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What Happens When Child Safety Becomes Part of The Infrastructure?

SAFE Inc, trading as SAFE, is a national child safety intelligence infrastructure that turns frontline observations into structured, early-warning intelligence for organisations working with children across Australia.

inkl · Oct 23

'No easy paths': why calls grow for a GST hike

Ballooning debt should force a major rethink of the GST, a top think tank says, but the neediest families would still be better off.

AAP · Oct 18

Shoebridge says US submission on online safety laws an ‘extraordinary intervention’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 22

To protect Australians, the federal parliament must push Albanese on gambling reforms

In early April, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he was finally implementing several restrictions on gambling advertising.

The Conversation · Apr 30

Economic inequality is straining Australian democracy

MPs need to represent the people better and foster a greater sense of inclusion to safeguard democracy, which is under strain, the Grattan Institute says.

AAP · Apr 12

To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is now going backwards.

The Conversation · Apr 12

Emptying bins and photocopying: nurses’ skills are too often wasted in general practice

Australians are living longer, but we’re also living longer with disease and disability. Half of us now have at least one chronic condition.

The Conversation · Mar 2

Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%

Child vaccination has been one of Australia’s biggest success stories. Before the COVID pandemic, we hit the national target of 95% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated. Our child vaccination rates were among the best in the world.

The Conversation · Feb 17

Bulk-billing rates are up. But there’s more to delivering the best possible care

A multi-billion dollar boost to GP funding has lifted bulk-billing rates across the country, especially in many areas that need fee-free care the most.

The Conversation · Feb 13

New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election

Australia’s political parties set new records in funds raised and spent in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election. Now, nine months later, Australians finally get a look at who funded the parties’ election campaigns.

The Conversation · Feb 2