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Scott Morrison is the new Prime Minister after Peter Dutton's giant miscalculation

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

Scott Morrison is Australia’s new prime minister, beating Peter Dutton by 45-40 votes after a week in which the government imploded and the Liberal party tore itself apart.

The third contender, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, was eliminated in the first round, reportedly receiving only a handful of votes.

The new deputy is the Energy Minister...

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What kind of prime minister will Scott Morrison be?

  • Written by: Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University

Scott Morrison remains an intriguing, and polarising, figure on the Liberal Party front-bench. Morrison has been described as relentless, ambitious, and hard-line, although these labels only give us some clues to his personal politics, and ultimately his political agenda.

Morrison entered parliament in 2007. He has both witnessed close-up the...

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Turnbull's problem was that he was a politician for another era

  • Written by: Geoffrey Robinson, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University

Malcolm Turnbull has endured a humiliating end to a prime ministership that seemed to promise much. Like all political deaths, there are multiple causes, but one thing is certain: his leadership represents the crisis of liberal-conservatism in Australia at the moment.

The old liberal-conservative politics exemplified by Robert Menzies has been...

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Crazy Rich Asians is a great moment for representation -- but slides over some important questions

  • Written by: Timothy Kazuo Steains, Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
Crazy Rich Asians is a great moment for representation -- but slides over some important questionsConstance Wu and Henry Golding in Crazy Rich AsiansIMDB

Review: Crazy Rich Asians. Contains spoilers


Crazy Rich Asians is a ground-breaking moment for Asian representation in Western film, with the first all-Asian cast in Hollywood in 25 years - an industry where Asian actors constitute 1% of lead roles.

After watching the film, I did feel something...

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  1. Solicitor-General supports Dutton's eligibility for parliament, but with caveats
  2. The economics of Australia's too-common leadership spills
  3. Liberals manage the ugliest, messiest leadership challenge in history
  4. the meaning of food in crime fiction
  5. What causes asthma? What we know, don't know and suspect
  6. it's time to discuss a new framework for central banking
  7. what you didn't know about diamonds
  8. Why queues for women's toilets are longer than men's
  9. A Dutton win would give the conservatives a strangleold on the Liberal party's throat
  10. 'Balmain basket weavers' strike again, tearing the Liberal Party apart
  11. How the right-wing media have given a megaphone to reactionary forces in the Liberal Party
  12. Australia should stay away from electronic voting
  13. Solicitor-General's advice on Dutton's eligibility to come before Friday Liberal vote
  14. Companies keep slashing jobs, but new technologies won't replace good management
  15. Senior ministers deal death blow to Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership
  16. Shifting to Peter Dutton, or anyone else, will not cure what ails the Liberal Party
  17. Rising seas will displace millions of people – and Australia must be ready
  18. How to tell your child you're getting divorced
  19. Why and how retailers turn everyday items into 'must-have' collectables
  20. Ancient teenager the first known person with parents of two different species
  21. a kaleidoscopic portrait of a diverse nation
  22. Dutton camp presses for quick second leadership ballot
  23. Russian trolls targeted Australian voters on Twitter via #auspol and #MH17
  24. a quick fix with hidden risks
  25. Australia burns while politicians fiddle with the leadership
  26. Turnbull cremates big business tax cuts after Senate kills them
  27. With Cohen and Manafort both guilty, the pressure on Trump is rising
  28. what is resignation syndrome and why is it affecting refugee children?
  29. the moral lessons of the contemporary Dreaming play Skylab
  30. How does mental illness affect sentencing?
  31. The secrets to managing overseas postings for modern families? Start with the spouse
  32. Senate kills tax cuts for big business as Dutton canvasses for second leadership bid
  33. The Turnbull government is all but finished, and the Liberals will now need to work out who they are
  34. how meditation affects the brain to help you stress less
  35. From tech to fetish, shoes in fairy tales are a mark of status
  36. Politicised science on the Great Barrier Reef? It's been that way for more than a century
  37. Fewer Australian university students than ever before believe in creationism
  38. could someone take ownership of a planet or a moon?
  39. Are Australian bridges safe, and can we do better?
  40. Research shows 'merit' is highly subjective and changes with our values
  41. Fierravanti-Wells resigns from ministry, accusing Turnbull of ignoring Liberal party's conservative base
  42. Labor now does politics better than the Liberals
  43. What Australian states can learn from Trump dismantling climate change policy
  44. Malcolm Turnbull struggling to shore up his border
  45. Dutton v Turnbull is the latest manifestation of the splintering of the centre-right in Australian politics
  46. The Coming Back Out Ball is a film that honours queer elders, but avoids rocking the boat
  47. what matters in Australian culture
  48. we must develop a unified approach to the national airspace with drones in mind
  49. Why more investment in the NDIS may not boost employment
  50. Turnbull holds off Dutton challenge – for now – by 48-35

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