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Bennelong polls: Galaxy 50-50, ReachTEL 53-47 to Liberal

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
imageLiberal John Alexander has a fight on his hands to win the Sydney seat of Bennelong.AAP/Gemma Najem

The Bennelong by-election will be held in four weeks, on 16 December. With Barnaby Joyce almost certain to retain New England, Bennelong will decide whether the Coalition regains its parliamentary majority. Labor’s candidate is former NSW...

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It's too soon to celebrate a narrowing gender wage gap

  • Written by: Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
imageWomen working full-time earn on average $26,527 less than men each year.Shutterstock

The gender pay gap is trending downward. It has fallen from 24.7% to 22.4% in the past four years, in terms of total remuneration, according to the latest gender equality scorecard.

But it’s not time to pop the champagne cork. The decline that we’re...

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Don Dale royal commission demands sweeping change – is there political will to make it happen?

  • Written by: Sophie Russell, Research Associate, UNSW

The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory’s final report, which was handed down on Friday, revealed “systemic and shocking failures” in the territory’s youth justice and child protection systems.

The commission was triggered following ABC Four Corners’ broadcasting of...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage ballot result

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

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

They discuss the same-sex marriage postal ballot result, the continuing dual citizenship issues, the Bennelong byelection and retired major general Jim Molan’s potential move to the...

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  8. The dual citizenship saga shows our Constitution must be changed, and now
  9. Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin?
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  12. What prospective parents need to know about gene tests such as 'prepair'
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  14. NAPLAN has done little to improve student outcomes
  15. Grattan on Friday: In 2017 Australia has delivered to LGBTI community but failed its First Peoples
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  18. How the same-sex marriage survey got us talking about – and trusting – data
  19. FactCheck: has Queensland Labor created 'more than four times' as many jobs as the LNP?
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  21. War and democracy – who decides?
  22. The blockchain does not eliminate the need for trust
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  24. The public should be 'shocked, dismayed and disgusted' at the major banks
  25. Same-sex marriage results crush the idea that Australian voters crave conservatism
  26. The race to save up to 50 shipwrecks from looters in Southeast Asia
  27. The NSW assisted dying bill isn't as robust as Victoria's model
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  33. Politics podcast: the Greens' Jordon Steele-John on being an 'accidental' senator
  34. High Court strikes again – knocking out replacement senator Hollie Hughes
  35. How social conservatism among ethnic communities drove a strong 'no' vote in western Sydney
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  38. What the numbers say (and don't say) in the same-sex marriage survey
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  40. Full response from One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson for a FactCheck on fathers dying by suicide
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  42. Same-sex marriage result delivers much-needed good news for embattled Turnbull
  43. Same-sex marriage survey by the stats: a resounding 'yes' but western Sydney leads 'no' vote
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  46. Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over
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