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Labor's anti-war message falls flat in landslide loss in 1966

  • Written by: Jon Piccini, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
Labor's anti-war message falls flat in landslide loss in 1966Anti-Vietnam War protesters march from the US Consulate to Hyde Park in Sydney in 1966State Library of New South Wales/Wikimedia Commons

With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from...

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Are too many corporate mergers harming consumers? We won't know if we don't check

  • Written by: Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Are too many corporate mergers harming consumers? We won't know if we don't checkAustralia has an unusually high degree of market concentration. Many industry sectors are dominated by a handful of large companies. Shutterstock

Compared with the grand cause of climate change or the pointed self-interest of income tax, competition policy is a decidedly unsexy election issue. So it’s hardly surprising that no party is...

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the 'unlosable election' of 1993 still resonates loudly

  • Written by: Haydon Manning, Adjunct Associate Professor, Politics, Policy and Global Affairs, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University., Flinders University

With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages to the Vietnam War. Read other stories in the series here.


The 1993 election is known as the “unlosable...

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How we used CRISPR to narrow in on a possible antidote to box jellyfish venom

  • Written by: Greg Neely, Associate Professor , University of Sydney
How we used CRISPR to narrow in on a possible antidote to box jellyfish venomVenom from box jellyfish causes extreme pain and tissue damage. Massive exposure can cause death. from www.shutterstock.com

Warm Australian waters are home to the box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), which is considered to be one of the most venomous animals on the planet.

Box jellyfish stings lead to excruciating pain lasting days, tissue death and...

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