years bringing in a law that appears to have achieved nothing, except add to regulatory red tape.
Another day, another flood: preparing for more climate disasters means taking more personal responsibility for risk
7th April 2022
Climate change is making disasters more frequent and severe, so how should we be preparing for these inevitable events?
More than 1 million Australians have no access to childcare in their area
22nd March 2022
The Conversation: About 9 million Australians, 35% of the population, live in neighbourhoods where there are more than three children per childcare place.
Gender bias in student surveys on teaching increased with remote learning
8th March 2022
The Conversation: Gender bias against female academics increased in student evaluations of teaching during remote learning, particularly among male students, our research shows.
The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity
21st February 2022
The Conversation: If Mike Cannon-Brookes purchases AGL, Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter, he would halve emissions by 2030 and cut them to zero by 2035.
