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Turnbull resigning seat on Friday, giving Morrison a real-time voting test

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

Malcolm Turnbull is set to resign from Parliament this week, as the Liberal federal executive prepares to call nominations for his Sydney seat of Wentworth.

The former prime minister on Monday night told his federal electorate conference, at a meeting scheduled a month or more ago, that he would resign on Friday. He has written to his community and...

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what Turnbull's urban policy has achieved, and where we go from here

  • Written by: Paul Burton, Professor of Urban Management and Planning & Director, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
what Turnbull's urban policy has achieved, and where we go from hereGovernments need effective policies to lure people into regional towns. from shutterstock.com

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recently announced ministry includes a new Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population. Alan Tudge’s first Tweet in his new role announced he is “looking forward to my new congestion busting...

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Amid blackout scare stories, remember that a grid without power cuts is impossible... and expensive

  • Written by: Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne

Last Friday the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This was widely (and inaccurately) reported as predicting widespread blackouts.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported “a one in three chance of power failure in Victoria unless immediate action is taken”, a prospect...

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Australian archaeologists dropped the term 'Stone Age' decades ago, and so should you

  • Written by: Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Australian archaeologists dropped the term 'Stone Age' decades ago, and so should youThe use of stone tools is evidence of technnological sophistication.Shutterstock/iurii

“Stone Age” is a term often used to refer to early periods in human cultural evolution, when deliberately manufactured sharp stone flakes were the main cutting tool.

But it’s also used to describe cultures that are seen as “backward”...

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  1. Michelle Grattan on the Liberals’ implosion
  2. Australians think our politicians are corrupt, but where is the evidence?
  3. how long are you contagious with gastro?
  4. Business owners' control of their work-life balance is the fine line between hard work and hell
  5. Here's how to reset New Zealand’s cultural diplomacy in the Pacific
  6. Australia was founded on a hypocrisy that haunts us to this day
  7. Do butterflies remember being caterpillars?
  8. If the Liberals have any hope of rebuilding, they might take lessons from Robert Menzies
  9. Cycle, walk, drive or train? Weighing up the healthiest (and safest) ways to get around the city
  10. People who see men and women as fundamentally different are more likely to accept workplace discrimination
  11. small, social programs can help get seniors online
  12. how corporations 'nudge' us into spending more
  13. Furious voters deliver their verdict, with government's huge Newspoll plunge
  14. Julie Bishop goes to backbench, Marise Payne becomes new foreign minister
  15. The Life to Come - this year's Miles Franklin winner
  16. The Lord Howe screw pine is a self-watering island giant
  17. A shocker performance, even by coup standards
  18. With a new prime minister nominated, the Nationals have a rare chance to assert themselves
  19. a new podcast from The Conversation
  20. Memo Scott Morrison: don't chase the 'base'
  21. From Benang to Taboo, Kim Scott memorialises events we don't want to remember
  22. How the hard right terminated Turnbull, only to see Scott Morrison become PM
  23. do their employees have the power?
  24. How hydrogen power can help us cut emissions, boost exports, and even drive further between refills
  25. Scott Morrison is the new Prime Minister after Peter Dutton's giant miscalculation
  26. What kind of prime minister will Scott Morrison be?
  27. Turnbull's problem was that he was a politician for another era
  28. Crazy Rich Asians is a great moment for representation -- but slides over some important questions
  29. Solicitor-General supports Dutton's eligibility for parliament, but with caveats
  30. The economics of Australia's too-common leadership spills
  31. Liberals manage the ugliest, messiest leadership challenge in history
  32. the meaning of food in crime fiction
  33. What causes asthma? What we know, don't know and suspect
  34. it's time to discuss a new framework for central banking
  35. what you didn't know about diamonds
  36. Why queues for women's toilets are longer than men's
  37. A Dutton win would give the conservatives a strangleold on the Liberal party's throat
  38. 'Balmain basket weavers' strike again, tearing the Liberal Party apart
  39. How the right-wing media have given a megaphone to reactionary forces in the Liberal Party
  40. Australia should stay away from electronic voting
  41. Solicitor-General's advice on Dutton's eligibility to come before Friday Liberal vote
  42. Companies keep slashing jobs, but new technologies won't replace good management
  43. Senior ministers deal death blow to Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership
  44. Shifting to Peter Dutton, or anyone else, will not cure what ails the Liberal Party
  45. Rising seas will displace millions of people – and Australia must be ready
  46. How to tell your child you're getting divorced
  47. Why and how retailers turn everyday items into 'must-have' collectables
  48. Ancient teenager the first known person with parents of two different species
  49. a kaleidoscopic portrait of a diverse nation
  50. Dutton camp presses for quick second leadership ballot

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