Opinion

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Getting on the priority wait list is so challenging some applicants just give up.

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There’s little transparency surrounding how insurance firms collect, analyse and use our personal data when they establish insurance costs.

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What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.

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What is the electricity grid and how does it work? How are energy supply and prices determined? An expert breaks down a few of the terms and ideas underpinning Australia’s energy crisis.

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Tax advisers are more likely to act as 'tax exploiters' for wealthy clients but 'tax enforcers' for the rest of us.

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Thousands of sick and dead frogs are turning up around Australia. If you see one, let these scientists know.

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A new study has found autism is the top risk factor for bullying among all neurodiversities.

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With voter behaviour changing, the Albanese government could consider a historic shift in the lower house, says UNSW Canberra's David Lee.

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Younger people aged 18 to 28 were more likely to be negatively impacted by manipulative designs on websites and apps.

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The cost of the Australian biometric passport and the rigour involved in obtaining one can be traced to our participation in an international passport system that evolved over the last century.

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