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Editor's note
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Political observers rejoice: ‘Super Saturday’ has arrived. Voters are now heading to the polls in five federal byelections, the results of which could have implications for Bill Shorten’s Labor party leadership and the timing of the next federal election.
Votes for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party could prove critical in the knife-edge contest for the Queensland seat of Longman, currently held by Labor.
Our latest FactCheck explores deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek’s claim that this year, Hanson has voted “effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull Government”. As lead author Adrian Beaumont and blind reviewer Zareh Ghazarian report, the figure is between 83-86%.
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Lucinda Beaman
FactCheck Editor
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Top story
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek.
AAP/DARREN ENGLAND, AAP/GLENN HUNT
Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Ahead of Saturday's crucial byelections, senior Labor Party figures have described a vote for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party as a vote for the Coalition. What do the records show?
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Nine-Fairfax deal
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Jo Chandler, University of Melbourne
The Age Charter of Editorial Independence – the first document of its type in Australia – first emerged in 1988. It was defended time and again over the following three decades.
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Bridget Griffen-Foley, Macquarie University
Two companies with very different histories and cultures will now be forced to work together in search of efficiencies and revenue in a brutal media landscape.
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
The merger signals the death of Fairfax, and is the most consequential change in Australian media ownership in 31 years.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Keating said that for more than half a century, Nine had never done other than display "the opportunism and ethics of an alley cat."
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Arts + Culture
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Alastair Blanshard, The University of Queensland
Ninja Warrior is the latest attempt to appropriate an ancient artform for a mass audience. But the ancient ninja moved in silence. Anonymous, he never bothered to develop signature dance moves.
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Gillian Arrighi, University of Newcastle
More than 100,000 records of live performance are on a database of our theatre history. They tell of corroborees, the first play staged by white settlers, and long-gone gracious theatres.
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Environment + Energy
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Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney; Adrian Bauman, University of Sydney
All dogs need regular exercise outside of the home (and it's good for people too).
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Hanne E.F. Nielsen, University of Tasmania
For just ten years Antarctica was home to a nuclear power station called "Nukey Poo".
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Bill Bateman, Curtin University; Trish Fleming
An attack on a WA mine worker has highlighted the danger of wild dingoes, particularly when attracted by humans' food - one of the factors that can make an attack by wild predators much more likely.
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Health + Medicine
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Tim Olds, University of South Australia
The proposal is very different to schemes in the US where BMI report cards are sent to parents. Instead, the data would feed into obesity research and prevention programs.
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Susan Luckman, University of South Australia
Craft allows us to enter an immersive state of balance between skill and challenge.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
Researchers have found evidence of a large lake of salty water, buried 1.5 kilometres beneath the southern polar ice cap on Mars. So what does that mean for life on the red planet?
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Eric Vanman, The University of Queensland
As younger generations spend more time interacting with people online and less time in real life, they are more likely to experience catfishing – both as victims and instigators.
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Politics + Society
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
The ideals of liberal democracies are under threat – and not just in the US and Russia
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Annie Blatchford, University of Melbourne
Despite several barriers, journalists are changing the way they report on violence against women for the better.
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Education
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Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University
Compulsory sport and physical education at school will improve children's memory, attention and ability to concentrate, not just boost fitness. The evidence is in.
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Chris Pilgrim, Swinburne University of Technology; Christopher Scanlon, Swinburne University of Technology
Online students tend to be older, which might explain why new data suggest they're less likely to cheat. But even with these data, the evidence is mixed.
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Business + Economy
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Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University
With most new jobs going to women, their workforce participation rate is growing at nine times the rate for men. But, while participation is on track for parity in a decade, pay is another matter.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
As with economic growth and wages, the RBA's response seems to involve crossing as many fingers and toes as possible and publicly proclaiming that things are looking good.
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Cities
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Liz Allen, Australian National University
Politicians across the spectrum have at some point targeted immigration as a contributor to out-of-control population growth. But would reducing, or banning, immigration take pressure off cities?
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Kirsten Day, Swinburne University of Technology
Using mirrors, lighting and certain types of furniture can add the illusion of space to your otherwise tiny apartment.
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FactCheck
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Ahead of Saturday's crucial byelections, senior Labor Party figures have described a vote for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party as a vote for the Coalition. What do the records show?
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