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how research works out what really leads to an increased disease risk

  • Written by: Sean Martin, NHMRC ECR Fellow, University of Adelaide
how research works out what really leads to an increased disease riskA study showed it's social circumstance, and not biology, that explains most of the differences in the occurrence of diabetes among racial and ethnic groups. Omar Lopez/Unsplash, CC BY

This article is part of the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science....

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Labor's 55-45% Newspoll lead adds to Liberals' weekend of woe

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

Labor has maintained a 55-45% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, in a weekend of woe for the Morrison government, which is trying to play down the federal contribution to the Victorian Liberal wipeout.

The Coalition’s primary vote fell for the third consecutive time, to 34%, in a poll that if replicated at an election would see a loss of...

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Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper houseoriginalAAP/Julian Smith

On election night, the ABC had Labor winning 58 of the 88 seats, to 20 for the Coalition. After late counting of pre-poll and postal votes, the ABC now shows Labor has won 52 of the 88 lower house seats, the Coalition 24, two Independents and ten seats are undecided, with 71% of enrolled voters counted.


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Victorian Labor's thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become

  • Written by: Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University
Victorian Labor's thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have becomeA jubilant Daniel Andrews celebrates a resounding win in the Victorian election.AAP/Daniel Pockett

The commanding return to office of the Andrews government emphatically reaffirms that Labor is the natural ruling party in Victoria. By the time the state’s next election is due in November 2022, Labor will have presided over Spring Street for...

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