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Editor's note
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Nearly 250,000 Australians take care of family members with mental illness. Some do so for more than 30 hours per week, and some carers are as young as 8 years old. Yet their work isn’t officially recognised and largely goes unpaid. A new report has for the first time put a dollar value on what this care is worth, and it’s billions.
And as income inequality rises around the world, new analysis of 21 OECD countries shows the impact it’s having on governments – they’re having more trouble raising taxes.
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Sasha Petrova
Assistant Editor, Health + Medicine
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Top story
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A study has for the first time provided a detailed profile of who mental health carers are and what they do.
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Sandra Diminic, The University of Queensland; Harvey Whiteford, The University of Queensland; Peter Brooks, University of Melbourne
A new study has for first time placed a dollar value on how much it would cost the government to replace those who unofficially care for family members with mental illness.
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Business + Economy
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Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University
Analysis shows that rising inequality over the past 20 years makes it harder to increase taxes and makes citizens less willing to pay them.
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Marina Nehme, UNSW
Investors will soon be able to invest A$10,000 in a start-up through a crowdfunding platform. But parts of the law are still too restrictive.
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Politics + Society
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Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney
The famous slogan of the 1970s that "women who want equality with men lack ambition" still rings true today.
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Susan Leong, Curtin University; Thor Kerr, Curtin University
The appointment of Western Australia's first minister for Asian engagement shows the new state government understands how deeply embedded the state’s interests are in the Asian neighbourhood.
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Andy Fuller, University of Melbourne
More and more, the culture of elite, professional footy is characterised by commercialisation and corporatisation.
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Murray Wesson, University of Western Australia
The government has not adequately explained what it is hoping to achieve by changing the wording of Section 18C.
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Arts + Culture
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Robert Pascoe, Victoria University; Gerardo Papalia, La Trobe University
Between the 1830s and the 1850s, hundreds of Indigenous warriors and dozens of British settlers were killed across south-east Australia. Echoes of that conflict recur in Aussie rules.
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Environment + Energy
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Adrienne Nicotra, Australian National University; David Freudenberger, Australian National University; Geoff Cary, Australian National University; Geoffrey Hope, Australian National University; Graeme Worboys, Australian National University; Sam Banks, Australian National University; Susanna Venn, Australian National University
A reliable water supply from Australia's mountain catchments depends on intact and functioning ecosystems.
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Gary Truong, UNSW
A new documentary highlights the plight of marine animals living among the estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastic rubbish generated by humans.
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Science + Technology
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Ken Baldwin, Australian National University; Darren Saunders, UNSW; Emma Johnston, UNSW; Ian Lowe, Griffith University; Les Field, UNSW; Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology
The federal government released its National Science Statement today, reinforcing its commitment to science and innovation. But does it do enough?
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Health + Medicine
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Jacqueline Gould, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute; Maria Makrides, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Fish oil capsules are marketed as prenatal supplements to improve brain development in children. But now top quality evidence suggests they won't make any difference in women eating a balanced diet.
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