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Shorten the consensus leader unites a fractured Labor, but it may not quite be enough

  • Written by: Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University
imageTeam-oriented and unpretentious, Bill Shorten has stabilised the Labor Party after the divisiveness of Kevin Rudd's leadership.AAP/Mick Tsikas

In this first of two major essays on the men who could become prime minister on Saturday night, Paul Strangio examines Bill Shorten’s leadership and campaign. Tomorrow, Michelle Grattan analyses...

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Speaking with: ‘Poll Bludger’ William Bowe in the final week of the election campaign

  • Written by: Natalie Mast, Associate Director, Performance Analytics, University of Western Australia
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On Saturday, Australians will finally go to the polls to decide who will lead the country after one of the longest election campaigns in recent history.

But no matter which major party wins government, they look set to be sharing power – particularly in the Senate – with a range of new faces from the likes of Nick Xenophon’s...

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Video didn't kill the radio star – she's hosting a podcast

  • Written by: Siobhan McHugh, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of Wollongong
imageAre we in the midst of a podcasting revolution?Mikael Nyberg, CC BY-NC-ND

Podcasters P.J. Vogt, host of Reply All, and Starlee Kine, host of Mystery Show, addressed sold-out sessions at the Sydney Writers' Festival last month, riding the wave of popularity engendered by Serial, the 2014 US true crime podcast series whose 100 million downloads...

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States will ultimately pay for federal promises, no matter who wins Saturday's election

  • Written by: Richard Eccleston, Professor of Political Science; Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania

Both major parties have now released their costings and the federal election campaign has degenerated into a slanging match about the credibility of their respective budget projections.

Politics dictates that both parties spruik pain-free pathways to budget repair by reassuring voters that little will change in the next year or two, before...

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  1. Labor and Coalition need to go further than R D and startups to create innovation
  2. The Earth's biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
  3. Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat
  4. Paris climate targets aren't enough, but we can close the gap
  5. As more vulnerabilities are discovered. Is it time to uninstall antivirus software?
  6. Turnbull to promise 'a step up in political culture'
  7. There'll be a lot more besides Turnbull versus Shorten to watch on Saturday
  8. What's the Victorian government's dispute with the CFA about? And how will it affect the election?
  9. Why rents will rise under Labor's negative gearing proposal
  10. What now for Australian research in a post-Brexit world?
  11. Charging for credit and debit card use may become the norm under new rules
  12. A fringe group no more, the Greens put the frighteners on the two major parties
  13. Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
  14. Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
  15. Six ways to improve equity in Australian universities
  16. How the relationship between social media and traditional media has shaped this election
  17. If democratic citizenship is a universal right, how can we so neglect citizenship education?
  18. Coalition likely to win following Brexit
  19. Four game-changing lessons from Eating in Stockholm
  20. Policy primers: what you need to know before election day
  21. Election 2016: how well are the major parties meeting the needs of rural and regional Australia?
  22. Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
  23. Google's murky Washington lobbying is making Apple look good
  24. The system often forgets children of people with cancer: here's how to help them
  25. The next solar revolution could replace fossil fuels in mining
  26. Does a planet need plate tectonics to develop life?
  27. It's time for the 'science of sensibility' to return
  28. Engie's Hazelwood super profit highlights our tangled web of energy policy
  29. Coalition squeezes welfare lemon again
  30. Coalition targets welfare in $2.3b pre-election savings pitch
  31. Bill Shorten says the lesson of Brexit is that people shouldn't be left behind
  32. The off-topic Conversation #99
  33. Election FactCheck: Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion more per year into Medicare than Labor did?
  34. To eliminate misogyny, the AFL needs social change, not just crisis management
  35. Post-Brexit, Australia's best option is a trade pact with EU
  36. Ancient Deep Skull still holds big surprises 60 years after it was unearthed
  37. How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse
  38. The Rise of the Joyful Economy
  39. The voter paradox: we say we don't want a minority government, but we're happy to vote for one
  40. Risks, ethics and consent: Australia shouldn't become the world's nuclear wasteland
  41. What’s the 'ethnic vote' going to do in Australia's top-ten ethnic marginal seats?
  42. Full response from Pathology Australia
  43. Full response from Catholic Health Australia
  44. Election FactCheck: has the Coalition cut bulk-billing for pathology and scans 'to make patients pay more'?
  45. Despite the rhetoric, this election fails the feminist test
  46. Unit pricing saves money but is the forgotten shopping tool
  47. Labor's proposed competition reforms do little to address inequality
  48. Doctors still provide too many dying patients with needless treatment
  49. Bad behaviour in bars and pubs is a problem, but most of Australia's alcohol is drunk at home
  50. We can have fish and dams: here's how

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