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Go target the Liberals, Albanese tells the Greens on his tail

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is not the only senior politician having conniptions about his seat. Anthony Albanese was in his New South Wales electorate of Grayndler on Monday, the first full day of the campaign, sandbagging it against the Greens.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale was in Grayndler too, sledging Albanese and declaring his party...

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Rushed reform benefits no one in the end

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe government's options for higher education reform come with significant trade offs.from www.shutterstock.com

For students and universities, the 2016-17 budget held few surprises. “Full deregulation” is dead and the budget provided a one year deferral on the cuts to teaching which have not yet passed parliament.

The government has...

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The Philippines: former sick man of Asia suffers relapse

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageReuters/Romeo Ranoco

Just when you might have thought the Philippines was on the mend, morbid symptoms of untreated problems re-emerge. It really shouldn’t be this way.

It may seem hard to believe in retrospect, but in the aftermath of the second world war, many commentators – especially in the US – thought the Philippines would be...

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