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The Indi Project: Sophie Mirabella in the bunker

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageFormer independent member for Wills, Phil Cleary, joins Mirabella and McGowan in photos at a Wodonga football match. Sophie Mirabella/Pat Hutchens

Phil Cleary, left-leaning one-time independent member for Wills, and Sophie Mirabella, the former Liberal MP for Indi who is trying to regain the seat, are far from political soul mates.

But on Saturday,...

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The Indi Project: McGowan lacks clout, Mirabella is embarrassing, say local 'soft' voters

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Independent member for Indi Cathy McGowan is seen very positively in focus group research in her Victorian seat of Indi – except for one thing.

The political non-alignment that helped her turf out Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella in 2013 is regarded as her greatest weakness in the 2016 contest.

In contrast, Mirabella is stridently criticised for...

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Telstra Health will hold Australians' cancer details, so we need to ensure their privacy is protected

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageTelstra Health has won the contract to manage the National Bowel Cancer and Cervical Screening Program registries.from shutterstock.com

The Department of Health recently announced that Telstra had won a A$220 million contract to manage the register for the National Bowel Cancer and Cervical Screening Programs.

Telstra Health – the...

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World’s largest wind farm study finds sleep disturbances aren't related to turbine noise

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe Canadian study found turbines produce a maximum of forty six decibels, around the same as a dishwasher. Shutterstock/SUWIT NGAOKAEW

During the Abbott government, the often recalcitrant Senate cross bench was thrown a big, juicy bone plainly intended to sweeten their disposition toward government bills which needed their support to pass. The...

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