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Encouragement for Turnbull in Newspoll as Parliamentary year starts

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

The first Newspoll for 2018 brings encouraging figures for the Coalition, although it continues to trail Labor – for the 26th consecutive time.

Malcolm Turnbull has extended his lead over Bill Shorten as better prime minister, and the Coalition primary vote has risen 2 points to 38%, compared with late December.

The Coalition now trails 48-52%...

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With Feeney gone, Greens sniff a chance in Batman, and has Xenophon's bubble burst in South Australia?

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
With Feeney gone, Greens sniff a chance in Batman, and has Xenophon's bubble burst in South Australia?Ged Kearney has been announced as Labor's star candidate for the inner-Melbourne seat of Batman.AAP/David Crosling

On February 1, Labor’s David Feeney resigned as the member for Batman, as he could not find proof that he had renounced his British citizenship. This will trigger a byelection in Batman, which Labor could lose to the Greens. In...

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The Cabinet Files show that we need to change the nature of record-keeping

  • Written by: Paula Dootson, Research Fellow in the Chair in Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
The Cabinet Files show that we need to change the nature of record-keepingWe need to redesign our records so that they are more accessible. shutterstock

Punishing the person or persons responsible for this week’s Cabinet Files leak does not address the underlying issue. The real problem is that the way governments and businesses keep records is broken.

Recently, we collaborated with Queensland State Archives to...

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Four ways precision medicine is making a difference

  • Written by: John Stanley Mattick, Executive Director, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Garvan Institute
Four ways precision medicine is making a differenceIdentification of genetic mutations has led to the development of effective drugs.

This article is part of a package on precision medicine, where we explore genomic sequencing and what it means for better diagnosis and treatment of many conditions including cancer and rare diseases.


All human characteristics are profoundly influenced by genetic...

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  20. Early byelection test for Shorten after David Feeney quits parliament
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  30. Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing deals
  31. Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad idea
  32. Expect 2018 to be a year of rewards : Prime Minister Turnbull
  33. 5 periods of mass extinction on Earth. Are we entering the sixth?
  34. Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand's voting system
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