Even the Productivity Commission is backing way from the for-profit model. We need to ensure that our human services serve humans A series of ABC 7.30 reports tells a familiar story of failure in human services. Inadequate staffing, dangerous incidents brushed under the carpet, ineffective regulation and, at the back of it all, for-profit businesses, either ASX-listed or financed by private equity. This time it’s childcare but the same problems have emerged in vocational education, aged care, prisons, hospitals and many other services. Every time the answer we get is the same. More and better regulation, we are told, will make the market work better, allowing competition and consumer choice to work their magic. Continue reading...

Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass

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The comprehensive nature of this win gives Anthony Albanese the chance to change the narrative of our politics.

The opposition claims Australia is an outlier in the developed world in not having nuclear, yet Germany and Italy have closed their plants

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Down Syndrome Australia launches campaign to encourage politicians to abolish subminimum wage

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Get tickets on Humanitix - Big Gas is taking the piss… and what to do about it hosted by The Australia Institute. Newcastle City Hall, 290 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia. Monday 24th March 202...

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