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The Conversation's FactCheck granted accreditation by International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation
imageFacebook has said being a signatory to Poynter's code of principles is a condition for being accepted as a third-party fact-checker on its network.Flickr/Esther Vargas, CC BY-SA

The Conversation’s FactCheck unit has become the first fact-checking team in Australia and one of only two worldwide accredited by the International Fact-Checking...

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Labor wins WA in a landslide as One Nation fails to land a blow

  • Written by: Natalie Mast, Associate Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, University of Western Australia
imageFormer navy lawyer Mark McGowan is set to become the new premier of Western Australia.AAP/Dan Peled

Labor has won the 2017 Western Australian election in a landslide, sweeping aside the long-running Barnett government and installing Labor’s Mark McGowan as the state’s 30th premier.

The ABC is predicting Labor will win 40 seats, doubling...

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Labor romps to landslide win in WA election

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

With 67% of enrolled voters counted in yesterday’s Western Australian election, the ABC’s election computer was giving Labor 36 of the 59 lower house seats, to 11 Liberals and 5 Nationals. Of the seven doubtful seats, I expect the Liberals to overtake narrow current Labor leads in two seats on late counting. If that happens, Labor...

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Labor very likely to win WA election as One Nation slumps

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

The West Australian election will be held today. Polls close at 6pm local time (9pm Melbourne time). All three polls taken in the last week give Labor a 54-46 lead, which would represent an 11 point swing to Labor since the 2013 election. If this polling is accurate, Labor leads the combined Liberal/National total on primary votes. Here is the...

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  3. Banning foreign political donations won't fix all that ails our system
  4. Companies should stick to the standards to avoid misleading investors
  5. New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches
  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election
  7. Goodbye glamour-puss and rugged hero: smokers lose brand identity with plain cigarette packaging
  8. So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
  9. Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
  10. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
  11. Not 'all is forgiven' for asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka
  12. Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens
  13. Friday essay: video games, military culture and new narratives of war
  14. Five myths about the new cervical screening program that refuse to die
  15. Young workers expect their older colleagues to get out of the way
  16. Faking it: we should make manipulating algorithms for political purposes a crime
  17. Why 'green-black' alliances are less simple than they seem
  18. Grattan on Friday: One Nation blows WA campaign but will Hanson’s supporters care?
  19. Politics podcast: WA election – Mark McGowan accuses Turnbull of bluffing
  20. Research Check: will using lice products give my children behavioural problems?
  21. Australians' attitudes to vaccination are more complex than a simple 'pro' or 'anti' label
  22. What our backyards can tell us about the world
  23. The daily life of a Neanderthal revealed from the gunk in their teeth
  24. Democracy needs more trees and less Trump
  25. Weekly Dose: while the media panic about ice, we should worry about carfentanil
  26. FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?
  27. The great movie scenes: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  28. Contested spaces: we need to see public space through older eyes too
  29. Face Value: sentiment analysis shows business leaders are positive about the year ahead
  30. DNA reveals Aboriginal people had a long and settled connection to country
  31. Roe 8: Perth's environmental flashpoint in the WA election
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  33. Selective schools increasingly cater to the most advantaged students
  34. Banning orders won't solve alcohol-fuelled violence – but they can be part of the solution
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  36. Health Check: do men really sweat more than women?
  37. Politics podcast: WA poll – Kim Beazley on One Nation
  38. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, February 2017
  39. Warm for the human form, from Rodin's bronzes to stone slabs
  40. Why 'digital gold' won't ever kill off the real thing
  41. Here's how citizen power can drive mental health reform
  42. Contested spaces: a user's guide to shared paths
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