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Liberal Party 'internals' have a bad attack of acid stomach

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

Both Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese and Liberal backbencher Cory Bernardi were in the business of stirring expectations in interviews on Sunday. And if those expectations take hold, that’s particularly bad for Malcolm Turnbull.

Albanese predicted the parliament wouldn’t run a full three years, saying “it could run for a year....

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Victorian ReachTEL: Labor leads, but Andrews damaged by CFA dispute

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

A Victorian ReachTEL poll, conducted Thursday night from a sample of 1650, gives Labor a 51-49 two party lead, a one point gain for the Coalition since the November 2014 election. Primary votes appear to be 40.1% for the Coalition, 34.6% for Labor and 10.7% for the Greens, but we are told that Labor’s support rises to 36.8% with undecided...

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Boyer Lectures: Episode 1 – Health inequalities and the causes of the causes

  • Written by: Fron Jackson-Webb, Health + Medicine Editor, The Conversation
imageProfessor Sir Michael Marmot: 'Health is a better measure of social progress than national income.'NHS Confederation, CC BY

The 56th Boyer Lecture Series: Over four lectures and four weeks, the World Medical Association president, professor Sir Michael Marmot, explores the challenges communities face in solving issues of health inequality.

In...

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Turnbull flays colleagues after government's humiliation

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

As any good farmer will tell you, always shut the gate. On Thursday a number of government MPs, including several ministers, rushed away from parliament, leaving the gate wide open, and the opposition surged through, taking charge of the big paddock.

Malcolm Turnbull’s fury is boundless. He is not a man to hide his emotions. In a massive...

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  1. Food for thought: feeding our growing population with flies
  2. Creatine: what is it and should we supplement our diets with it?
  3. A Chinese company gave $3.6 million to Labor while bidding for government work – and it's totally legal
  4. Graf all you want, but don't you dare be poor!
  5. It's time to speak up about noise pollution in the oceans
  6. ACCC unlikely to secure compensation for Volkswagen customers
  7. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the shambles in the lower house
  8. Explainer: what treatment do young children receive for gender dysphoria and is it irreversible?
  9. Australian small businesses could be stretched by changes to commercial credit cards
  10. ACCC takes VW to court -- but will it help consumers?
  11. Questioning the 'miracles' of Saint Teresa
  12. Can Turnbull change course in Indigenous affairs?
  13. Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia's biggest emitters
  14. Interactive: what powers does ASIO have to question and detain terror suspects?
  15. Explainer: what are drug cryptomarkets?
  16. To raise status of teaching, Australia needs to lift pay and cut teacher numbers
  17. The Climate Change Authority's gamble on political pragmatism
  18. Beneath the surface of tourism in Bali
  19. Friday essay: on listening to new national storytellers
  20. Human trials on Earth are the key to how we will survive on Mars
  21. Turnbull government loses discipline and votes in House chaos
  22. Grattan on Friday: Labor's Sam Dastyari suffers Chinese burn
  23. Politics podcast: Eric Abetz on the conservatives in the Liberal Party
  24. China hosts the G20: prepare to be underwhelmed?
  25. Lucy's shattered bones prove our ancestors lived a dangerous life in the trees
  26. Are mosquitoes to blame for the spread of 'flesh-eating' bacteria?
  27. Mobile phone health alarmists bereft of credible arguments
  28. Humans are experimenting with the planet, so let's make sure we learn along the way
  29. Briefcase phones, bracelet radios and other obsolete design gems
  30. What can we learn from children's drawings?
  31. Explainer: what is Section 18C and why do some politicians want it changed?
  32. From the Kama Sutra to Tinder: sex and love in India
  33. Australia needs to follow the US in funding urban rail projects
  34. Better regulation of all political finance would help control foreign donations
  35. ADF set to hit more Islamic State targets under legal change
  36. Time for Australia to provide preschool education for all three year olds?
  37. Between perceptions and realities of Australian-Indonesian attitudes: a view from Indonesia
  38. A guide for how to choose therapy for a child with autism
  39. Social determinants – how class and wealth affect our health
  40. Want to improve the nation's health? Start by reducing inequalities and improving living conditions
  41. Focusing on tests and invalid assessments is the wrong way to measure teacher quality
  42. Still standing: how an ancient clock tower survived Italy's deadly earthquake
  43. Change Agents: Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee on establishing a national women's football league
  44. If the backlash against globalisation hurts China, it hurts global growth too
  45. Where to next for arts philanthropy in Australia?
  46. Are we ready for Robotopia, when robots replace the human workforce?
  47. The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science
  48. Climate Change Authority suggests emissions trading but no new climate targets
  49. In search of authority, Turnbull can't afford to lose the industrial relations bills
  50. Turnbull's ratings slump in first Newspoll since election

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