Government sitting on key mental health report for 10 weeks as budget looms

Government sitting on key mental health report for 10 weeks as budget looms

The Health Minister isn't releasing the Productivity Commission's mental health report,as experts call for the issues to be addressed in the budget.

  • byDana McCauley

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How the lessons of the pandemic could be used to prevent suicide
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Mental health

How the lessons of the pandemic could be used to prevent suicide

One of Australia's top mental health advisers wants to exploit the pandemic to shift the way that mental health is perceived and funded.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Fault lines in aged care exposed
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Aged care

Fault lines in aged care exposed

Confronting your own party with its mistakes is hard to do in politics. One backbencher is up for the challenge.

  • byDavid Crowe
Government chose'futile bureaucratic exercise'over aged care reform,Liberal MP says

Government chose'futile bureaucratic exercise'over aged care reform,Liberal MP says

The Coalition's former aged care spokeswoman has slammed the government's handling of aged care and called for major structural change.

  • byDavid Crowe
'Long-term scarring':Young people will suffer their entire working lives from COVID-19

'Long-term scarring':Young people will suffer their entire working lives from COVID-19

The coronavirus recession will scar the job and wage prospects of people in their 20s and 30s for years,special Productivity Commission research suggests.

  • byShane Wright
Farmers can help with COVID recovery but say wage reform needed

Farmers can help with COVID recovery but say wage reform needed

Industrial relations reform would help agriculture to lead our coronavirus recovery,the farm lobby says,but others say technology will drive growth.

  • byMike Foley
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Growth in money for private school students outstrips public schools

Growth in money for private school students outstrips public schools

Income for each NSW public school student increased by $583 between 2009 and 2018,compared with $2520 per student at independent schools.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andAdam Carey
Time to think out of the box – and get down to business

Time to think out of the box – and get down to business

Where has our manufacturing industry gone? It's the question on everyone's lips.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Government cancels more than $1.2 billion in VET student loans

Government cancels more than $1.2 billion in VET student loans

The federal government has cancelled more than $1.2 billion in loans to VET students.

  • byAnna Patty
Why so defensive? The Australian ego is fragile on the question of racism
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Racism

Why so defensive? The Australian ego is fragile on the question of racism

Inquiries and expert reports keep telling us what to do about Indigenous disadvantage. We keep not doing it - and not listening to First Australians.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Bold reform needed to prevent even bigger economic blow

Bold reform needed to prevent even bigger economic blow

Reforms are the best way for Australia to emerge from a once-in-a-century crisis,and energy policy should be top of the agenda.

  • byRob Henderson