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Queensland result, while decided on state issues, adds to Turnbull's burdens

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageThe Queensland state election result makes the byelection in Bennelong on December 16 even more important.AAP/Danny Casey

The Queensland election was decided overwhelmingly on state factors, as Malcolm Turnbull was quick to say on Sunday, but inevitably it has fallout for the Prime Minister.

Four implications are obvious in the result, which ABC...

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Conservative amendments to same-sex marriage bill would make Australia's laws the world's weakest

  • Written by: Brendan Gogarty, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
imageAmendments proposed to the same-sex marriage legislation would wind back a lot of the gains made under anti-discrimination laws.Unsplash/Zelle Duda

On Monday the Senate will start debating a series of proposals to limit the scope of marriage equality reforms. If they are agreed, Australia would be the only country effectively to have wound back...

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Why we are still convinced robots will take our jobs despite the evidence

  • Written by: Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne

The tale of new technologies causing the death of work is the prophecy that keeps on giving. Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.

The mistaken view that robots will take our jobs may come from a human bias to believe that “we live in...

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With result still in the balance, Labor likely to win Queensland and One Nation likely to take just one seat

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
imageQueensland voters have punished the major parties, but Annastacia Palaszczuk is most likely to be returned as premier.AAP/Glenn Hunt

With 70% of enrolled voters counted in yesterday’s Queensland election, the ABC is calling 43 of the 93 seats for Labor, 34 for the LNP and two for the Katter Party. 14 seats have not yet been called, and Labor...

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  8. All fired up: Clay Stories is a triumphant display of contemporary Indigenous ceramics
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  10. Queensland election: One Nation dominates Twitter debate in the final weeks
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  13. Energy ministers' power policy pow-wow is still driven more by headlines than details
  14. Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  15. Conservative Christians need to stamp out clergy wife abuse - starting with ending endemic sexism
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  17. Evidence-based education needs standardised assessment
  18. The Queensland government is paying more for its debt than the average mortgage holder
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  20. We learn from our mistakes: how to make better predictions from tweets
  21. Grattan on Friday: Discovery of the cabinet leaker would present bigger problem than the leak
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