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Editor's note
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Another day, another likely twist in the ongoing leadership saga in Canberra.
With Malcolm Turnbull continuing to cling to power, and Peter Dutton and his supporters preparing for another leadership challenge – perhaps by the end of this week – Carol Johnson argues that no matter who becomes the next leader, the Liberals will need to articulate a coherent economic policy that goes beyond just lowering energy prices and really resonates with voters if they are to have any hope of winning the next election.
And if ever there was a time to turn to fiction for solace, this could be it. The winner of the Miles Franklin award will be announced on Sunday and as Jen Webb writes, the mix of shortlisted authors and novels is impressively diverse. They range from meditations on memory and migration to depictions of efforts to grapple with our colonial history.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Dutton can mobilise his conservative base on race and crime, but what about the broader electorate?
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Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
Whoever ends up the Liberal prime minister will need to articulate a more coherent economic policy to help everyday Australians.
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Health + Medicine
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Rachael Sharman, University of the Sunshine Coast
Telling your children you and your partner aren't going to be together anymore is a significant change in their lives.
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Louise Newman, University of Melbourne
A boy has been flown to Australia from Nauru for urgent medical treatment for suspected resignation syndrome.
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Environment + Energy
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Jane McAdam, UNSW; John Church, UNSW
In 2017 18.8 million people were displaced by natural disasters, with floods accounting for 8.6 million. Climate change is poised to drive those numbers higher still.
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Guy Dundas, Grattan Institute
Australians are angry about electricity prices and both the federal government and opposition are proposing to cap them. Will this approach work, and what are the risks?
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Sophie Lewis, UNSW; Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, UNSW
With New South Wales suffering winter bushfires and temperature records tumbling around the globe, our leaders in Canberra have picked a bad time to jettison climate policy in favour of political bickering.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The government is also dropping its attempt to scrap the energy supplement for new welfare entrants.
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Arts + Culture
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Jen Webb, University of Canberra
For many years, the Miles Franklin award was a bastion of monoculture. But this year's stories are a diverse reflection of Australia.
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Stephen Chinna, University of Western Australia
In 1979, the American satellite Skylab crashed in Western Australia. A new play imagines what happened to an Aboriginal family nearby.
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Science + Technology
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Michelle Langley, Griffith University
Ancient DNA in a 50,000+ year old bone tells us that two species of early humans did produce offspring together.
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Tom Sear, UNSW; Michael Jensen, University of Canberra
A lot of attention has been focused on Russia’s efforts to influence American politics, but Australia has also been a target – and continues to be a target – of covert foreign influence.
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Business + Economy
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Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania; Martin Grimmer, University of Tasmania
Retailers have cleverly tapped into the psychological need many of us have to collect, in some cases, mundane everyday items.
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Miriam Moeller, The University of Queensland; Jemaine Tsoi, The University of Queensland
The rise of professional couples has added to the complexity of ensuring overseas assignments are a success for both employer and employee.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Rumours circulated last night about the number of names that had been gathered for the petition for the meeting, which requires 43 signatures.
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Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne
The legal travails of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen bring the Mueller investigation into the White House.
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Jamie Walvisch, Monash University
The Verdins principles affect the way offenders with mental health problems are sentenced in a court of law.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
As speculation mounts there will be another leadership challenge sooner rather than later, the government has finally lost its bid to award tax cuts to big companies.
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