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Shorten wins first debate

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The first debate of the election campaign, a “people’s forum” of 100 undecided voters in western Sydney that was a relatively free-flowing affair, saw Bill Shorten come out ahead.

After the encounter, 42 of the audience said they were more likely to vote for Shorten as a result of what they’d heard, 29 were more persuaded by...

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The linguistic dirt on that dirty little word tax

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The word tax (and words derived from it like taxable, taxpayer etc) loomed large in Scott Morrison’s budget speech – 79 mentions in fact. Tax figured less prominently in Labor’s reply (27 mentions) – but, mind you, Malcolm tells us this is because Labor is hiding its tax plan.

Such is tax, the dirty little...

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Welcome to Election FactCheck 2016

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Strap in and hold on, Australia: the longest election campaign in decades has begun. Voters are in for eight weeks of political claims and counterclaims, myriad facts and figures, a flurry of accusations and self-congratulations.

The good news is voters don’t have to weather this alone. The Conversation’s Election FactCheck team is here...

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