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Turnbull's ratings fall in another bad Newspoll

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

The Coalition is trailing in its 21st consecutive Newspoll, with Labor maintaining its two-party lead of 54-46% and Malcolm Turnbull suffering a setback in his personal ratings.

As parliament resumes, with the energy issue preoccupying cabinet and the government nervously waiting on the High Court’s citizenship decisions, Turnbull’s...

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Power bills can fall – but the main attention must be on affordability: ACCC

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

The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Rod Sims, holds out the prospect of an absolute fall in electricity bills over coming years - but says this will require focusing centrally on affordability, not just reliability and sustainability.

In its Retail Electricity Pricing Inquiry preliminary report into the electricity...

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Why Trump's decertification of the Iran nuclear deal may prove a costly mistake

  • Written by: Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University
imageDonald Trump's justification for decertifying the Iran nuclear deal stems from his view that Iran is violating the deal’s spirit.Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

US President Donald Trump’s decision on Friday to decertify the Iran nuclear deal threatens the future of the landmark agreement, creates greater instability in the Middle East, and...

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NSW ReachTEL: Coalition leads 52-48 as One Nation slumps. Xenophon tied or ahead in SA's Hartley

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

A NSW ReachTEL poll for Fairfax media, conducted 5 October from a sample of 1650, gave the Coalition a 52-48 lead by preference flows at the 2015 election, a 3 point gain for Labor since a Channel 7 ReachTEL poll, conducted just after Mike Baird’s resignation as Premier in January. With 8.1% undecided excluded, primary votes in this...

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  3. #LstTxt Tstmnt: an unsent text message can count as a will, in the right circumstances
  4. Research suggests Tony Abbott's climate views are welcome in the Hunter Valley
  5. As the Clean Energy Target fizzles, what might replace it?
  6. Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won't slow increase in premiums
  7. What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
  8. Satellites are giving us a commanding view of Earth's carbon cycle
  9. A matter of trust: the checks and balances schools must have to ensure fair funding for disability
  10. Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes
  11. Friday essay: the cultural meanings of wild horses
  12. Three areas to reform federal-state financial relations
  13. Vital Signs: the spooky mortgage risk signs our bankers are ignoring
  14. How the Liberals can fix their gender problem
  15. Don't ignore the mobility scooter. It may just be the future of transport
  16. My child has glue ear – what do I do?
  17. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull close to finalising energy package but can he sell it?
  18. This is what our cities need to do to be truly liveable for all
  19. Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table
  20. Looking into their computer-generated eyes: dating in virtual reality
  21. Black Lives Matter is a revolutionary peace movement
  22. I've always wondered: why your nose runs when it's cold
  23. Video explainer: at China's 19th National Party Congress, Xi's vision and legacy are at stake
  24. Weighing up lab-grown steak: the problems with eating meat are not Silicon Valley's to solve
  25. Health Check: does drinking alcohol kill the germs it comes into contact with?
  26. Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia
  27. Australia's species need an independent champion
  28. Eight simple changes to our neighbourhoods can help us age well
  29. Three charts on: disability discrimination in the workplace
  30. New research reveals the origin of Australia’s extinct flightless giants, the mihirung birds
  31. Playboy, Brooke Shields and the fetishisation of young girls
  32. How will Amazon navigate Australia's taxation system?
  33. What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that's a problem
  34. Explainer: how do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?
  35. Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?
  36. Oversimplifying gun control issues can pose a real threat to community safety
  37. Curious Kids: Do astronauts get space sick when they travel from Earth to the International Space Station?
  38. Money can't buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree
  39. Some states do better than others on affordable housing – we can learn from the successes
  40. Australian consumer law is failing beer drinkers
  41. Government's energy plan still under wraps while Abbott shouts his from afar
  42. Marriage ballot participation rate passes Irish referendum
  43. The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos
  44. The Great Barrier Reef can repair itself, with a little help from science
  45. Despite the charged atmosphere, Frydenberg and Finkel have the same goal for electricity
  46. Dove, real beauty and the racist history of skin whitening
  47. As China prepares for its Communist Party Congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?
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