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has Pauline Hanson voted 'effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government' in 2018?

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This year [Pauline Hanson] has voted effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government. Honestly you may as well vote LNP if you are voting One Nation because there is no difference.

– Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek, doorstop interview, Caboolture, Queensland, July 10, 2018

In recent weeks, senior Labor Party figures have...

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Technology is making cities 'smart', but it's also costing the environment

  • Written by: Mark Sawyer, Lecturer in Architecture, University of Western Australia
Technology is making cities 'smart', but it's also costing the environmentA smart city is usually one connected and managed through computing — sensors, data analytics and other information and communications technology.from shutterstock.com

The Australian government has allocated A$50 million for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program to encourage projects that “improve the livability, productivity and...

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the difference between being transgender and doing drag

  • Written by: Joanna McIntyre, Lecturer in Screen and Media Studies, University of the Sunshine Coast

Australian icon Barry Humphries has been widely criticised for again making anti-trans statements. In an interview, Humphries said that being transgender is “a fashion — how many different kinds of lavatory can you have? And it’s pretty evil when it’s preached to children by crazy teachers.”

Many people find...

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inflation misses again, so where does the RBA go next?

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.


The disturbing trend of persistently low inflation continues, as Wednesday’s data release shows.

Headline inflation was...

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  4. Paul Keating unleashes vitriolic attack on Nine's takeover of Fairfax
  5. How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet
  6. It's a savage summer in the Northern Hemisphere – and climate change is slashing the odds of more heatwaves
  7. Don't assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murky
  8. Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality media
  9. Dennis Atkins on the Longman byelection
  10. Why shareholder value drives income inequality
  11. we asked catfish why they trick people online
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  13. how Romanticism rebelled against cold-hearted rationality
  14. Why restricting social media is not a solution to dangerous behaviours in India
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  23. Crime drama Dead Lucky's attempt at depicting multi-cultural Sydney underwhelms
  24. why China is 're-educating' Muslims in mass detention camps
  25. How to ask someone you're worried about if they're thinking of suicide
  26. Women are dominating employment growth, but what sort of jobs are we talking about?
  27. Working four-day weeks for five days' pay? Research shows it pays off
  28. How the Wardian case revolutionised the plant trade – and Australian gardens
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  30. How Australian media are changing the way they report violence against women
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  32. Labor MP Emma Husar takes personal leave as party investigates conduct towards staff
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  34. The shaky case for prosecuting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste spying scandal
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  39. UN delivers strong rebuke to Australian government on women's rights
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