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Election FactCheck: Does the government spend $3 billion each year on the offshore asylum seeker detention system?

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

The Greens will reinvest the $3 billion the government spends each year on its cruel offshore detention centre regime. – The Greens' leader, Senator Richard Di Natale, speaking at the National Press Club, June 23, 2016.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale used his National Press Club speech to highlight a key area of policy difference between the...

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Anti-discrimination law exemptions don't strike the right balance between rights and freedoms

  • Written by: Cristy Clark, Lecturer in Law, Southern Cross University

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to holding a plebiscite on whether Australia should legalise same-sex marriage by the end of the year if the Coalition is returned to government.

One of the reasons debate around same-sex marriage is so highly charged is because it indicates a long-overdue shift in our cultural acceptance of LGBTI...

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Slanguage and ‘dinky di’ Aussie talk in elections

  • Written by: Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
imageAAP/Mick Tsikas

Co-written with Kate Burridge

Bill Shorten’s been telling us he wants to give Australians a “fair go”. Malcolm Turnbull has decried Labor for an “assault on the Australian spirit”.

Of course, they’re not the first pollies to drag the Australian spirit and Aussie talk into the dirty business of...

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Only serious reform will avoid more exits from the European Union

  • Written by: Philomena Murray, Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences and EU Centre on Shared Complex Challenges, University of Melbourne
imageA lack of constructive critique of the EU's failings is giving rise to widespread European populism and dissent.Reuters/Francois Lenoir

Since the announcement of the Brexit result, there has been considerable debate about the rise of populism in both the UK and Europe. The success of Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in having a leadi...

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  1. Shorten the consensus leader unites a fractured Labor, but it may not quite be enough
  2. Speaking with: ‘Poll Bludger’ William Bowe in the final week of the election campaign
  3. Video didn't kill the radio star – she's hosting a podcast
  4. States will ultimately pay for federal promises, no matter who wins Saturday's election
  5. Labor and Coalition need to go further than R D and startups to create innovation
  6. The Earth's biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
  7. Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat
  8. Paris climate targets aren't enough, but we can close the gap
  9. As more vulnerabilities are discovered. Is it time to uninstall antivirus software?
  10. Turnbull to promise 'a step up in political culture'
  11. There'll be a lot more besides Turnbull versus Shorten to watch on Saturday
  12. What's the Victorian government's dispute with the CFA about? And how will it affect the election?
  13. Why rents will rise under Labor's negative gearing proposal
  14. What now for Australian research in a post-Brexit world?
  15. Charging for credit and debit card use may become the norm under new rules
  16. A fringe group no more, the Greens put the frighteners on the two major parties
  17. Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
  18. Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
  19. Six ways to improve equity in Australian universities
  20. How the relationship between social media and traditional media has shaped this election
  21. If democratic citizenship is a universal right, how can we so neglect citizenship education?
  22. Coalition likely to win following Brexit
  23. Four game-changing lessons from Eating in Stockholm
  24. Policy primers: what you need to know before election day
  25. Election 2016: how well are the major parties meeting the needs of rural and regional Australia?
  26. Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
  27. Google's murky Washington lobbying is making Apple look good
  28. The system often forgets children of people with cancer: here's how to help them
  29. The next solar revolution could replace fossil fuels in mining
  30. Does a planet need plate tectonics to develop life?
  31. It's time for the 'science of sensibility' to return
  32. Engie's Hazelwood super profit highlights our tangled web of energy policy
  33. Coalition squeezes welfare lemon again
  34. Coalition targets welfare in $2.3b pre-election savings pitch
  35. Bill Shorten says the lesson of Brexit is that people shouldn't be left behind
  36. The off-topic Conversation #99
  37. Election FactCheck: Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion more per year into Medicare than Labor did?
  38. To eliminate misogyny, the AFL needs social change, not just crisis management
  39. Post-Brexit, Australia's best option is a trade pact with EU
  40. Ancient Deep Skull still holds big surprises 60 years after it was unearthed
  41. How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse
  42. The Rise of the Joyful Economy
  43. The voter paradox: we say we don't want a minority government, but we're happy to vote for one
  44. Risks, ethics and consent: Australia shouldn't become the world's nuclear wasteland
  45. What’s the 'ethnic vote' going to do in Australia's top-ten ethnic marginal seats?
  46. Full response from Pathology Australia
  47. Full response from Catholic Health Australia
  48. Election FactCheck: has the Coalition cut bulk-billing for pathology and scans 'to make patients pay more'?
  49. Despite the rhetoric, this election fails the feminist test
  50. Unit pricing saves money but is the forgotten shopping tool

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