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Stakes are high as US ups the ante on trade dispute with China

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Stakes are high as US ups the ante on trade dispute with ChinaResolution of the US-China trade dispute will requite the intervention of the two countries' leaders, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.AAP/EPA/Roman Pilipey

The Chinese have a saying attributed to the philosopher and writer Lao Tzu: every journey begins with a single step.

If that is the case, US-China relations have taken a step backwards in...

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Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?It's possible to overthink Morrison. A long-time associate and friend says “what you see is what you get”.AAP/Dean Lewins

Today we run two longer reads on the men who are vying to become prime minister at the 2019 federal election. In this piece, Michelle Grattan examines Scott Morrison’s political history and his prime...

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After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the 'drover's dog' have its day?

  • Written by: Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University
After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the 'drover's dog' have its day?Eyes on the prize: if the polls are right, Bill Shorten will become the next prime minister. But what kind of prime minister would he be?AAP/Lukas Coch

Today we run two longer reads on the men who are vying to become prime minister at the 2019 federal election. In this essay, Associate Professor Paul Strangio examines Labor leader Bill Shorten -...

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  1. Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner
  2. A referendum won't save the Murray-Darling Basin
  3. Australia’s major parties' climate policies side-by-side
  4. who's the better economic manager?
  5. writing trauma in Cynthia Banham's A Certain Light
  6. Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren't native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential
  7. Avoid the politics and let artificial intelligence decide your vote in the next election
  8. Crowded trains? Planning focus on cars misses new apartment impacts
  9. Shorten's ratings rise as Labor holds its lead in Newspoll
  10. View from The Hill: Quick on the draw
  11. Labor's costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully
  12. Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize
  13. New laws in Western Australia will help victims of family violence end their tenancies
  14. How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica
  15. Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon
  16. can your employer sack you for what you say or do in your own time?
  17. do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?
  18. Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor
  19. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Shorten's campaign moment
  20. Children are our future, and the planet's. Here's how you can teach them to take care of it
  21. Carry-over credits and carbon offsets are hot topics this election – but what do they actually mean?
  22. We must rip up our environmental laws to address the extinction crisis
  23. will Whelan disendorsement make a difference in Tasmania?
  24. More First Nations people in parliament matters. Here’s why.
  25. separating the art from the badly behaved artist – a philosopher's view
  26. Giving workers a voice in the boardroom is a compelling corporate governance reform
  27. Ancient Rome inspired Washington but its legacy of being open to all has fallen into oblivion
  28. Many young women find pleasure in sexually explicit material but it still reinforces gender inequality
  29. Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport
  30. When it came to the surplus, both Bill and Scott were having a lend
  31. A report claims koalas are 'functionally extinct' – but what does that mean?
  32. Invasive species are Australia's number-one extinction threat
  33. Mine are bigger than yours. Labor's surpluses are the Coalition's worst nightmare
  34. Bill Shorten's moment of "connection" brings back memories of Beaconsfield
  35. why humour is a hit-and-miss affair on the election campaign trail
  36. 'New low' for journalism? Why News Corp's partisan campaign coverage is harmful to democracy
  37. Creative arts therapies can help people with dementia socialise and express their grief
  38. Man Out of Time and the inheritance of suffering
  39. Unions do hurt profits, but not productivity, and they remain a bulwark against a widening wealth gap
  40. Labor and Greens unlikely to win a Senate majority on current polling; Greens jump in Essential poll
  41. You know nothing about rehoming a pet, Jon Snow
  42. why do leaves fall off trees?
  43. Journalist pardons are welcome, but press freedom in Myanmar will require real reform
  44. helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children
  45. NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane
  46. Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting
  47. Fixing Australia’s extinction crisis means thinking bigger than individual species
  48. Foreign-born voters and their families helped elect Turnbull in 2016. Can they save ScoMo?
  49. Labor wants to pay childcare wages itself. A perfect storm makes it not such a bad idea
  50. We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians

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