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Turnbull celebrates victory after Shorten concedes defeat

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

More than a week after the election, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has formally conceded defeat, quickly followed by Malcolm Turnbull welcoming the Coalition’s victory.

With several uncertain seats still being counted but the Coalition expecting to be able to govern with a majority in its own right, Shorten on Sunday contacted Turnbull to...

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Coalition very likely to win majority after taking lead in 76 seats

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, PhD Student, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

A week after the election, postal votes in Queensland have continued to flow very strongly to the Coalition. As a result, they have now taken narrow leads in Flynn, where Labor had 51.6% Two Party Preferred (2PP) on ordinary votes, and Capricornia, where Labor had 50.6% 2PP on ordinaries. The Coalition now leads in 76 of the 150 seats, enough...

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Politics podcast: Wayne Swan on Labor's next moves

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

As a veteran of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years, former treasurer Wayne Swan is a politician with a great deal of experience with parliamentary instability. With the outcome of the election still uncertain, Swan tells Michelle Grattan Labor should approach the next period ahead in a very positive way.

“We put [forward] a comprehensive agenda for...

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What other industries can learn from the failures of greyhound racing

  • Written by: Roger Burritt, Visiting professor, Management in the International Food Industry, University of Kassel

Those in the greyhound racing industry were surprised by the Premier of NSW’s announcement on the banning of the industry in NSW from 1 July 2017, closely followed in the ACT.

But the writing has been on the wall since the NSW Special Commission of Enquiry found systematic malpractice and animal cruelty, described by the Premier as...

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  3. Turnbull wins more crossbench support as government's numbers still to be finalised
  4. How Australia can capitalise on Chinese tourism
  5. Election 2016 reveals the end of the rusted-on voter and the death of the two-party system
  6. What went wrong at Aurukun School?
  7. Greyhound racing ban: NSW is looking at the industry from the dogs' point of view
  8. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the uncertain election outcome
  9. Three reasons why we should have seen Labor's 'Medicare SMS' coming
  10. A marine heatwave has wiped out a swathe of WA's undersea kelp forest
  11. Innovation culture has evolved beyond Turnbull's mantra
  12. UK and EU both need major democratic reform to survive Brexit fallout
  13. Robots don't just take jobs, they can help a new business grow
  14. Understanding the NDIS: the scheme does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities
  15. Why Antarctica depends on Australia and China's alliance
  16. Vital Signs: goodbye AAA Australia?
  17. Keating says Howard's Iraq war commitment brought the 'spectre of terrorism' to Australia
  18. Grattan on Friday: Coalition gets nasty reminder debt and deficit are important, like it once said
  19. When Australia goes to war, public trust depends on better oversight
  20. Electronic voting may be risky, but what about vote counting?
  21. Friday essay: the voyage of Nicolas Baudin and 'art in the service of science'
  22. Has New Zealand lost its way in tobacco control?
  23. Katter backs Turnbull, as credit agency puts Australia on notice
  24. Now you're laughing: the unhappy state of Australia's political satire
  25. One Nation, Climate Denial and those Jewish Bankers
  26. Chilcot’s lessons for Australia
  27. News of Zika vaccine might be reassuring, but it's too late for Rio, and do we really need it anyway?
  28. Australia must act now to secure economic ties with a rising Indonesia
  29. Australia could be about to lose its AAA rating, and here's why
  30. Please don’t explain: Hanson 2.0 and the war on experts
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  33. Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out
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  36. Why Australians should care about the South Pole
  37. Bloody good TV: how Rake changed Australian television
  38. Barnaby Joyce gives some protection on Turnbull's vulnerable right flank
  39. Queensland postal votes could give Coalition majority government
  40. The lessons to be learned now the ABC's pulled its 'inaccurate' Wi-Fried program
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