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Governments must stop negatively framing policies aimed at Indigenous Australians

  • Written by: Bill Fogarty, Senior Fellow, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University
imageQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (2L) defended the government's decision to withdraw teachers from Aurukun's school following the latest incidence of youth violence.Matthew Nicholls/AAP

The continual construction of Indigenous Australians as “failures” in the media and in policy is having unintended consequences.

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Confusion about Senate rules could produce winners with small votes: Australia Institute

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

Large numbers of people may just number one box for the Senate, which would mean the last seats in a state could be won with low primary votes, according to an analysis by the Australia Institute.

Polling done for the Institute, a progressive think tank, found one third of voters (33%) believed the minimum number of boxes a voter had to number when...

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Labor to release savings package

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

The opposition will attempt to strengthen its economic credentials by announcing on Friday a package of savings to help pay for its policies and improve the budget bottom line.

It will include both new savings and Labor’s decisions on so-called “zombie” measures that the government has not been able to get through the parliament.

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Election podcast: Nick Xenophon on his play for Senate power

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senator Nick Xenophon is the South Australian “vote magnet”. He is making both the Coalition and Labor nervous as he spreads his brand at this election. His probable success promises not just more Senate seats for the nascent party but a powerful role in the new Senate for its leader.

Xenophon tells Michelle Grattan he...

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