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From top dog to underdog – Tony Windsor's fight in New England

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imageTony Windsor at his Werris Creek property with Mackdog, who's a hit on social media.Pat Hutchens/TC, CC BY

There is one question that Tony Windsor, the high profile former crossbencher from the Gillard years who is attempting a comeback in New England, is unwilling to answer.

That is: in the (admittedly unlikely) event of a hung parliament, which...

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China: (not) talking about a revolution

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageReuters/Kim Kyung Hoon

Fifty years ago on May 16 the Cultural Revolution began. Don’t expect this event to be given much attention in China itself, though. The reality is that despite Mao Zedong’s continuing iconic status, his successors in China’s ruling elite don’t know quite how to deal with his legacy.

It’s not hard...

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Money, Capitalism and the Slow Death of Social Democracy

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The following thoughts on money, markets, capitalism and the future of democratic politics were prepared for the ‘Come Clean’ public forum, to be held in the New South Wales Parliament on June 2nd 2016. Sponsored by the John Cain Foundation, the forum aims to examine the money governments receive from donations and other sources, and...

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  1. Shorten wins first debate
  2. What a tiny micrometeorite from the Pilbara can tell us about the ancient sky
  3. The linguistic dirt on that dirty little word tax
  4. Welcome to Election FactCheck 2016
  5. 'Mr Habourside Mansion' – Credlin gives Turnbull a moniker with cut-through
  6. Consumers feel glum about the budget, but will it matter at the voting box?
  7. The things people ask about the scientific consensus on climate change
  8. Separation anxiety disorder: not just for kids
  9. High Court unanimously rejects challenge to Senate voting reform
  10. Carnage in the arts: experts respond to the Australia Council cuts
  11. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the first week of the election campaign
  12. Covering the election beyond our memes: what role for visual politics and social media?
  13. Can 7-Eleven be trusted to clean up its own mess?
  14. Full response from ACOSS
  15. Election FactCheck Q A: is Australia among the lowest-taxing countries in the OECD?
  16. The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the making of the modern Middle East
  17. Obsession with Sykes-Picot says more about what we think of Arabs than history
  18. Explainer: what is the 100-year-old Sykes-Picot Agreement?
  19. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull and Shorten play to voters who are yet to engage
  20. Why the death of employment is a dead idea
  21. Carbon taxes, emissions trading and electricity prices: making sense of the scare campaigns
  22. South Australia is now coal-free, and batteries could fill the energy gap
  23. Why neither party should ignore gender in this election
  24. Science or Snake Oil: can a detox actually cleanse your liver?
  25. Friday essay: from Daenerys to Yara - the top ten women of Game of Thrones
  26. Lecturers: encourage your students to enrol and vote in the election
  27. Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams
  28. Why the long face: just how risky is horse riding?
  29. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, April 2016
  30. How Scared or Hopeful Should We Be in a Warming World?
  31. Kepler finds more 'Earth-like planets', but are they really like Earth?
  32. Milk price cuts reflect the reality of sweeping changes in global dairy market
  33. The danger of overselling science
  34. From whales to insects, the Fraser Island dingo diet is a dog’s breakfast
  35. Unfair if rare: should the PBS change the way it lists cancer drugs?
  36. Uber’s quasi union could be a Faustian bargain for drivers
  37. Why you should never put a goldfish in a park pond ... or down the toilet
  38. Election 2016: the most exciting time to be multicultural in Australia?
  39. Why is it still possible to climb Ulu<u>r</u>u?
  40. Do the sums: bicycle-friendly changes are good business
  41. Fairfax-APN merger more bad news for media diversity
  42. Perth Green Growth Plan puts strategic environmental assessments to the city test
  43. Should older people and those with dementia have their licences revoked?
  44. New Zealand's indigenous reconciliation efforts show having a treaty isn't enough
  45. Election explainer: what are the opinion polls and how accurate are they?
  46. Location, location, location: why South Australia could take the world's nuclear waste
  47. 'Jobs and growth' and deja vu: reprising a failed American experiment
  48. Songwriting as solace: 'I live in the same body but it can't talk to me any more'
  49. Confusion over Google's paid services could land it in trouble, again
  50. Goodbye Northern lights, hello sunlight?

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