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Xenophon's SA-BEST slumps in a South Australian Newspoll, while Turnbull's better PM lead narrows

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Xenophon's SA-BEST slumps in a South Australian Newspoll, while Turnbull's better PM lead narrowsAlthough SA-BEST is averaging 27% in seats it is contesting, the major parties are less vulnerable to losing seats to SA-BEST than it may appear from primary votes. AAP/David Mariuz

The South Australian election will be held on March 17. A Newspoll, conducted in the three days from February 27 to March 1 from a sample of 1,078, gave the Liberals...

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business leaders nervous about consumers spending less and regulation

  • Written by: Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
business leaders nervous about consumers spending less and regulationThe glum business sentiment is in sectors related to consumer spending.www.shutterstock.com

When Australian companies report results they typically include an outlook statement from the business’ leaders, giving investors some guidance about their expectations for the future. They issue these forward-looking statements with some caution as...

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the government's facial recognition plan could reveal more than just your identity

  • Written by: Jake Goldenfein, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
the government's facial recognition plan could reveal more than just your identityZapp Photo shutterstock

A Bill to set up the federal government’s biometric identity system is currently going through Parliament. But there are concerns over just how much information the system would be allowed to gather, and how that might be used to establish more than just the identity of a person.

Strongly based on the FBI model in the...

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Curious Kids: Where do flies sleep?

  • Written by: Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
Curious Kids: Where do flies sleep?Flies will often sleep on the underside of leaves, to escape from heat and predators.Mai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

Where do...

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