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The Liberals may have miscalculated Turnbull's electoral appeal

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Finally, Clive Palmer has formally put a full stop to his personal political career, announcing on Monday he won’t be running for the Senate.

Palmer United Party will still field Senate candidates, including its sole senator, Dio Wang. But if he or any other PUP candidate fluked a Senate seat, it would surely be unlikely Palmer would have...

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Slight movement to Labor as Shorten's ratings improve

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The polls taken after the budget had some movement to the Coalition. This week’s polls have that movement reversing. While the overall vote is showing about a 50-50 tie, this is not enough for Labor to win; they probably need at least 51% Two Party Preferred (2PP) to win. The main story this week is the big improvement in Bill...

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Frozen out: why the GP rebate freeze should matter to you.

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

It seems as though one of the few clear points of difference between the major parties in this election campaign is the position on the freezing of Medicare rebates. For a very readable background to this issue you can do no better than reading this article on TC by A/Prof Helen Dickinson.

When Medicare first began in 1983, it covered visits to...

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  1. Explainer: what is the Office for Learning and Teaching – and why does it matter?
  2. Election 2016: do we need to re-establish a department of climate change?
  3. Politicians trashing immigrants and refugees are the real danger to social cohesion
  4. Myer and eBay's virtual reality shopping turns looking into seeing
  5. Hide your location on Twitter? We can still find you and that's not a bad thing in an emergency
  6. Why has climate change disappeared from the Australian election radar?
  7. Coastal law shift from property rights to climate adaptation is a landmark reform
  8. Angry Birds at the cinema: the uses and abuses of mobile phones
  9. Election podcast: Sam Dastyari on the 'Bill Bus'
  10. Architecture is a performed art – and the Eames House is a pretty good show
  11. Move over suburbia, Green Square offers new norm for urban living
  12. The off-topic Conversation #94
  13. Newspoll shows Labor ahead, Shorten and Turnbull level pegging in net satisfaction
  14. Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus
  15. We need to better detect depression but that shouldn't mean more medication
  16. Delay in getting driving licences opens door to more sustainable travel
  17. Eat locals: swapping sheep and cows for kangaroos and camels could help our environment
  18. The science issues this election are as old as the Australian media
  19. Murray Goulburn and Fonterra are playing chicken with dairy farmers
  20. Australia needs a better independent fiscal agency
  21. Performance pay for teachers will create a culture of fear and isolation
  22. Negatively Geared – Against Younger Australians
  23. Checking out in style
  24. With the rise of apartment living, what's a nation of pet owners to do?
  25. Coalition clings to small lead in latest Ipsos poll
  26. Banking excuses wearing a bit thin
  27. Labor seizes on Treasury and Finance secretaries' warning about revenue
  28. Infographic: PEFO 2016 at a glance
  29. Questioning the assumptions underlying the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook
  30. Coalition and Labor moving on worker exploitation, but potential loopholes remain
  31. Review: Jane Austen's women have been done a disservice
  32. Urban density matters – but what does it mean?
  33. Want to know if the Paris climate deal is working? University divestment is the litmus test
  34. PolicyCheck: the Greens' Harm Reduction Innovation Fund drug policy
  35. AFP commissioner Colvin defends timing of raids on Labor
  36. Why I struggle with the idea of Struggle Street filming in my suburb
  37. Confused about the Medicare rebate freeze? Here's what you need to know
  38. The Conversation's Community Council
  39. Backpacker tax: if it were never broke, why try to fix it?
  40. YouTube Red is here, and it breaks the video-on-demand mould
  41. Hidden housemates: rats in the ranks
  42. Labor will need more than scholarships to make teaching science an attractive career
  43. If this is the Facebook election, the major parties should be a little concerned
  44. The Conservatives and the BBC – falling in love again?
  45. Here's what people in their 90s really think about death
  46. Palliative care should be embraced, not feared
  47. On the wrong track: why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail
  48. Grattan on Friday: Labor loses skin on border issue, but Turnbull will pay a price too
  49. Friday essay: It Felt Like a Kiss - movies, popular music and Martin Scorsese
  50. Election 2016: climate politics off to a chilly start, but could still heat up

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