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US Election Day predictions: President, Governors, Senate and House of Representatives

  • Written by: Bryan Cranston, Online Lecturer in Politics, and PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology

With the outcome of the US Election likely to be known within 48 hours, the time has come to put aside commentary and present final predictions.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have consumed most of the political oxygen this electoral cycle, but there’s a lot more at stake on Election Day than just the presidency.

Here are my final...

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Human Rights Commission takes on Turnbull

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

The Human Rights Commission has fought back against a trenchant attack on it by Malcolm Turnbull, suggesting the Prime Minister had misrepresented or misunderstood its role.

But as the government prepares to launch a parliamentary inquiry into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, the commission reiterated that it favours streamlining the...

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Hope and aspiration at the National Architecture Awards

  • Written by: Naomi Stead, Associate professor, The University of Queensland
imageThe Zelman Cowen award for Public Architecture was won by ARM Architecture for the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.John Gollings

Architects around the country are still abuzz, discussing the outcomes of the Australian National Architecture Awards, announced last Thursday. My Instagram feed that night was all jittery, as the nominees gathered...

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European leaders taking cues from Australia on asylum seeker policies

  • Written by: Andrew Jakubowicz, Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney

Across Europe anti immigration political leaders are turning to Australia for inspiration on how to reduce the number of people seeking asylum in their countries.

Australia’s asylum seeker policies have attracted condemnation from human rights organisations and many countries around the world. But in speeches given at US President Barack...

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  1. Health Check: why do we get a stitch and how can we stop it?
  2. Explainer: what are antibodies and why are viruses like dengue worse the second time?
  3. For single parents, it pays to work
  4. 2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030 - it's time to adapt
  5. The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
  6. Obama, Trump, Clinton and the affordances of distance
  7. The off-topic Conversation #111
  8. Review: The naked nude from the Tate
  9. QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings
  10. Corruption looks different in China
  11. Fogies, insiders and press release summarisers: art criticism in Australia
  12. Some of the world's strangest species could vanish before they're discovered
  13. How to find a good app for mental health
  14. How to teach literacy so no child is left behind
  15. The blight on our media (and it's not 18C)
  16. Information before regulation to make amateur brain stimulation safer
  17. Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
  18. Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
  19. With a less confrontational approach to whaling, more whales could be saved
  20. 18C case against students dismissed but conservatives' push for change continues
  21. What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV
  22. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Senate crossbench
  23. Explainer: what is glaucoma, the 'sneak thief' of sight?
  24. Time to toss one of banking's four pillars out of the nest?
  25. Hazelwood's closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions
  26. Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change
  27. The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?
  28. Daily commutes are draining our water reserves
  29. We need better treatments for childhood cancer, with less side effects
  30. The risk of reading too much into the rise of Donald Trump
  31. Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity
  32. Vital Signs: Australia not immune from global market uncertainty
  33. Preserving cities: how 'trendies' shaped Australia's urban heritage
  34. Ancient fishes kept their young in a nursery
  35. Increased access to data could bring many benefits but faces significant challenges
  36. Grattan on Friday: Industrial bills test Turnbull's negotiating skills – and backbone
  37. Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election
  38. Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration
  39. DiCaprio's documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn't radical enough
  40. Both Trump and Clinton would see the US run like a corporation
  41. Alan Jones goes after wind farms again, citing dubious evidence
  42. Courts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act
  43. The problem posed by agenda trolls
  44. No matter who becomes the next US president, we're in for a wild ride
  45. How the Internet was born: from the ARPANET to the Internet
  46. Race to the White House - Secrets and emails
  47. How parents shape the advantages of being first-born
  48. Lack of cyber security knowledge leads to lazy decisions from executives
  49. Six types of ugly American, and Donald Trump is all of them
  50. Why The Simpsons has lost its way

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