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Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development

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

Bill Shorten is flagging that Labor would set up a government-backed infrastructure investment bank to promote concessional financing for nation-building projects in the Pacific.

In a speech to the Lowy Institute on Monday – part of which has been released beforehand - Shorten says Australia’s Pacific neighbours want partners for...

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State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's why

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's whyState government remains an important part of the Australian political landscape.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

As Victorians head to the polls in less than four weeks, there is a wider question worth considering than whether or not the Andrews government is likely to be given another term. Do state governments actually matter?

Imre...

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Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wisely

  • Written by: John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wiselyThe beauty of our federation is that each state can learn from each other.Shutterstock

This week we’re exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australia’s states, as detailed in Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here.


Election season is looming.

Voters in Victoria go...

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  2. Why car sharing had a slow start in Australia
  3. How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed
  4. Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
  5. The ancient origins of werewolves
  6. Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
  7. The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
  8. Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please
  9. Michelle Grattan on the Wentworth washup
  10. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
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  12. Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
  13. Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels
  14. More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia's suffragists is yet to be won
  15. Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside
  16. can you cut your cancer risk by eating organic?
  17. Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
  18. Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment; pushing up interest rates would be wrong
  19. Please, not another super scheme, Mr Keating. It's what the pension is for
  20. Ancient fish evolved in shallow seas – the very places humans threaten today
  21. a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him
  22. Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
  23. Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
  24. We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longer
  25. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
  26. Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
  27. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  28. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  29. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  30. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  31. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  32. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  33. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  34. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  35. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
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  37. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  38. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  39. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  40. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  41. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  42. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  43. foreign donations and political influence
  44. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
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