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Budget 2016 reader questions

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

This year’s federal budget is one day away. A few weeks ago, we asked readers to send us their questions on the budget – we wanted to know what you’re interested in to help inform our coverage. We thought we’d look at what we know so far about the questions asked and provide some context before tomorrow evening.

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How Chinese roller derby is empowering women

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Roller derby is a booming new sport in Australia, the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and parts of Europe. It’s fast, full-contact – and uniquely focused on female empowerment.

Although there’s a strong focus on fun, with tens of thousands of players worldwide, there’s a growing portion of participants (and officials) dedicated...

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Where are they now? Tracking down the promises of budgets past

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWill Treasurer Scott Morrison revive the Ghosts of Budgets Past in this year's budget speech?AAP/Mick Tsikas

The federal government has a tough task in this year’s budget. After two years of stressing its “spending problem”, it is expected to match its rhetoric by demonstrating genuine progress in reducing government spending as a...

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  1. The off-topic Conversation #91
  2. What will schools get out of the budget? Just some more unwanted gift cards
  3. World's biggest investors risk another more severe global finanical crisis
  4. Getting away with it: Ashton Raggatt McDougall wins the Gold Medal
  5. Election explainer: when does the government enter caretaker period and what does it mean?
  6. Writing movement: why dance criticism matters
  7. Men more reluctant to go to the doctor – and it's putting them at risk
  8. Dads get postnatal depression too
  9. Getting the right treatment can prevent heart attacks – here's how
  10. Apple Pay no sure thing in mobile payments race
  11. Please 'like' me: why Facebook might be the key to success in the 2016 election
  12. What has happened to collective bargaining since the end of WorkChoices?
  13. A more transparent university admissions process? Here's what we should be talking about
  14. Phasing out fossil fuels for renewables may not be a straight forward swap
  15. Scientists need to engage more with the public to secure funding
  16. Budget boosts security for Australian Federal Police and Australian Crime Commission
  17. Scott Morrison talks up the budget 'plan' but will cynical public trust it?
  18. And honest too ... Merry Wives in Melbourne
  19. The Productivity Commission intellectual property report: moderate and measured
  20. In defence of left-wing populism
  21. Political geography 101
  22. Kidman sale to Chinese given preliminary 'no'
  23. Morrison's ruling on Kidman Co sale redefines the national interest test
  24. No to rehab? The mining downturn risks making mine clean-ups even more of an afterthought
  25. What do we want from Australia's new submarines?
  26. PolicyCheck: Labor's phased emissions trading scheme
  27. Raising Tibet
  28. Explainer: how do drugs work?
  29. EcoCheck: Australia’s Alps are cool, but the heat is on
  30. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Manus Island asylum seekers
  31. Productivity Commission's recommendations on IP reform likely to be lost in election haze
  32. How has Japan reacted to its failed bid to build Australia's new submarines?
  33. Great Barrier Reef bleaching would be almost impossible without climate change
  34. When is it going to snow? Getting a fix on what can make a good season
  35. Grattan on Friday: The Manus issue intrudes on carefully crafted pre-election scripts
  36. Sorting the gems from the dung in the royal commission on union corruption
  37. Michelle Grattan: a brief history of Australian budgets
  38. Vital Signs: deflation Down Under?
  39. Disease evolution: how new illnesses emerge when we change how we live
  40. Friday essay: the ugly history of cosmetic surgery
  41. Kitchen Science: gastrophysics brings the universe into your kitchen
  42. How Captain America: Civil War echoes our political anxieties
  43. Public service begins long journey back to leading on gender equality
  44. More money doesn't guarantee success in cyber security race
  45. Why does Australia need submarines at all?
  46. New homelessness report shows the cost of waiting for early intervention
  47. Will Budget 2016 deliver a new deal for Australian cities?
  48. Fight, flight or ... faint? Why some people pass out when they see blood or feel pain
  49. Patchy laws leave corporate whistleblowers vulnerable
  50. How high-speed wireless compares to cable in boosting our internet speeds

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