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Minor parties perform well in federal election and reconfirm the power of preference deals

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Minor parties perform well in federal election and reconfirm the power of preference deals What didn’t defy predictions, though, was another high non-major party vote of close to 25%. At this election, primary vote support for both Labor and the Coalition is slightly diminished, continuing a trend of waning faith...
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Vale Bob Hawke, a giant of Australian political and industrial history

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Vale Bob Hawke, a giant of Australian political and industrial history Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University If Bob Hawke had never become prime minister, he would still be recalled as a major figure in Australian political and industrial history. As president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Hawke was...
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Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019

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Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019 Real estate agents don’t decide rents, landlords do. Shutterstock Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute The lowest blow of this election campaign may have come from a firm of real estate agents that abused its position of trust to scare...
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Adani – Interactive cost, environmental impacts, jobs and the future

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Interactive: Everything you need to know about Adani – from cost, environmental impact and jobs to its possible future ABC News: Nationwide, a majority of voters are against building the Adani coal mine The Morrison Government gave it the final federal approvals before going into caretaker mode, reportedly after pressure from some...
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How to transition from coal: 4 lessons for Australia from around the world

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How to transition from coal: 4 lessons for Australia from around the world Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney; Elsa Dominish, University of Technology Sydney, and Franziska Mey, University of Technology Sydney With 12 coal power stations in Australia closed since 2013, a full transition out of coal is coming. Around the...
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The big con: how neoliberals (Liberal & National Party) convinced us there wasn’t enough to go around

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The big con: how neoliberals convinced us there wasn't enough to go around Richard DennisAustralia just experienced one of the biggest mining booms in world history. But even at the peak of that boom, there was no talk of the wonderful opportunity we finally had to invest in world-class mental...
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Dirty Power: Big Coal’s dirty network of influence over both sides of Australian Government

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If you’ve ever wondered why so many Australians oppose coal, but coal keeps coming out of the ground, then a new short film by Greenpeace’s investigative unit is probably going to help shed some light for you. But be warned, it’s short and sharp and very dense with information, and...
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Tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner

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Tony Koch winner of five Walkley Awards stated "No editor I worked for would have put up with the biased anti-Labor rubbish that, shamefully, the papers now produce on a daily basis". Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner There is a sense that democratic societies...
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Compare the pair: key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal budget

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Compare the pair: key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal election Andrew Donegan, The Conversation and Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation With the election less than a week away, here is a quick guide to the major policy announcements and promises from the two major parties. Andrew Donegan,...
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What is and isn’t a ‘sovereign risk’

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What is Sovereign Risk Sovereign risk is the chance that a central bank will implement foreign exchange rules that will significantly reduce or negate the worth of its forex contracts. It also includes the risk that a foreign nation will either fail to meet debt repayments or not honor sovereign debt...
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