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Politics podcast: the Batman byelection battleground

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

Byelections are not just important in the obvious sense of their results, but also for the confidence of political players.

On Saturday Labor and Bill Shorten face a major test in the Melbourne seat of Batman, traditionally Labor but with the Greens now threatening the ALP’s hold.

A Labor loss would be a blow to the morale of the opposition -...

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Full response from a spokesperson for Steven Marshall for a FactCheck on electricity issues in South Australia

  • Written by: Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment

During a public debate ahead of the South Australian state election, SA Liberal leader Steven Marshall said that the state’s residents had been left with:

… the highest energy prices in Australia — some say in the world — and the least reliable grid.

And it’s all because this (Labor) government decided we had to go...

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would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out 'many' of 26,000 jobs?

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out 'many' of 26,000 jobs?The Australian Hotels Association (South Australia) has campaigned against the SA Best party's proposed poker machine reforms.Threthny/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

This plan will decimate hotels across South Australia, wiping out many of the 26,000 jobs it directly creates.

Australian Hotels Association (South Australia) chief executive Ian Horne, quoted in...

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does South Australia have the 'highest energy prices' in the nation and 'the least reliable grid'?

  • Written by: Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne

Look, this is probably the single most important issue to most households in South Australia — what they’ve been left with now are the highest energy prices in Australia — some say in the world — and the least reliable grid.

And it’s all because this government decided we had to go headlong into intermittent renewable...

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  1. What we know about Novichok, the 'newby' nerve agents linked to Russia
  2. could Labor's tax changes make the system fairer or hurt investors?
  3. The off-topic Conversation #156
  4. The medicines to pack for your overseas holiday
  5. War with North Korea: from unthinkable to unavoidable?
  6. Looking for truth in the Facebook age? Seek out views you aren't going to 'like'
  7. Yes, kangaroos are endangered – but not the species you think
  8. should I let my kids drink juice?
  9. why you can hear gravitational waves when things collide in the universe
  10. The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of Aboriginal languages
  11. More of us are drinking recycled sewage water than most people realise
  12. Rise in protest votes sounds warning bell for major parties
  13. Australia can't afford to forget smaller businesses when negotiating trade deals
  14. How protons can power our future energy needs
  15. Technology and regulation must work in concert to combat hate speech online
  16. Voice assistants will have to build trust before we're comfortable with them tracking us
  17. Why aren't birds pulled down by gravity while they're flying?
  18. The greatest moral challenge of our time? It's how we think about morality itself
  19. New online tool can predict your melanoma risk
  20. Ivory up in flames, but who really noticed? How messages on elephant poaching might be missed
  21. France has a unique approach to regenerating inner cities – what can we learn from its success?
  22. Climate change and looters threaten the archaeology of Mongolia
  23. Five things parents can do every day to help develop STEM skills from a young age
  24. How companies can make more money by allowing you to 'pay as you want'
  25. South Australian 'soft' voters inclined to change their government but not impressed with the alternative
  26. 'Soft' voters scathing about Turnbull's handling of sex in politics: focus group research
  27. Yes, too much sugar is bad for our health – here's what the science says
  28. going beyond our backyard to protect the reef
  29. Take it from us - here's what we need in an ambassador for women in science
  30. Michelle Grattan on the battlegrounds of South Australia, Batman and Adani
  31. Labor leading in Victoria and tied in New South Wales; populists dominate in Italy
  32. Why Trump's tariffs will have little impact on Australia and a trade war is unlikely
  33. how to stop your bathers flooding the oceans with plastic
  34. Child protection report lacks crucial national detail on abuse in out-of-home care
  35. We need to support more men to become primary teachers
  36. The one thing holding back an RBA rate cut
  37. There’s more to the compact city than getting dense
  38. Servant or partner? The role of expertise and knowledge in democracy
  39. cocaine, the glamour drug of the ’70s, is making a comeback
  40. who was Mary Magdalene? Debunking the myth of the penitent prostitute
  41. Bill Shorten is buffeted by the politics of Adani
  42. Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  43. Brett Dean's Hamlet demonstrates the power of opera as an art form
  44. Leopards in a city park in India may help lower human injuries and deaths from stray dog bites
  45. how the language you speak influences your willingness to take climate action
  46. Enjoyment of reading, not mechanics of reading, can improve literacy for boys
  47. RBA research shows that zoning restrictions are driving up housing prices
  48. If sugar is so bad for us, why is the sugar in fruit OK?
  49. The off-topic Conversation #155
  50. Using 'she' and 'he' reinforces gender roles and discrimination of women

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