There’s growing awareness public dental programs are unable to meet the demand for services. Private dental care is increasingly unaffordable, and millions of Australians go without the treatment they need. The potentially avoidable costs to the health-care system and to people’s quality of life has led to increased pressure for a Medicare-style universal insurance scheme Continue reading »
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Elite sport has the potential to uplift, inspire and connect individuals and groups in a way that is unrivalled in our culture. It can represent the soaring ambition and capabilities of our species, as well as our innate capacities for collaboration and compassion. Sport can be an unmatched training ground for developing character and creating Continue reading »
Most Australians have little idea how frequently miscarriages of justice in the form of wrongful convictions occur in Australia. This lack of knowledge should be no surprise; not even our criminal justice system tracks such data let alone researches the possibility of wrongful convictions. In the absence of data, most people, including many in the Continue reading »
Russia’s failed attempt to make Ukraine into a buffer state is only helping China’s statecraft on its own western borders. If the author of the Art of War, Sun Tzu, was marking President Xi’s statecraft from some lofty place in heaven, he may well give Xi a special distinction. For Sun Tzu, the best way Continue reading »
Widodo visit: Indonesia’s approach to regional security needs to be more than than fence-sitting. The visit to Australia this week of President Joko Widodo of Indonesia – known as Jokowi – should give us pause to reflect on how we and Indonesia stand with each other and what the future holds. Truth be told, our Continue reading »
They can’t say they weren’t warned. Shortly before coming to office Anthony Albanese said, ‘I’ve been underestimated my whole life’. It was a significant personal reflection during a hectic election campaign, one that spoke to Albanese’s resolve, his self-belief, and a subtle barb at the failure of others to recognise his political determination and tactical Continue reading »
The Founding Fathers made startlingly progressive statements that didn’t make it into popular history.
The post For July 4, Here Are 10 Shockingly Radical Things the Founding Fathers Said appeared first on The Intercept.
Irrelevant Senator Pauline Hanson has promised the World that she will mail her essay against an Indigenous Voice to parliament to every Australian, just as soon as she gets a new pack of crayons. ”The people of Australia will have... Read More ›
‘Weaponise’ is the word de jour in America. Aside from the crude partisan employment of the term by Trump and other American politicians, it has subtly found its way into mainstream publications. Such loaded terms corrupt analysis by imposing implicit judgements that obviate the need for serious thought. Once condemned for weaponising, it cannot then Continue reading »
Last week, English cricket was hit by a bombshell in the form of a report entitled ‘Holding Up a Mirror to Cricket’. Commissioned by the England and Wales Cricket Board, the report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) found that the game in the land of its origin was riven by racism, Continue reading »