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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on a royal commission into the banks

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Labor nosed ahead of the government in the latest Newspoll but Michelle Grattan tells Stephen Parker this won’t necessarily translate into an election loss for the Coalition.

The prospect of a double dissolution firmed as some of the Senate crossbenchers signalled their unwillingness to compromise on the government’s industrial...

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Vital Signs: all eyes on the Aussie dollar

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Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting global economies.

This week: The RBA leaves interest rates on hold and talks down the Aussie, job ads point to Australian...

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  4. CSIRO must ensure climate science is maintained
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  18. If not Gonski funding, then what?
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  21. Lessons in living heritage from Tokyo to Adelaide
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  24. Superannuation 'objective' likely to be captured by industry
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  32. Turnbull needs to act on bank royal commission to boost his credibility on the unions
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