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Malcolm Turnbull invokes Brexit to reinforce his campaign, as Newspoll has Coalition moving ahead

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

The government’s potential strength and Labor’s vulnerability were on mutual display on Sunday as, after seven gruelling weeks, the campaign entered its run to the finishing line.

In these last days, with Brexit reverberating internationally, the times are seeming to suit Malcolm Turnbull while they threaten to make Shorten’s...

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Labor costings pass, but scare tactics detract

  • Written by: Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University

The ALP have just released their budget costings document. I have mixed feelings - on the one hand it is a necessary feature of “democracy by auction”, while on the other, it is necessary to prevent irresponsible and unaffordable promises hoodwinking the electorate. It is also a game where the government of the day has an inbuilt...

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Labor costings: ALP deficit $16.5 billion higher over the budget period

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

Labor has unveiled its costings, showing it would have a deficit of about A$16.5 billion higher across the forward estimates than that shown in the official Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO).

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and finance spokesman Tony Burke put out the figures just after Malcolm Turnbull’s official launch of the...

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Malcolm Turnbull: don't risk change or protest

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

Malcolm Turnbull has warned voters of the need for stable government in uncertain times, in a pitch to counter Labor’s fear campaign and the temptation for electors to lodge a protest vote.

Addressing the Coalition’s launch, in the wake of the Brexit decision Turnbull said: “a clear economic plan is more essential than ever as we...

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  7. Brexit stage right: what Britain's decision to leave the EU means for Australia
  8. Post-plebiscite conscience vote on same-sex marriage is not the risk
  9. Healthy microbes make for a resilient Great Barrier Reef
  10. Leave wins UK Brexit referendum 52-48
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  13. India's looking for a new central bank governor to perform a tough balancing act
  14. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Medicare scare campaign
  15. Election FactCheck: is the Australian Sex Party right about religious organisations, tax and record-keeping?
  16. Not only do youth vote, they also represent their own
  17. Vital Signs: world markets wait for Brexit vote
  18. Robots are moving in to our homes, but there's no killer app
  19. Boondoggles, bellwethers and poli-tic-al parasites: revisiting political expressions
  20. Is there any hope for gambling reform in a new parliament?
  21. What do the Liberal and Labor election health promises mean for you?
  22. Australia's youth unemployment policy needs to be seen as a hand up, not a hand out
  23. Power to the people: how communities can help meet our renewable energy goals
  24. Friday essay: When Manet met Degas
  25. Driverless cars should sacrifice their passengers for the greater good -- just not when I'm the passenger
  26. Kitchen Science: beyond the sweetness of sugar
  27. Grattan on Friday: is Malcolm Turnbull inoculated against Labor's Medicare scare?
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  30. Witless white noise, virulent ugliness: Brexit debate plays out its last scenes
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  32. Report urges India to allow overseas universities to open up campuses
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  45. Views from abroad: how is the world seeing Australia's election?
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