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Universities Australia on Wednesday is releasing a pre-election blueprint calling for major investment in research and innovation.
Shinzo Abe’s government (now in its second term) has consistently been vocal about Japan’s national defence.
The finance minister says the government is reducing the deficit and debt and lowering the spending growth trajectory of the previous government. Is that right?
Nauru has announced that its detention facility has become an “open centre” and all refugee claims will be processed within a week.
The reform debate in these first days of Malcolm Turnbull’s government is dominated by a huge laden table, from which nothing is being removed.
Jamie Briggs talks to Michelle Grattan about his new portfolio, the policy pivot away from just roads toward other infrastructure projects like public transport, and much more.
The pain in politics is not pretty. Most leaders relish imposing it on adversaries. But then, when they come to bad ends, as they often do, they bleed and vent. Tony Abbott’s anger and distress is clear…
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says government spending needs to be reduced in the long term to 24% of GDP “at the most”.
Malcolm Turnbull confronts a classic “wicked problem” in how to deal with the nearly 1600 asylum seekers who are stuck in terrible conditions on Nauru and Manus Island. A “wicked problem” is one that is…
Malcolm Turnbull, it seems, cannot escape the emissions trading scheme (ETS) bogey. This time, it comes in the form of China’s plan – which had been foreshadowed but is now confirmed – to introduce a national…
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
When Malcolm Turnbull boarded a Melbourne tram on Thursday for a newspaper photograph, a cheer went up from passengers.
New Treasurer Scott Morrison has declared the budget has a spending problem not a revenue one and said tax reform must help people “work, save and invest” - the government’s new slogan.
Peta Credlin, former chief of staff to the former prime minister, has remained high-profile and defiant to the end. Despite her changed circumstances Credlin went ahead with a panel discussion at Tuesday’s…
Last week the states agreed to the implementation of changes to the national school curriculum brought about by the National Curriculum Review undertaken last year.
The polling sends a strong message: Malcolm Turnbull starts his prime ministership with people wanting to think the best of him. Essential has found people believe Turnbull is intelligent (81%), hardworking…
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Shadow Higher Education Minister Kim Carr talks to Michelle Grattan about Labor's new higher education policy.
The change of prime minister has put the Coalition ahead in Newspoll for the first time since before the 2014 draconian budget.
An important element in the success of Malcolm Turnbull’s government will be how effectively it handles the Senate. Some crossbench senators have greeted the arrival of Turnbull enthusiastically, contrasting…
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Professional associate, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra
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