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The Pacific will remain a priority, no matter which party wins the election. But there could be subtle differences in tone and priorities.
Labor has announced it would introduce urgent care centres to take the pressure off emergency departments if it were elected. Would they work?
Successful union drives at two of America’s biggest companies were led by committed individuals, rather than established unions.
Aged care reform remains unfinished business for Labor. It made a start this week but more needs to come.
The findings indicates natural disasters such as the current floods in southeastern Australia can influence election results.
A sports economist explains how the deal leaves players with a fundamentally different – and in many ways, worse – arrangement than their counterparts in the other major US sports leagues.
Most tech sector firms are stuck in a low- inclusion rut, and a disturbing set of firms are moving backward. A handful of firms, however, demonstrate that diversity now is possible.
With the Coalition leaning hard on its perceived strengths on national security, Labor’s only option is to emphasise bipartisanship.
Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s corruption perception index over the past decade. It’s time our leaders commit to real reform.
It’s the first time since Resolve began doing its monthly surveys last April that Labor has been ahead of the Coalition on primary votes.
The $10 billion fund will provide only $450 million for social housing per year, and less when markets turn down, but such funds can make financial sense.
The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
Anger has big advantages for a campaigning politician. Scott Morrison, the electoral strategist, knows this. Albanese needs to learn, and fast.
Parties strive for gender equality in preselecting candidates. But if they select more women than men in marginal seats, this isn’t true equality — it’s ticking a box.
With polls showing Scott Morrison in a trough, Labor has become more optimistic about its election prospects and Anthony Albanese is ditching any baggage in pursuit of a win.
In this week’s Newspoll, Morrison scored his lowest net approval since the COVID crisis started last year. Anthony Albanese also clocked a record low.
Labor’s primary vote tanked on the weekend, buoying Scott Morrison’s hopes of a strong Coalition victory at the next federal election.
New research examines how recent federal elections would have been affected if optional preferential voting had been used. The results were not favourable to Labor.
After a string of disasters and scandals surrounding the Morrison government, Labor now has a chance to do what it has rarely done in modern Australian history: take government.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Recently awarded doctorate, University of Sydney
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Politics, Griffith University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
