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Election FactCheck: are many refugees illiterate and innumerate?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

For many people, they won’t be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English… – Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton, interview with Sky News presenter Paul Murray, May 17, 2016.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton caused instant headlines when he told Sky News many refugees are illiterate...

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Labor has big lead in WA, but LNP leads in Queensland

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Western Australian election will be held in early 2017. A WA Newspoll, conducted March to May from a sample of 1140, gives Labor an emphatic 54-46 lead, a 1 point gain for Labor since the October to December Newspoll. Primary votes are 42% for Labor (steady), 40% for the Liberals and Nationals (down 2) and 11% for the Greens (up 1).

31% (down...

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The full story on company tax cuts and your hip pocket

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

A long-term plan to cut the company tax rate from 30% to 25% is the centrepiece of the Coalition’s economic plan for jobs and growth. The Coalition maintains the change will boost GDP by more than 1% in the long-term, at a budgetary cost of $48.2 billion over the next 10 years.

But the very Treasury research papers relied on by the Coalition...

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  3. A bit of numeracy can take the heat out of the asylum debate
  4. Election explainer: what are the rules governing political advertising?
  5. Express Media is unique and young people need it
  6. The International Space Station: 100,000 laps and counting
  7. 2016 is likely to be the world's hottest year: here's why
  8. Millennials at work don't see themselves as millennials
  9. 'Newbie' leaders are yet to make their mark with voters
  10. Virtual reality sex is coming soon to a headset near you
  11. An urban workshop? Why office workers want to make 'real' things
  12. Why are more parents choosing to delay when their child starts school?
  13. Are toxic algal blooms the new normal for Australia's major rivers?
  14. Everything dies and it's best we learn to live with that
  15. Why do we find it so hard to move on from the 80s?
  16. Keep calm and keep shopping - how elections impact retail sales
  17. It's a matter of trust: the policies we need to restore our faith in politics
  18. Despite gains, Europe's indigenous people still struggle for recognition
  19. The future of chatbots is more than just small-talk
  20. The Greens grow up
  21. Politically, Turnbull's affluence can be used to feed different narratives
  22. Morgan gives Labor election-winning lead
  23. Election FactCheck: has the government cut $80 billion from schools and hospitals?
  24. EcoCheck: Victoria's flower-strewn western plains could be swamped by development
  25. The off-topic Conversation #93
  26. The crunch keeps coming on Fairfax – but does the blame lie solely with management?
  27. Why Australia legalising same-sex marriage makes good business sense
  28. Banking regulation – descent into farce
  29. Less sunshine, wind and rain could cast shade on renewable energy
  30. Antiviral condoms will help protect Australian Olympians from STIs – here's how
  31. Speaking with: Graeme Orr on the festival of elections
  32. Leaders' debate highlights real differences on policy, but a unity ticket on civility
  33. New name, new look for latest national urban policy, but same old problem
  34. The Meanjin funding cuts: a graceless coup?
  35. Want to build a moon base? Easy. Just print it
  36. Cutting through political spin requires a new approach to financial literacy
  37. Why public funding of the arts should always be temporary
  38. Can we be Australian without eating indigenous food?
  39. Adults can help children cope with death by understanding how they process it
  40. Changing the conversation can lead to a better way on asylum seekers
  41. Indigenous reconciliation in the US shows how sovereignty and constitutional recognition work together
  42. Southern hemisphere joins north in breaching carbon dioxide milestone
  43. Why the Reserve Bank should resist calls to alter its inflation range
  44. Why both Labor and Coalition are wrong about their claims on the economic value of education
  45. Getting to know you: the robot assistant who can second-guess your every need
  46. Customers aren't buying fast broadband because that is not what they are being sold
  47. Are the Greens Big Enough to Let Good Policy Prevail?
  48. Labor struggles with the sticky paper of penalty rates
  49. Election FactCheck Q A: is it true Australia's unemployment payment level hasn't increased in over 20 years?
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