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Environment groups are pushing the Greens to accept Labor’s emissions target. What do these tensions mean for climate action?
There’s been very little media or political discussion of what Australia should be aiming for in 2035. This is baffling.
If the Liberals continue to struggle in cities, WA is likely to be more difficult than it may first appear for the Liberals to win back.
Survey findings bring insight to the general public’s thoughts and concerns of an Indigenous Voice to parliament. What questions still need to be answered to obtain a yes vote in a referendum?
Can one department adequately tackle climate change, energy, the environment and water? It’s unlikely.
The new prime minister seems to have the temperament that would favour a collaborative approach. He could usher in a golden era of stable government, with more generous and compassionate politics.
Two regional seats that straddle the NSW/Victorian border, Eden-Monaro and Gippsland, are geographically close. But these seats repeatedly return very different election results.
To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.
Doing as little as possible on climate change was a seemingly safe political strategy until recently. As of Saturday night, it’s a recipe for political disaster.
Explore the seats that changed hands, the make-up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the two party preferred vote in our 2022 federal election at-a-glance graphic.
But are the major parties really focusing on the right issues?
Coming just one week before the election, the political calculation of Morrison’s policy revival is difficult to ignore.
Labor needs substantially more than 50% of the two-party preferred vote – 51.8% according to the pendulum – to win the majority of seats, 76. This equates to a swing of 3.3 percentage points.
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint over instances of anti-union practices at Starbucks. And that was before the company’s boss threatened to withhold wages.
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time – so what have the Coalition and the Labor party actually promised? Five experts grade different aspects of their climate policies.
The custodians of one of Hollywood’s most reliable cash machines have been careful to sidestep political minefields that might remind customers of a realm outside the Magic Kingdom.
Amazon can become the Earth’s best employer, but this must involve democratizing the workplace, recognizing the legitimate right of employees to organize and cooperating with labour representatives.
This year there is a half-Senate election, and it could radically change the make-up of the upper house.
As we head into the pointy end of the election campaign, some are performing better than others: we assess the field so far.
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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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Recently awarded doctorate, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
