More of the same in private hospital insurance data
There is no good news for private health insurers in the quarterly health Insurance statistics released today.
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Debunking a private health scare campaign
The private health insurance industry likes to warn Australians of a doomsday scenario. Don’t believe it.
The case for redefining low socioeconomic status in higher education
Since the early 1990s, higher education statistics have defined someone as of low socio-economic status if they are from a region classified in the lowest 25 per cent in Australia according to the ABS Index of Education and Occupation. Wouldn't it be better to pay more attention to areas that for whatever reason have low university participation rates, even if quirks of the Index of Education and Occupation formula give them SES ratings that disqualify them from low-SES rewards?
Deaths of despair in Australia
'Deaths of despair' are rising in Australia, particularly among middle-aged men.
Young Australians continue to turn away from private health insurance
About 65,000 fewer Australians had health insurance in December 2018 compared to December 2017.
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The gender divide at university
In 1987, for the first time in Australia’s history, more women than men were enrolled in higher education. Many things have changed in Australian higher education since but, as the figure below shows, the gender make-up of our university classrooms is not one of them. In 1989 – the first year for which reliable data were available – 71 per cent of teaching students were women; in 2016, the figure was 73 per cent. In nursing, it was 89 per cent in 1989 and 87 per cent three decades later.
More compulsory super hurts Middle Australia — however you look at it
Our latest research shows that lifting compulsory super contributions to 12 per cent would leave workers in Middle Australia poorer over their entire lifetimes – and that remains true under any plausible assumptions.
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Who is homeless in Australia?
Homelessness is a growing problem in Australia. To tackle the scourge, we first need to understand who is homeless. Here’s what we know.
A better way of knowing if we’re in a recession
Policy makers need timely information to decide whether economic stimulus might be required. A new indicator based on the unemployment rate can help.
Election 2019: the result wasn’t the only surprise
The 2019 federal election: four surprising charts on what we know so far.
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