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Turnbull's Newspoll ratings slump continues

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

This week’s Newspoll, conducted from last Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1670, had Labor retaining a 52-48 lead from primary votes of 39% Coalition (steady), 37% Labor (up 1) and 10% Greens (steady).

29% were satisfied with Turnbull’s performance (down 2), and 57% were dissatisfied (up 1), for a net approval of -28, a new record...

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Life interrupted: young people need help moving forward after cancer

  • Written by: Pandora Patterson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, University of Sydney
imageMore young Australians face the daunting task of trying to live a 'normal' life while dealing with the after-effects of cancer.Greg Raines/Unsplash, CC BY

Around 1,000 teens and young Australian adults are diagnosed with cancer each year. It’s well known the disease has an immense physical and psychological impact on these young people. But...

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A Trump presidency could bring a range of economic disasters

  • Written by: Saul Eslake, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Opinion polls, statistical prediction models and betting markets are now all predicting a fairly comfortable victory for Hilary Clinton in the United States presidential election. However, they all said much the same about the prospect of British voters opting to remain in the European Union, before a majority of them actually voted to leave at...

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New APRA guidance on lending will hurt home owners when it should be the banks

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved away from its non-prescriptive “principles based” regulatory approach to a one size fits all explicit guidance but it doesn’t appear to be encouraging lenders to be more prudent.

The housing market may be getting away from APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia...

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  5. 'He' vs 'she' in Australian media coverage: what the language of news tells us about gender imbalance
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  7. Piketty challenges us to consider if we need to rein in wealth inequality
  8. Why sugar is so much worse for teenagers' brains
  9. Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights
  10. Senate committee on ABS #CensusFail still points to basic failures on IBM's part
  11. Gateway classes: a pattern for interacting with external services
  12. How is the American President elected?
  13. Brandis mishandles a fight he should never have had
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  15. Melanesia's oceans are worth US$5.4 billion but are at environmental crossroads
  16. Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia's most radical reform of local government
  17. Paid parental leave plan ignores economics of well-functioning families
  18. Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
  19. Women's alcohol consumption catching up to men: why this matters
  20. Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it
  21. Behind the scenes: creative commons publishing
  22. Reducing food waste could put birds and animals at risk
  23. Challenging the ‘birthright lottery’ can provide a better way to view refugees
  24. The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world
  25. Asian home buyers less likely to default on their mortgage: study
  26. There’s no ‘Mars curse’ – it's just very hard to land there
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  31. Solicitor-General resigns – with a parting broadside at Brandis
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  33. The curious power of hate propaganda in open societies
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  37. History of Russian populism provides important lessons for today
  38. Spectacular cost blowouts show need to keep governments honest on transport
  39. Does CCTV footage help or hinder the reduction of violence against women?
  40. Buggered if I know where I am: the stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
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  43. How to boost the business of science for the benefit of us all
  44. Morrison targets state planning regulations as problem for housing affordability
  45. Turnbull beats Abbott with promise of party reform but what can he deliver?
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