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Coalition two-party vote slips in post-budget Newspoll

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

The Coalition has slipped further behind in Newspoll, trailing Labor 47-53% in two-party terms, despite a pragmatic budget that moved the government onto ALP ground in a bid to win back voters.

Labor slightly widened the gap compared with three weeks ago when it led 52-48%. This makes a dozen Newspolls in a row that have seen the government behind...

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From 'white flight' to 'bright flight' – the looming risk for our growing cities

  • Written by: Jason Twill, Innovation Fellow and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney

If the growth of cities in the 20th century was marked by “white flight”, the 21st century is shaping up to be the era of “bright flight”. The young, highly educated and restless are being priced out of many of the world’s major cities.

They are choosing instead to set themselves up in smaller, regional cities. These...

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Why bad moods are good for you: the surprising benefits of sadness

  • Written by: Joseph Paul Forgas, Scientia Professor of Psychology, UNSW
imageFeeling sad now and again is not only normal, but has many psychological benefits.from www.shutterstock.com

Homo sapiens is a very moody species. Even though sadness and bad moods have always been part of the human experience, we now live in an age that ignores or devalues these feelings.

In our culture, normal human emotions like temporary sadness...

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