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Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game

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

Political pundits often talk about the “transactional costs” of coups. On Thursday, the cost of having around a deeply unhappy and still angry ousted leader suddenly became alarmingly high for the government.

When Malcolm Turnbull told Parliament that the prime ministerial office of Tony Abbott knew of the 2015 deal with Senate...

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Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?

  • Written by: Bryan Cranston, Online Lecturer in Politics, and PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Donald Trump has repeatedly said the presidential election is rigged, and the only way he will lose will be if it is stolen from him.

Trump is not known for his measured temperament, nor for rational thinking or behaviour. But is there any validity to his claim?

American presidential elections have arguably the most convoluted and confusing...

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Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause

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

Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott are sharply at odds over Abbott’s denial of knowledge about a 2015 deal with crossbencher David Leyonhjelm to insert a sunset clause on the import ban of the Adler seven-shot lever-action shotgun.

Turnbull told parliament he was satisfied the then-prime minister’s office had been kept abreast of the...

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Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
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In the ongoing debate about the transparency of Australia’s big banks, the idea of rate tracker mortgages has been gaining traction. This is a mortgage that is tied to the cash rate set by the central bank (in Australia, the Reserve Bank of Australia), with an additional fixed...

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