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Katter backs Turnbull, as credit agency puts Australia on notice

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Crossbencher Bob Katter has given his support on supply and confidence to a Coalition government after a meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Brisbane.

This reassurance came as Turnbull received a blow when Standard and Poor’s rating agency revised the rating outlook on Australia from stable to negative.

On latest counting it is...

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Now you're laughing: the unhappy state of Australia's political satire

  • Written by Stephen Harrington, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
imageOur political system might lend itself to mockery, but are satirists stepping up?The Chaser's Election Desk/ABC

I’m willing to bet The Chaser team are disappointed that last night’s episode of the Election Desk was the last of the series. So much fruit for comedic picking has ripened over the last week they could probably run new...

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One Nation, Climate Denial and those Jewish Bankers

  • Written by Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageMalcom Roberts

Malcolm Roberts, the Queensland One Nation candidate who seems set to be elected to the Senate, sees the world through the eyes of the archetypal conspiracist. Dark forces move with malign intent behind world events.

Climate science is a conspiracy cooked up by a secretive alliance of leading scientists and scientific bodies,...

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Chilcot’s lessons for Australia

  • Written by Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
imageReuters

So now we know. Saddam Hussein didn’t present an imminent threat. He could have been contained. He didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction. And the consequences of the invasion were profoundly underestimated by its principal architects. Who would have guessed?

The Chilcot report’s conclusions may have taken an...

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  1. News of Zika vaccine might be reassuring, but it's too late for Rio, and do we really need it anyway?
  2. Australia must act now to secure economic ties with a rising Indonesia
  3. Australia could be about to lose its AAA rating, and here's why
  4. Please don’t explain: Hanson 2.0 and the war on experts
  5. Cheerleaders of the press don't win elections like they used to
  6. There's still much to learn by visiting the giant planet Jupiter
  7. Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out
  8. Understanding the NDIS: will parents of newly diagnosed children with disability be left in the dark?
  9. Co-living is demolishing the line between work and life
  10. Why Australians should care about the South Pole
  11. Bloody good TV: how Rake changed Australian television
  12. Barnaby Joyce gives some protection on Turnbull's vulnerable right flank
  13. Queensland postal votes could give Coalition majority government
  14. The lessons to be learned now the ABC's pulled its 'inaccurate' Wi-Fried program
  15. Weekly Dose: ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young
  16. Workers are taking on more risk in the gig economy
  17. Renewable jet fuel could be growing on Australia's iconic gum trees
  18. Why drug-detection dogs are sniffing up the wrong tree
  19. Explainer: why stock market panic can signal a good time to buy
  20. Facing bumps, but on the right track: Indonesia's democratic progress
  21. Understanding the NDIS: a history of disability welfare from 'deserving poor' to consumers in control
  22. Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme work and am I eligible for funding?
  23. Defiant Hanson will test a Coalition government
  24. Business Briefing: are Hanson, NXT and the Nationals bad for business?
  25. Research fraud: the temptation to lie – and the challenges of regulation
  26. Christos Tsiolkas, the 'blasphemous' artist and Barracuda
  27. If machines can beat us at games, does it make them more intelligent than us?
  28. Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends
  29. Turnbull remains less than pitch-perfect
  30. By Jupiter, what we know of the gas giant so far
  31. We must convince people we believe in Medicare: Turnbull
  32. From scolds to talking underwater : Policing women's voices
  33. Are shipping containers really the answer for affordable housing? Time for a reality check
  34. Labor's 'Mediscare' campaign capitalised on Coalition history of hostility towards Medicare
  35. Politics podcast: James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
  36. How Uber opens cities only to close them
  37. In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?
  38. In rare cases, a dog's lick can carry more than just love
  39. Caught short: we need to talk about public toilets
  40. Companies may be misleading investors by not openly assessing the true value of assets
  41. Playing politics with your future: what a hung parliament could mean for super
  42. Maggie's Plan: screwball comedy meets witty academic satire
  43. A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home
  44. Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging
  45. Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length
  46. Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting
  47. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  48. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  49. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  50. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
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