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Science: Study warns more sexual partners leads to a higher cancer risk

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

A recent study out of the UK has shown that having more than 10 sexual partners over your lifetime is linked to a higher risk of cancer. Researchers studied the data of more [...]

Science: More food is being wasted than before; the richer you are the more you waste

February 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Thought you were good with food waste? Turns out you may not be and it may be related to just how much money you earn. A recent study by Dutch researchers has shown that food [...]

RBA sends end of year warning on stagnant wages growth

December 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Today the Reserve Bank has shone a spotlight on stagnant wages growth. Some say this is one of the Morrison Government’s biggest economic failures. The warning comes as [...]

5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute and Kate Griffiths, Grattan Institute As we come to the end of 2019, you’d be forgiven for being confused about the health of the economy. [...]

MYEFO: Ordinary Australians paying the price for liberal failure

December 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

Today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook has destroyed the economic credibility of the Morrison Government. Australians are paying a high price for the [...]

MYEFO: Morrison wrong on wage growth

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Morrison Government has been forced to reduce projected wage growth again, the 33rd time this government has misled the Australian people about wage growth. In this [...]

Morrison Government Becomes 2nd Highest Taxing Government on Record, & Government Net Debt Has Risen By 145% Since 2013

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Treasure Frydenberg’s MYEFO documents confirm the Morrison government has now become the 2nd highest taxing government on record, the Only government with a higher tax [...]

Food system is failing us: Countries facing both obesity and undernutrition

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

According to the Lance, more than one in three low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition with twin presence of obesity and undernutrition reflects [...]

Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future – Helping First Nations Australians to heal complex trauma as parents

December 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Becoming a parent is a major change in life for anyone. It is filled with hope, joy, and fear — and this is the case if you have grown up in a stable and safe environment. [...]

1 in 3 companies pay no tax while actively driving down wages & making jobs more insecure

December 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Roughly one in three companies, including household names like Shell, IBM and Goldman Sachs pay no tax in Australia, despite hundreds of millions, sometimes billions of [...]