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GST carve-up to be examined by the Productivity Commission

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

The government has ordered the Productivity Commission (PC) to review how the GST revenue is sliced up, setting the scene for a new round of hostilities between states over what they get from the tax.

The review, to report by the end of January, follows long-standing pressure from Liberals in Western Australia, which currently loses out heavily...

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Queensland Galaxy: 52-48 to Labor as One Nation slumps

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

A Queensland Galaxy poll has Labor leading by 52-48, a one point gain for Labor since early February. Primary votes are 36% for Labor (up 5), 34% for the Liberal Nationals (up 1), 17% for One Nation (down 6) and 7% for the Greens (down 1).

Given the large increase in Labor’s primary vote, the one point gain after preferences is low,...

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Wittgenstein and the Dangers of Certainty

  • Written by: John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
imageLudwig Wittgenstein, in Swansea, Wales, September 1947Ben Richards

The following notes on the politics of rising uncertainty and the future of democracy were prepared for the inaugural CISS global forum, Peace and Security under Uncertainty, Quarantine Station, Sydney, April 28 2017. The remarks were inspired by a remarkable set of 676 aphorisms...

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Malcolm Turnbull leaves Julie Bishop in the hot seat in Abdel-Magied affair

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMalcolm Turnbull has left the decision on Yassmin Abdel-Magied's place on the Council for Australian-Arab relations with Julie Bishop.AAP/Lukas Coch

Malcolm Turnbull engaged in an unedifying cop-out when questioned about the Yassmin Abdel-Magied affair on Friday.

Quizzed by 3AW’s Neil Mitchell, Turnbull described her Anzac day Facebook post...

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  13. Merged minor parties chase votes on the right as identity crisis grips Coalition
  14. Friday essay: moving autism on TV beyond the genius stereotype
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  19. French and Australian experts on solving the world's sustainability challenge
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