Today on Trust Me I’m An Expert, we’re bringing you a special episode carried across from The Conversation podcast Politics with Michelle Grattan.
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Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
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Fresh from the budget lockup, chief political correspondent Michelle Grattan talks with Business and Economics Editor Peter Martin and political and economic journalist Tim Colebatch.
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All you need to know about the 2019-20 federal budget in our simple at-a-glance graphic.
A theme in Frydenberg’s speech was that the government was taking its initiatives all “without increasing taxes”.
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The government wants this election to be all about tax. The tax cuts you will get, now and later. And the “higher taxes” that Bill Shorten would impose.
It’s a bit of a mystery how the government has made net debt disappear, but there are clues.
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Booming global commodity prices have masked the impacts of a weakening economy. With luck, the budget will be the shot it needs.
Threatened species live in cities and towns around Australia, including the critically endangered western swamp tortoise.
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The conservation frontline is not just in remote rainforests. It’s right in our urban backyard.
Mark Zuckerberg has been asked before to fix how Facebook is used by others for no good, now he wants others to help find solutions.
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In the weeks and months following mass trauma, such as the shootings in Christchurch, participating in physical activity can help individuals and communities deal with stress, anxiety and grief.
The perpetrator of the Christchurch attacks livestreamed his killings on Facebook.
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Taking effective action against online sharing of graphic content isn’t straightforward. But, yet again, the government’s inclination seems to be to legislate first and discuss later.
Sam Cranstoun, Utopia, The National, Carriageworks.
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The ambitiously named exhibition, The National: New Australian Art, lives up to its title as a visual examination of Australia in an age of uncertainty.
Labor has ditched its reliance on a single economy-wide climate policy, in favour of a range of different measures that will all help drive down emissions. But some crucial issues remain unaddressed.
Married at First Sight’s many failed relationships are not a surprise, given the way the show is made.
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Married at First Sight is meant to be about finding love. But relationship science suggests the experiment is actually a perfect storm of factors that predict relationship breakdown.
TikTok is a music and video sharing app – and it’s huge.
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TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with music – there’s a lot of lip synching.
The Morrison government’s population plan looks to reduce the concentration of growth in the big cities and to raise the benefit-cost ratio of population change more broadly.
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Population growth has pros and cons, and the Morrison government’s plan is less about a change in immigration numbers than about increasing the benefits and minimising the costs.
School libraries are no longer just places where books are stored.
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The role of the school library has evolved. Today’s school library goes beyond providing books. It must include teaching children digital literacy and how to critically evaluate information online.
Skat was the name of the Danish tax agency. It’s also a term of affection.
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Labor’s ambitious plans to reduce transport emissions will be dead in the water without regulatory CO2 emission standards and real financial and non-financial incentives for buyers.
The Turkish economy is in free fall, corruption and inefficiency reigns, and crime has skyrocketed.
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Local elections in Turkey over the weekend saw a some key cities and towns slip away from the party of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party.
Sleeping on the side is better for the baby.
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Lesley McCowan, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Robin Cronin, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A major study that analysed data from hundreds of pregnancies found that sleeping on the back during the final trimester increased the risk of stillbirth 2.6 times.
Perhaps hoping for an election boost, India’s Prime Minister Modi announces that Indian scientists shot down a live satellite at a low-earth orbit.
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On 27 March, India announced it had successfully conducted an anti-satellite missile test, Mission Shakti. India is now the fourth country in the world displaying this capability.
Exercising at your maximal heart rate isn’t always effective.
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Hongzhi Gao, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Ivy Guo, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Tarek Soliman, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
As the trade spat between China and the US continues, it is likely to spill over to other countries. For Australia and New Zealand, this could bring both risks and opportunities.
Leonardo da Vinci, Landscape drawing for Santa Maria della Neve on 5th August 1473.
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His exquisite drawings suggest a particular depth of feeling for the natural world and he was attuned to the emotions of animals. Yet it seems that preservation of nature was not on Leonardo’s mind.
