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Editor's note
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Despite bullish, and what some say are laughable forecasts in the budget, wage growth in Australia is the lowest it has been since the mid 1990s. With those on low incomes struggling to get by, consumer confidence subdued, and no end in sight to the housing affordability crisis, Richard Holden’s weekly economics wrap delivers a post-budget reality check.
Meanwhile, Michelle Grattan says one of Australia’s biggest problems in the post mining boom years has been and continues to be the behaviour of our politicians. A combination of their incompetence and expediency has let down the country in the task of fixing up the budget.
And on a lighter note, Sarah Kanake has some good news for anyone who has ever lamented the lack of strong female leads in children’s picture books. There has been a publishing revolution, she writes, with female adventurers, athletes, rebels, scientists and spies nudging out the clichéd princesses of old.
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Charis Palmer
Deputy Editor
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Top story
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Pay packets rose just 0.5% in the first quarter.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
The government's best ideas for how to grow wages and incomes do not inspire confidence.
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Arts + Culture
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Sarah Kanake, University of the Sunshine Coast
The lack of strong female characters in children's picture books is oft-lamented. But a new crop of books invites girls to write themselves into history.
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Michael Beverland, RMIT University
When Malcolm Turnbull released his innovation agenda, the arts were missing. But Australia's fashion industry is a true innovator, comparable to French and Italian fashion houses. It's time to recognise this at home.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
A combination of incompetence and expediency has let down the country in the task of fixing up the budget.
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Rodrigo Praino, Flinders University
The investigation is likely to end in one of two ways: the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, or the beginning of his second term.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Dennis Richardson was never afraid to tell ministers what he believed they should hear, and any grudges they had as a result they apparently got over very quickly.
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Graeme Dunk, Australian National University
Australia’s long-awaited naval shipbuilding plan has two interconnected weaknesses when it comes to sovereignty.
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Olivia Tasevski, University of Melbourne
Ethnic Chinese and Christians in Indonesia have endured systematic and long-standing discrimination throughout the country's history.
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Science + Technology
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Gwenllian Iacona, The University of Queensland; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO
The "decision science" approach helps avoid unanticipated consequences of programs to bring species such as New Zealand's little bush moa, Waitomo frog, or laughing owl back from extinction.
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Teresa Davis, University of Sydney
Junk food brands are blurring the line between advertising, entertainment and socialising.
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Cities
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Aaron Magro, La Trobe University
Melbourne is a product of British colonial planning policies to control public access and movement in Australian cities. This legacy still influences the use of public spaces today.
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Environment + Energy
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Will Steffen, Australian National University; Hilary Bambrick, Queensland University of Technology
A new Climate Council report points out that the Paris Agreement's carbon budget leaves no room for the development of massive new coal reserves such as the proposed Carmichael mine.
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Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne
Earlier this year Australia's energy market operator warned of a gas shortage, sparking fears of an energy crisis. But new research shows the projected shortfall is so small, it may already be closed.
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Rachel A. Ankeny, University of Adelaide; Heather Bray, University of Adelaide
Many shoppers choose free-range eggs because they think they are tastier and healthier, rather than being motivated purely by concerns for hens' welfare, a new study has found.
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Health + Medicine
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Ben Mol, University of Adelaide
Women have been getting their fallopian tubes flushed for 100 years to help them conceive. Studies show it works, all the better if you use an oil-based liquid.
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Kate Leslie, University of Melbourne; Megan Allen, University of Melbourne
Some people can feel drowsy or can't concentrate days after an operation. While it's easy to blame the anaesthetics, the real picture is usually more complicated.
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Education
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Anna Bennett, University of Newcastle; Andrew Harvey, La Trobe University; Seamus Fagan, University of Newcastle
Students on 'enabling' courses may now have to pay substantial fees under higher education reforms.
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FactCheck
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Jim Minifie, Grattan Institute
Treasurer Scott Morrison said Australia's banks have a return on equity about twice that of banks in other advanced economies. Is that right?
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