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Cold hard facts and figures don’t tell the whole NDIS story

There is logic to the government’s planned changes to the scheme, but there are also real human risks, especially for children.

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A stain on the game: The AFL must find a new way to tackle homophobia

If proven, the alleged Rankine incident and others show the AFL’s current approach is failing to stamp out homophobia on-field.

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More than a thousand women have shared their disturbing encounters with the medical system as part of an investigation into medical misogyny.

Ignored and dismissed, women raise voices against medical misogyny

Our series on medical misogyny has promoted wider awareness. But the voices of women telling their stories shows more needs to be done to hasten an end to the health system’s deeply embedded gender bias.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as a state.

Move may not tilt events in Gaza, but Palestine recognition a step forward

Australia’s recognition of Palestine is a welcome move by the Albanese government, a move more than mere symbolism.

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Dr Munjed Al Muderis.

Landmark court victory came in yet another case that should never have been heard

Dr Munjed Al Muderis’ case was the latest example of how a dozen money-driven defamation lawyers have made a cottage industry of extracting fees from rich clients only to score a spectacular own goal.

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Underquoting is widespread in the real estate industry.

Government’s underquoting failure abandons consumers making their biggest financial call

Promises to end the odious practice have not delivered, a review remains inexplicably buried and Victorians are left in the dark.

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Premier Jacinta Allan has proposed to enshrine the out-of-office work arrangements as a right.

Allan’s working-from-home push is an affront and a furphy

The premier’s plan to seek to legislate working from home as a right is deeply flawed.

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Hope is not a plan: Public patients shouldn’t be penalised

Colonoscopy waiting times for some public patients means vital time is being lost that could be the difference in successfully treating a life-threatening condition. 

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Mark Smyth was once one of Australia’s most-lauded scientists.

Science fraudster shows independent research watchdog a necessity

It is well past time the government set up a body to hear allegations of scientific misconduct.

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Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.

Enough is enough: the CFMEU stain on our society must be removed

It’s a year since The Age’s investigation blew the lid on the union’s rotten conduct. Too little has changed.

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