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Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders' ratings trends; Abbott trails in Warringah

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Newspoll and Ipsos have contrasting leaders' ratings trends; Abbott trails in WarringahDespite some tightening on two-party preferred measures, the polls have Labor on track for a win on May 18.AAP/Darren England/Mick Tsikas

With 12 days until the May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted May 2-5 from a sample of 1,880, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (steady), 36%...

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Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?

  • Written by: David Farmer, Researcher, University of Melbourne
Curious Kids: what is brain freeze?A brain freeze is an intense 'squeezing' sensation on your head.Nina Maile Gordon/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and...

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Lots of ministry spots to fill if Morrison wins, while many Shorten ministers would return to a familiar cabinet room

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Jumping beyond May 18, we know a good deal more about how a Shorten government ministry would look than the shape of a re-elected Morrison government.

A rash of ministers quitting politics at the election has left some significant holes to be filled if the Coalition managed to hang on.

This would provide opportunities for up-and-comers, but it...

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Why Labor's childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign

  • Written by: John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute

In an election campaign full of giveaways but short on serious economic reform, Labor’s proposed change to childcare support is the most important economic news.

It fits in with this year’s Grattan Institute Commonwealth Orange Book, which identified getting more women into the workforce as one of the most valuable things the next...

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  6. Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’
  7. Don't forget the footpath – it's vital public space
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  10. Labor ahead in Newspoll and Ipsos, as Keating comments stir security issue
  11. Shorten presents the ‘case for change’ in sleek launch
  12. Money for hospital emergency departments in Shorten’s campaign launch
  13. Bill Shorten at ease in town hall-type forum
  14. Morrison and Shorten get punchy in the second leaders' debate. Our experts respond.
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  24. Julian Assange has refused to surrender himself for extradition to the US. What now?
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  27. more preference deals as pre-polling begins
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  39. Blockchain can help break the chains of modern slavery, but it is not a complete solution
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  45. The Conversation needs your help
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