Scott Morrison and Chris Bowen kept to their lines, but both ignored Australia’s most compelling economic issue.
The treasurer and his shadow went head to head in a debate that covered tax reform, education, superannuation and economic management.
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Mark Textor, the Liberal pollster, has raged against the modern addiction to polls, in an article this week that shows he can indeed walk both sides of the street, as insider and observer.
Research suggesting middle aged women will be worse off under super changes overreaches.
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We are hearing dire warnings from property interests fighting against changes to negative gearing. But what if Labor’s proposed changes actually support demand for the flood of new properties?
While there may not be too many voters in swimsuits or shorts at this year’s winter poll, increasing numbers of Australians are voting before election day.
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A growing number of people are pre-polling, or voting before election day. This has significant implications for the parties in terms of rolling out policy and voter engagement.
CSIRO has the know-how to develop commercial-scale green energy, with a clear plan and enough money.
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The Coalition has asked CSIRO to develop a “roadmap” towards commercialised clean energy. It’s a good idea as long as the plan is clear, and there’s enough money behind it.
Children who attend preschool are more likely to be ready to learn when they start school.
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Government funding of childcare is seen as something that helps get mums back into work, instead of setting children up for learning before they start school.
Was Labor’s shadow environment minister, Mark Butler, right to say Australia was ‘pretty much’ the only major advanced economies where greenhouse pollution levels are going up?
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Labor’s shadow environment minister, Mark Butler, said Australia is now “pretty much the only major advanced economy where pollution levels are going up, not coming down.” Is that right?
Consider this statement from Treasurer Scott Morrison about the alleged financial “black hole” in Labor’s program. “The worst case scenario is $67 billion. Best case scenario is a $32 billion black hole…
Nova Peris has been reported to be a candidate to be senior Indigenous affairs advisor at the AFL.
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Mixed messages from the Coalition government around schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions about whether they have a firm position on schooling at all.