Albanese pledge: nine in ten GP visits bulk billed by 2030, in $8.5 billion Medicare injection
The Albanese government on Sunday will pledge $8.5 billion for Medicare, declaring this would enable all Australians to have ...
Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
It might sound right that if you do what your boss says, you’re doing a good job. But it’s different if your obligations are ...
Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
This year’s CPAC gathering has been a victory lap for Trump supporters, who have devoted their time at the event to praising ...
South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes?
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its ...
China: Xi Jinping has learned from Trump’s first trade war and is ready to fight back
The start of 2025 has been good for China and its reputation as a high-tech innovator. The unveiling of the Chinese-made ...
We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to ‘contain’ people of color and immigrants
Create a moral panic. Blame it on certain people. Commence monitoring. Deploy droves of security agents. Detain or remove the ...
Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are less likely to seek health care after passage of anti-immigrant laws
A survey of hundreds of Floridians found that nearly two-thirds of non-US citizens and one-third of US citizens hesitated to ...
South Africa’s finance minister wanted to raise VAT: the pros and cons of a tricky tax
The reason for the abrupt cancellation was the failure of the minister to get cabinet approval for the proposal to raise ...
Trump is ruling like a ‘king’, following the Putin model. How can he be stopped?
Donald Trump has long admired Vladimir Putin’s ability to rule Russia like a king. As he expands presidential power, this is ...
Gout used to be an affliction of royalty but is now a disease of the masses
Gout is a crystal arthropathy – a group of joint disorders that occur when crystals build up in joints and soft tissues. Gout ...