Who has to pay for the NHS and when?
The British government plans to double its annual charge for migrants to use the NHS.
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Lawyers challenge New Zealand’s proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5°C goal
Consider Ireland. Like New Zealand, it has high agricultural emissions and a poor climate track record so far, but it has adopted much stronger targets to cut emissions by 51% between 2018 and 2030.
Enough, already: why humanity must get on board with the concept of ‘sufficiency’
Sufficiency is a new approach to solving humanity’s consumption problems. It’s about using less, ensuring wellbeing for all humans, and staying within planetary boundaries.
The rules for Afterpay, Zip and other ‘buy now, pay later’ providers are changing. What it means for you, and them
More credit checking, spending limits and caps on fees are among the changes being imposed on buy now, pay later lenders.
Fee deregulation is a bad idea, but our universities do need reform
Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s scheme for the deregulation of university fees is dead or delayed. Either way it has been exposed as bad for Australia. This is because it will put universities in…
Some Australian universities might have to merge – and that’s not necessarily a bad thing
Australian universities face a huge revenue hit from falling international student numbers due to COVID-19 and tensions with China. Some institutions should consider merging rather than downsizing.
There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia’s pipeline for a post‑COVID‑19 recovery
The Productivity Commission has released a report of its review of a national agreement on the skills workforce and the VET sector.
Nearly 500,000 Australian kids go to after school care – it needs to be more than a babysitting service
Our new research shows the benefits of involving children in designing the activities they do in outside school hours care.
Over 1000 professors call on Gillard to reverse planned uni cuts
Over a thousand Australian professors have signed an open letter asking the federal government to abandon plans for $2.3 billion worth of cuts to the university sector. The cuts, announced this month as…
Renationalising Britain’s railways – EU law not a barrier
Under current EU rules, Britain cannot recreate a railway monopoly. It can, however, follow the lead of other EU countries in bringing more of the rail sector into public ownership.
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