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Shorten seeks to keep alive hope of a Labor win

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

With the polls remaining close and confusing but a general feeling that Malcolm Turnbull has the edge in this election, Bill Shorten has made a spirited appeal to Labor’s faithful to put their shoulders to the wheel and not give up.

“This election is a battle for our generation of true believers,” he declared at the ALP’s...

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Bill Shorten's campaign pitch: don't risk Medicare under the Liberals

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Bill Shorten has pledged Labor would retain the bulk-billing incentive for pathology and diagnostic imaging, and give a modest tax break to small businesses to get people back into the workforce, at a launch attended by three former ALP prime ministers.

Addressing a crowd of the party faithful in the western Sydney marginal government seat of...

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On track for the Rio Olympics? IAAF ban means Russian athletes may not compete

  • Written by: Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has upheld its ban on the Russian Athletic Federation (RUSAF) from competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics. But the head of the IAAF, Sebastian Coe, said “athletes who are not tested under the Russian system but in systems that have effective anti-doping programs will have their...

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  13. Brexit: lessons and implications for Australia
  14. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the slow campaign
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  18. 700,000 Palmer United Party votes up for grabs: who'll win them this time?
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  20. What evidence is there that internships secure employment?
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  22. Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
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  25. Will climate and emissions targets really curb China’s coal consumption? Only time will tell
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  27. Grattan on Friday: If Labor loses, what happens to Bill Shorten?
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