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Editor's note
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Women may find it harder to get an abortion if the Religious Discrimination Bill, which is due to be introduced to parliament in October, becomes law. That’s because health practitioners with an objection to performing the procedure on religious grounds may have stronger legal protection. They may also not have to refer women to an alternative provider.
As Elizabeth Shi and Ariella Gordon from RMIT University write, this could mean women have to shop around to find another doctor willing to perform the procedure.
The implications go wider still. If the current bill passes into law, the researchers say pharmacists and nurses can also object to being involved in abortion services on religious grounds. That means more women may potentially face delays.
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health+Medicine
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Top stories
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Women may need to shop around for a new doctor if the first one refuses to perform an abortion for religious reasons.
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Elizabeth Shi, RMIT University; Ariella Gordon, RMIT University
Doctors who won't perform abortions on religious grounds may have stronger legal protection and may not be compelled to refer women to an alternative provider. Here's why that's bad news for women.
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There are legitimate questions about Liu’s past connections to associations with direct or indirect links with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Liu's disastrous interview on Sky News forced the government into a full scale defence of her, saying that Labor, in pursuing her, was being “xenophobic” and “grubby”.
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The Greens and independent MPs are pushing for Australia to declare a national ‘climate emergency’, in line with several other nations.
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David Holmes, Monash University
Because climate change is so heavily politicised, the declaration of a national emergency would be a disaster for the major parties – and for bringing greater awareness to the problem.
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Environment + Energy
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John Quiggin, The University of Queensland
The state of Australia's energy and climate change policy is reason to despair. But there may be a nuclear solution that keeps both sides happy.
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Alan Finkel, Office of the Chief Scientist
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Cities
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Health + Medicine
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Tim Chambers, Imperial College London
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