By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government will slash spending in real terms on the National Disability Insurance Scheme over four years, as it undertakes a massive “reset” of the program.
People with lower support needs will be moved off the scheme and over the next two years the average spending on plans will reduce to about A$26,000 – back to where it was in 2023 – down from the current $31,000.
Spending on third parties who manage most NDIS plans and claims will be cut by 30%, and more providers will need to be registered, particularly those giving personal care.
Announcing the crackdown,…
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By Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Days of intense rain and snowmelt overwhelmed old dams and breached roads, forcing evacuations. Nearly half the counties in Michigan – often seen as a climate haven – were under a state of emergency.
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By Franklin Calazana, Ph.D student, psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
David Lafortune, Professor, Department of sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Éliane Dussault, Researcher and lecturer, Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Erectile dysfunction treatment has long relied on self-reporting and a narrow set of treatment options. Advances support an increasingly personalized, data-driven and patient-centred care model.
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By Rowan Light, Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
From real to cloth to plastic and now virtual, the poppy demonstrates how material objects become imbued with profound meaning over time.
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By Allyson Brady, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
Study of extreme environments on Earth, along with exploration of the lifeless surface of the moon, can help us understand what life on Mars might look like.
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By Romain Fathi, Associate Professor, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University
European leaders have refused to join the US’s war in Iran. But they are working together to find a way out of it.
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By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again.
Chernobyl is one of them.
On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded, releasing a cloud of radioactive material that drifted across Europe and contaminated land inhabited by around five million people in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
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By Brent Keogh, Lecturer in the School of Communications, University of Technology Sydney
From master Jedi, to a pope, to AI Jesus, Trump has a track record of using pop culture reference as propoganda.
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By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University
Shopping for a duvet? There’s solid textile science to guide you – and it’s less complicated than the marketing would have you believe.
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By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, Adelaide University
George Mihaylov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Adelaide University
Ralf Zurbruegg, Professor in Finance and Business Analytics, Adelaide University
Sophie Murray, Partner Engagement Manager: Aboriginal Community and Industry, Adelaide University
Unlike economic damages, there is no formal method for deciding on compensation for cultural loss when a court rules land has been damaged or taken away.
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