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Petrol shortages and the dawn of the Menzies era

  • Written by: David Lee, Associate Professor of History , UNSW
Petrol shortages and the dawn of the Menzies eraPaying for petrol in Brisbane in 1949 using what are likely petrol ration coupons.State Library of Queensland

With taxes and health care 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...

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Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here's why

  • Written by: Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here's whyEarly voting is convenient for voters, but is three weeks of it too long?Shutterstock

Australians’ enthusiastic uptake of early voting is changing the traditional election campaign in largely unexpected ways. Candidates are spending less time campaigning in the community and more time at pre-polling stations. Parties are announcing their more...

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How many species on Earth? Why that's a simple question but hard to answer

  • Written by: Tanya Latty, Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
How many species on Earth? Why that's a simple question but hard to answerHow many species still to name? That's a good question.Shutterstock/ju see

You’d think it would be a simple piece of biological accounting – how many distinct species make up life on Earth?

But the answer may come as a bit of a shock.

We simply don’t know.

We know more accurately the number of books in the US Library of Congress...

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23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratioIt'd be wise not to get too bamboozled by figures when watching the leaders' debates, especially this one.Shutterstock

Expect to hear a lot about tax during the coming leaders’ debates.

Which is why it’s important to get two things straight.

The first is that you can’t argue against a tax by pointing out that it will take money from...

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  1. a new book examines #MeToo in Australia
  2. Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money
  3. Election tightens in Newspoll – Labor lead narrows to 51-49%
  4. Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families
  5. Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake
  6. Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides
  7. It's not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine
  8. Michelle Grattan on week two of the campaign #AusVotes
  9. Palmer's preference deal and watergate woes
  10. Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy
  11. Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers
  12. New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around
  13. Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign
  14. What's the school cleaner's name? How kids, not just cleaners, are paying the price of outsourcing
  15. Vital signs. Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can, on Tuesday week
  16. how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed
  17. Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years
  18. Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong
  19. Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent
  20. 'you’re always commenting on power'
  21. you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon
  22. All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer
  23. Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia
  24. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here's what that means
  25. Palmer's party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?
  26. Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe
  27. Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
  28. capturing the reverberations of loss
  29. Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won't
  30. Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19
  31. What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII
  32. Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war
  33. Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable
  34. House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come
  35. Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it
  36. how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia
  37. Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
  38. The government and tech companies can't prevent 'fake news' during the election – only the public can
  39. Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming
  40. Get set for take-off in electric aircraft, the next transport disruption
  41. Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election
  42. here's what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks
  43. Never know what to write in your mother’s day card? You need to read this!
  44. Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded
  45. Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS
  46. Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
  47. Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different
  48. The budget's dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you're not meant to know about
  49. How much do sedentary people really need to move? It's less than you think
  50. Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten's wages campaign

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