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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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  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election
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  8. So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
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  10. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
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  13. Friday essay: video games, military culture and new narratives of war
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  16. Faking it: we should make manipulating algorithms for political purposes a crime
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  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
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  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?
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  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
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  38. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, February 2017
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