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Bernardi says his new party will offer a 'principled' alternative for disillusioned conservative voters

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

Cory Bernardi, who formally defected from the Liberal Party on Tuesday, says he aims to provide the many disillusioned conservative voters with “a principled, credible and stable alternative in which they can vest their vote”.

As some ministers lashed out bitterly at him, accusing him of betraying those who had voted for him, Bernardi...

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A vastly changed world means consumers won't react the same to higher interest rates

  • Written by: Katherine Hunt, Lecturer in Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University
imageConsumers are faced with more economic uncertainty than the bottoming out of interest rates would otherwise suggest.AAP/Sam Mooy

The Reserve Bank today kept interest rates at a record low of 1.5%. Such low rates create economic uncertainty – and if Australia’s historical GDP growth is anything to go by, consumers face more uncertainty...

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Bernardi exits stage right: mayhem now, obscurity later

  • Written by: Nick Economou, Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
imageCory Bernardi leaves the Senate after quitting the Liberal Party.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Whether it be due to hubris, courage or vanity, South Australian senator Cory Bernardi has decided to forsake the Liberal Party under whose auspices his political career had been nourished.

He will instead seek to create his own political party, Australian Conservatives...

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Yes there's hope, but treating spinal injuries with stem cells is not a reality yet

  • Written by: Megan Munsie, Head of Education, Ethics, Law & Community Awareness Unit, Stem Cells Australia, University of Melbourne
imageScientists hope that stem cells may be able to repair nerves and other cells that support transmission of electrical impulses in the spinal cord. binomialphoto/flickr , CC BY-NC-ND

The 2017 Australian of the Year award went to Professor Alan Mackay-Sim for his significant career in stem cell science.

The prize was linked to barbeque-stopping...

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