Nurses’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination for their children are highly influenced by partisanship, a new study finds
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Children of nurses who identify as
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Lehrmann retrial abandoned because of ‘a significant and unacceptable risk’ to Brittany Higgins’ life
The plan for a second trial of Bruce Lehrmann has been dropped after expert medical advice warned it posed a “significant and unacceptable risk” to Brittany Higgins’ life. The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions… …
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Grattan on Friday: To have the best chance of success, the Voice must be sold to voters as a positive, unifying story
This is a vote that is too important to be let fail. Yet you would be an optimist – despite the good support it is getting in the opinion polls – if you rated its prospects at 50-50 …
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Word from The Hill: Federal parliament’s ‘salt mines’ final week
In this podcast Michelle and Amanda Dunn canvass federal parliament’s final sitting week of the year, including the House of Representatives’ censure of Scott Morrison and the flurry of legislation …
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View from The Hill: Scott Morrison makes parliamentary history – for the worst of reasons
Among the slew of mostly predictable speeches that culminated in the first-ever House of Representatives censure of a former prime
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Still recovering from COVID-19, US public transit tries to get back on track
U.S. commuters take approximately 10 billion trips on public transit every year. SciLine asked Kari Watkins, an associate professor of
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Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals
The Nationals’ decision sparked a vitriolic response on Tuesday from Indigenous leader Noel Pearson, while the Western Australian National party dissociated itself from it. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva on her book Bulldozed, Scott Morrison and the Liberals’ woes
“He’s a very secretive character. He’s distrustful. He’s a control freak. He’s a bully. He’s stubborn. He doesn’t listen to anyone” …
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Nationals declare they will oppose the ‘Voice’ referendum
Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party didn’t believe the Voice would “genuinely close the gap” …
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Scott Morrison to face parliamentary censure for undermining political trust
The opposition will vote against the censure, but will support the legislation to implement the Bell recommendations to ensure ministerial appointments are always made public. …
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