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Palmer's preference deal and watergate woes

  • Written by: Chris Aulich, Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra
Palmer's preference deal and watergate woesThe Coalition is expected to announce a preference deal with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party on Monday.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Our “state of the states” series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states.

We’ll check in with our expert political...

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Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy

  • Written by: Hanlie Booysen, Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington

During his two-day royal visit this week, Prince William has met with survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings and has praised New Zealand’s response to the attacks.

To the people of New Zealand and the people of Christchurch, to our Muslim community and all those who have rallied by your side, I stand with you in gratitude to what you...

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Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers

  • Written by: Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workersLabor wants higher minimum pay for temporary visa holders, but most are already being paid much more.Shutterstock

Bill Shorten is holding out the prospect of protecting Australian workers from foreign ones.

He has pledged to tighten the visa system for short-term skilled migrants, ensuring they have to be paid more so that “it isn’t...

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New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around

  • Written by: Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it aroundSome children in New Zealand live in such hardship that they don't have a good pair of shoes and have to put up with feeling cold. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The latest statistics on childhood poverty in New Zealand suggest that, on some key measures, things are worse than previously estimated.

About one in six children (16% or 183,000)...

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