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The Indi Project: 'Soft' voters trust Turnbull over Shorten to run the country

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

Malcolm Turnbull is overwhelmingly more trusted than Bill Shorten to lead the country, and also is seen as the better campaigner, in the final round of Indi focus group research among “soft” voters in the seat.

Despite the major parties being out of favour with many of these “soft” voters, people are impressed with...

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Lessons from Brexit: the fruits of globalisation must be shared with low- and middle-income groups

  • Written by: Reuben Finighan, Senior Research Officer at The Melbourne Institute and Fellow of the ARC Life Course Centre of Excellence, University of Melbourne

After six decades of increasing global integration, Western nations are turning inwards.

Protectionism has increased among G20 countries since the global financial crisis, and trade as a percentage of world GDP is on its longest decline in three decades. In the United States, reality TV celebrity Donald Trump rode a wave of anti-immigration and...

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Brexit: act in haste...

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
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Sometimes cliches and hyperbole are inescapable. Britain’s decision to leave the European Union really is momentous; it really will reshape Europe’s political landscape; things really will never be quite the same again.

The implications of this entirely avoidable decision look uniformly bad, and not just for the UK itself –...

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The Briefcase: does Australia's 'most exploitative reality show' breach broadcasting rules?

  • Written by: Derek Wilding, Research Fellow, Faculty of Law/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
imageChannel Nine has been criticised for surprising participants with an ethical dilemma. The Briefcase, Channel Nine

The Briefcase premiered on Channel Nine last week, to immediate controversy. Criticised for leading participants to believe they would feature in a program on financial hardship, it has been called “Australia’s most...

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  1. Election FactCheck: Have 300,000 new jobs been created in the last calendar year and were almost two-thirds held by women?
  2. How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish
  3. Australia should aim for a trade deal with the UK post Brexit
  4. Australia doesn't need a plebiscite on same-sex marriage – Ireland's experience shows why
  5. Higher education gets short shrift in the election campaign, and we are all the poorer for it
  6. Health Check: is caffeine actually bad for kids?
  7. The same kind of 'silent majority' that spoke on Brexit may also be a force here
  8. 'The urban': a concept under stress in an interconnected world
  9. For the English, Brexit will mean economic pain
  10. Election 2016: will the infrastructure promises meet Australia's needs?
  11. A focus on economics (the dismal science) has produced a dismal election debate
  12. Indigenous suicide rates in the Kimberley seven times national average
  13. Rush to dam northern Australia comes at the expense of sustainability
  14. Wind and solar PV have won the race – it's too late for other clean energy technologies
  15. Life lessons from the editing suite of Paul Cox
  16. How Australia played the world's first music on a computer
  17. Malcolm Turnbull invokes Brexit to reinforce his campaign, as Newspoll has Coalition moving ahead
  18. Labor costings pass, but scare tactics detract
  19. Labor costings: ALP deficit $16.5 billion higher over the budget period
  20. Malcolm Turnbull: don't risk change or protest
  21. Europe endless, or Europe ending?
  22. After Brexit, keep a close watch on Italy and its Five Star Movement
  23. Paying the piper and calling the tune? Following ClubsNSW's political donations
  24. Warning Sign: Trigger Warnings and Externalities
  25. Brexit rocks Australian sharemarket, worse to come
  26. Stella’s Girls Write Up tells kids good writing starts with having something to say
  27. Brexit stage right: what Britain's decision to leave the EU means for Australia
  28. Post-plebiscite conscience vote on same-sex marriage is not the risk
  29. Healthy microbes make for a resilient Great Barrier Reef
  30. Leave wins UK Brexit referendum 52-48
  31. What's wrong with the web and do we need to fix it?
  32. Are itchier insect bites more likely to make us sick?
  33. India's looking for a new central bank governor to perform a tough balancing act
  34. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Medicare scare campaign
  35. Election FactCheck: is the Australian Sex Party right about religious organisations, tax and record-keeping?
  36. Not only do youth vote, they also represent their own
  37. Vital Signs: world markets wait for Brexit vote
  38. Robots are moving in to our homes, but there's no killer app
  39. Boondoggles, bellwethers and poli-tic-al parasites: revisiting political expressions
  40. Is there any hope for gambling reform in a new parliament?
  41. What do the Liberal and Labor election health promises mean for you?
  42. Australia's youth unemployment policy needs to be seen as a hand up, not a hand out
  43. Power to the people: how communities can help meet our renewable energy goals
  44. Friday essay: When Manet met Degas
  45. Driverless cars should sacrifice their passengers for the greater good -- just not when I'm the passenger
  46. Kitchen Science: beyond the sweetness of sugar
  47. Grattan on Friday: is Malcolm Turnbull inoculated against Labor's Medicare scare?
  48. There is more agreement between the parties on higher ed than slogans suggest
  49. It’s all about the money, honey
  50. Witless white noise, virulent ugliness: Brexit debate plays out its last scenes

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Why a Document Destruction Service Still Matters for Modern Businesses

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Bicycle Rack Safety and Space-Smart Storage

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How to Tell if a Childcare Centre Is a Good Fit for Your Child

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Car Import Timeline: What Usually Happens at Each Stage

Importing a car into Australia can feel confusing because multiple agencies and checkpoints are involved, and the timeline is shaped as much by paperwork quality as it is by shipping speed. The most u...

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Portable Toilet Hygiene Standards Explained: Clean vs Sanitised vs Disinfected

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