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Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison will seek to bring the debate over immigration and refugees to the centre of the election campaign, with an announcement that a Coalition government would freeze the humanitarian intake.

He will contrast this with Labor plans for an increase in the humanitarian component, claiming this would cost many billions of dollars and...

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Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Ahead of the first pre-pollers voting on Monday – and then switching off from the campaign noise – Labor will dangle more big bait – this time on child care.

Bill Shorten flagged the initiative on Friday, saying that “in the very near future, we’ll be announcing new plans to cut the cost of long day child care. And we...

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It's not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine

  • Written by: Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
It's not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mineThe Western Australian outback may look bare at first glance, but it's teeming with wildlife, often beneath the surface. Shutterstock

One day before calling the election, the government approved the controversial Yeelirrie uranium mine in the remote wilderness of Western Australia, about 500km north of Kalgoorlie.

The Tjiwarl Traditional Owners...

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Michelle Grattan on week two of the campaign #AusVotes

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the messaging and tactics of the leaders on the campaign trail, the resurrection of the issue of water buybacks, and the impact of Clive Palmer’s political advertising on his election chances and what his popularity means...

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  1. Palmer's preference deal and watergate woes
  2. Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy
  3. Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers
  4. New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around
  5. Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign
  6. What's the school cleaner's name? How kids, not just cleaners, are paying the price of outsourcing
  7. Vital signs. Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can, on Tuesday week
  8. how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed
  9. Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years
  10. Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong
  11. Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent
  12. 'you’re always commenting on power'
  13. you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon
  14. All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer
  15. Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia
  16. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here's what that means
  17. Palmer's party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?
  18. Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe
  19. Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
  20. capturing the reverberations of loss
  21. Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won't
  22. Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19
  23. What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII
  24. Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war
  25. Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable
  26. House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come
  27. Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it
  28. how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia
  29. Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
  30. The government and tech companies can't prevent 'fake news' during the election – only the public can
  31. Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming
  32. Get set for take-off in electric aircraft, the next transport disruption
  33. Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election
  34. here's what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks
  35. Never know what to write in your mother’s day card? You need to read this!
  36. Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded
  37. Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS
  38. Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
  39. Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different
  40. The budget's dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you're not meant to know about
  41. How much do sedentary people really need to move? It's less than you think
  42. Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten's wages campaign
  43. why the a⁠b⁠s⁠e⁠n⁠c⁠e⁠ ⁠o⁠f⁠ ⁠e⁠v⁠i⁠d⁠e⁠n⁠c⁠e⁠ ⁠can be a useful thing
  44. Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election
  45. MONA's Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist
  46. Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture
  47. Can $55 million get Clive Palmer back into parliamentary game?
  48. Health Check: what causes constipation?
  49. Malcolm Turnbull's home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars
  50. Chris Lilley's Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous

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