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Is climate change making us sick?


The impact of rising temperatures on human health is a little discussed aspect of climate change. If climate change is making the planet sick, then what does this mean for the human beings who inhabit it? Mosquito borne diseases are predicted to rise, along with heat related fatalities. There may also be food shortages, unless...
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Fact Check: Does halal certification fund terrorism?


One Nation founder Pauline Hanson claims that halal certification is a $3 trillion industry that funds Islamic organisations and terrorism.
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'The Affluent Society' revisited


John Kenneth Galbraith agreed with the Keynesian view that one day society would be in a financial position where we could work fewer hours, devote more time to leisure and where inequality would diminish. That was a view from the 1950s when he wrote his influential work "The Affluent Society." Urban Studies Scholar Mike Berry...
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Fact Check: Are 80,000 Victorians using ice?


Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews claims about 80,000 Victorians used the drug ice in 2014.
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Fact Check: Do the states and territories need to agree to change the GST?


Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims the Government cannot change the GST without the agreement of the states and territories, and consensus in the federal parliament.