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Final Queensland polls show Labor likely to win

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
imageFinal polls show Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with a slender lead.AAP/Dan Peled

The Queensland election is today. Polls close at 6pm local time (7pm Melbourne time). The final Newspoll and Galaxy both give Labor at least 52% of the two party vote, and this is likely to be enough for a Labor majority government. While a ReachTEL on November 19...

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One party to rule them all: Cambodia’s supreme court rules the dissolution of opposition party

  • Written by: Caroline Bennett, Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington
imageA worker paints over the logo of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.EPA/Kith Serey, CC BY-ND

Last week the domestic Supreme Court of Cambodia officially dissolved the main opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). 118 of its officials were banned from politics for the next five years, and its 55 parliamentary...

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Uber was hacked, so change your password right now. Here's what else you need to know

  • Written by: Rohan Miller, Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Digital Business, University of Sydney

Uber has admitted that a 2016 data breach put at risk the personal information of 57 million Uber users worldwide and at least 600,000 drivers in the United States.

The ride-share firm’s CEO said that:

two individuals outside the company had inappropriately accessed user data stored on a third-party cloud-based service that we use.

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull cancelling the House sitting

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

Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic) Professor Nick Klomp about the week in Australian politics.

They discuss Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s surprise decision to cancel next week’s sitting of the House of Representatives, whether there’s more more dual citizens...

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  2. FactCheck: did the Northbridge WA curfew see a 'dramatic drop' in crime?
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  4. All fired up: Clay Stories is a triumphant display of contemporary Indigenous ceramics
  5. Five myths about Australian university graduate outcomes
  6. Queensland election: One Nation dominates Twitter debate in the final weeks
  7. Is apple cider vinegar really a wonder food?
  8. Weekly Dose: Champix's effectiveness is questionable and safety record is concerning
  9. Energy ministers' power policy pow-wow is still driven more by headlines than details
  10. Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  11. Conservative Christians need to stamp out clergy wife abuse - starting with ending endemic sexism
  12. More and more older Australians will be homeless unless we act now
  13. Evidence-based education needs standardised assessment
  14. The Queensland government is paying more for its debt than the average mortgage holder
  15. Vital Signs: five economic red flags to watch for in 2018
  16. We learn from our mistakes: how to make better predictions from tweets
  17. Grattan on Friday: Discovery of the cabinet leaker would present bigger problem than the leak
  18. Foreign Policy White Paper finally acknowledges world power is shifting
  19. Australia's Foreign Policy White Paper offers more wishful thinking than concrete ideas
  20. Experiments in robotics could help Amazon beat Australia's slow delivery problem
  21. No, we aren't running out of new ideas
  22. Australia is hedging its bets on China with the latest Foreign Policy White Paper
  23. Muriel's Wedding: the Musical is a deeply satisfying tribute to Australia's most-loved dag
  24. With a few smart moves, we can relieve the pressure on gas
  25. Blood on the stage: Let the Right One In is a vampire love story for our times
  26. The six-month amendment could defeat the purpose of Victoria's assisted dying bill
  27. Why we need to end impunity for sexual violence in armed conflict
  28. Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia', to spend life in prison for genocide and war crimes
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  30. Voters see through Turnbull, but cool on Shorten: Queensland research
  31. City-wide trial shows how road use charges can reduce traffic jams
  32. Our obsession with infant growth charts may be fuelling childhood obesity
  33. New research suggests common herbicides are linked to antibiotic resistance
  34. If Beazley had become prime minister instead of Rudd, might we have had more stable government?
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  36. Guide to the Classics: Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars explores vice and virtue in ancient Rome
  37. Public investment in electricity generation – a hot-button issue in Queensland?
  38. Citizenship crisis claims Nick Xenophon Team's Kakoschke-Moore
  39. Why good design alone won't attract millennials to your company
  40. Protecting religious freedoms is a matter of balance, says head of Turnbull's inquiry
  41. FactCheck: does the Safe Schools program contain 'highly explicit material'?
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  43. Infographic: here's exactly what Adani's Carmichael mine means for Queensland
  44. Curious Kids: Why are fern leaves shaped the way they are, and are all ferns identical?
  45. Why scientific monitoring of the effects of industry on our priceless WA rock art is inadequate
  46. Young Australians will wear the costs of Turnbull's middle income tax cut
  47. Foreign ownership of housing – how do Australia and New Zealand compare?
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