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Tony Abbott says government's challenge is 'to be worth voting for'

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

Tony Abbott has laid out his policy alternatives to make the next election “winnable” for the Coalition, in a provocative speech that again highlights his differences with Malcolm Turnbull.

The former prime minister said the government should say to the people of Australia that it would cut the renewable energy target, reduce...

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Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten's own goal becomes Turnbull's political problem

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

The latest reflection on just how appalling things are in Canberra politics came this week from former Treasury head Ken Henry, who’s now chairman of NAB.

“Our politicians have dug themselves into deep trenches from which they fire insults designed merely to cause political embarrassment. Populism supplies the munitions,” Henry...

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Politics podcast: Hugh Saddler on Australia's energy crisis

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

As politicians debate the causes of South Australia’s power failures, separating fact from rhetoric has become difficult. In this episode of The Conversation’s politics podcast, Michelle Grattan interviews energy expert Hugh Saddler.

Saddler explains the complex mix of factors behind the power failures in South Australia and the...

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Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most

  • Written by: Shirley Jackson, PhD Candidate in Political Economy, University of Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission decided to cut Sunday and some public holiday rates of pay across the hospitality, retail, pharmacy and fast food industries for full time, part time and some casual workers.

This will hit young people the hardest as research tells us that while a third of Australians rely on regular Sunday shifts as part of their wage,...

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  1. How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?
  2. YouTube star PewDiePie rails against 'the media', but he's a part of it too now
  3. Sunday penalty rates cut opens new fight between government and opposition
  4. Explainer: how Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
  5. 'I can live with either one': Palestine, Israel and the two-state solution
  6. In the rooms of power and ordinary people, Bligh's banking appointment is a masterstroke
  7. Some brain training programs are backed by evidence. Here's how to pick them
  8. WA's decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
  9. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic contenders – and why Moonlight should win
  10. Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names
  11. Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks
  12. Too hot to learn – why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
  13. Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
  14. Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
  15. Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late
  16. Shorten goes on front foot over renewables 50% 'target'
  17. Fact or fiction – is sugar addictive?
  18. New physics syllabus raises the bar, but how will schools clear it?
  19. No mandatory novels or poetry – what you need to know about the new HSC English curriculum
  20. Dutton blows Turnbull's credibility – for now and perhaps for later
  21. Yes, we can do on-the-spot drug testing quickly and safely
  22. How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power
  23. Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
  24. City streets become a living lab that could transform your daily travel
  25. Intrigue, lucky charms and painful longing: the art of Helen Britton
  26. Life imprisonment raises questions about proportionality, equity and human dignity
  27. Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
  28. Playing politics with renewables: how the right is losing its way
  29. Trump, déjà un mois, et ce n’est que le début…
  30. How predictable are the Oscars? More than you might think
  31. Netanyahu's visit prompts Australia to rethink its relationship with Israel
  32. No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
  33. Tax and dividend: how conservatives can grow to love carbon pricing
  34. What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are
  35. Why algorithms won't necessarily lead to utopian workplaces
  36. Government losing the argument on energy, according to poll
  37. Trump and the cycle of dehumanisation
  38. How we kept disease-spreading Asian Tiger mozzies away from the Australian mainland
  39. Trainspotting on stage brings a disturbing reality vividly to life
  40. Mount Isa contamination 'within guidelines' but residents told to clean their homes
  41. There are some difficult questions to ask Netanyahu, but boycotting his visit won't answer them
  42. APRA fiddles on bank risk while Rome burns
  43. Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff
  44. Labor's climate policy could remove the need for renewable energy targets
  45. Bystanders often don't intervene in sexual harassment – but should they?
  46. PewDiePie, new media stars and the court of public opinion
  47. WestConnex audit offers another $17b lesson in how not to fund infrastructure
  48. Morrison's tanty over bankers hiring Anna Bligh was arrogant and absurd
  49. Australia's march towards corporatocracy
  50. The anatomy of an energy crisis – a pictorial guide, Part 2

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