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Money makes world of politics go round, and keeping it clean isn't simple

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe haste to deregulate political finance has led to political participation in the US becoming highly unequal.Reuters/Jason Reed

What do Russia, the US and South Africa have in common? Not often lumped together, all three countries face significant challenges regulating money in politics.

Through the careful manipulation and extreme regulation of...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the ALP national conference

  • Written by: The Conversation

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the ALP national conference, Bill Shorten’s announcement about asylum seeker turnbacks and Labor’s two-party lead in the latest Newspoll.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any...

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FactCheck: does coal-fired power cost $79/kWh and wind power $1502/kWh?

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imageBroadcaster Alan Jones said on Q&A that the cost of wind power far outstrips the cost of coal power.AAP Image/Lukas Coch

80% of Australian energy comes from coal, coal-fired power, and it’s about $79 a kilowatt hour. Wind power is about $1502 a kilowatt hour. That is unaffordable. If you take that power and feed it into the grid, then...

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