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South Australia's experience contradicts Coalition emissions scare campaign

  • Written by: Glyn Wittwer, Professorial Fellow at the Centre of Policy Studies and IMPACT Project, Victoria University
South Australia's experience contradicts Coalition emissions scare campaignThere is a lack of discernment in reporting research results on carbon reduction targets.Shutterstock

Ahead of Saturday’s federal election the Coalition has latched onto economic modelling claiming Labor’s target of a 45% emissions reduction would cost the economy as much as A$187 billion in 2030.

The modelling released by BAEconomics...

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How to end Afghanistan war as longest conflict moves towards fragile peace

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato

The longest-running war appears to be coming to an end.

The Taliban has been running an armed rebellion in Afghanistan since being dislodged from power in a US-led invasion following September 11 2001. Recent high-level negotiations between the two sides in the 18-year war did not produce a breakthrough, but “significant progress”,...

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Why New Zealand's government cannot ignore major welfare reform report

  • Written by: Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Why New Zealand's government cannot ignore major welfare reform reportOne of the recommendations by a welfare advisory group was to raise benefit levels by up top 47%, but the government has rejected it, for now. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The Ardern coalition government’s immediate response to a comprehensive welfare report, released last week, has been widely panned as disappointing, even pathetic.

La...

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Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat polls

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat pollsLabor needs a two-party win of 50.2-49.8 on May 18 to form government.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The election will be held in four days, on May 18. There will be 151 House seats in the new parliament, up from 150 now. There are 47 NSW seats, 38 Victorian seats, 30 Queensland seats, 16 WA seats, 10 SA seats, five Tasmanian seats, three ACT seats and two NT...

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  5. Labor's boost to the arts is welcome but our political climate does not take culture seriously
  6. key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal election
  7. The next government can usher in our fourth decade recession-free, but it will be dicey
  8. The brutal truth on housing. Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to win
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  14. 'Soft' voters in Warringah focus groups expect Tony Abbott win
  15. In Cloudstreet, nostalgia all too easily redeems Australia's colonial past
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  19. Facebook's Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media
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  23. Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?
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  25. Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner
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  33. Shorten's ratings rise as Labor holds its lead in Newspoll
  34. View from The Hill: Quick on the draw
  35. Labor's costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully
  36. Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize
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  38. How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica
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  42. Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor
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