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Editor's note
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Tomorrow, Western Australians head to the polls for a state election, and all indications are they will vote in Mark McGowan's Labor Party, tossing out Colin Barnett's Liberals. It is by no means a foregone conclusion, though. As Michelle Grattan writes, Labor needs to pick up ten seats to form government.
Whatever happens, there will be much interest in how One Nation fares in WA – with whom the Liberals have made a controversial preference deal – and what lessons might be learned by our federal political parties. We will have expert analysis of the WA election this weekend, including all results and commentary from Michelle Grattan, Natalie Mast, Narelle Miragliotta and Adrian Beaumont.
And in education, new research shows children are less likely to read books if they are using devices such as iPads and Kindles. This finding is important at a time when libraries are removing paper books in preference of eBooks.
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The paradox of Pauline Hanson’s campaign is that she is greeted as a celebrity on the streets, while members of her party have been turning on her bitterly.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Saturday’s Western Australian election will be decided overwhelmingly on state factors but its outcome will rumble into Canberra.
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Politics + Society
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Niro Kandasamy, University of Melbourne
The Sri Lankan government has made little progress in providing accountability for wartime abuses.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The end of the mining boom has hit many people in Western Australia hard, and this has flowed strongly into the election. Debt and deficit are besetting the state budget.
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John Dryzek, University of Canberra
If people are starting to look much worse in democratic terms, trees are starting to look much better. We are learning that plants engage in meaningful and, more to the point, truthful communication.
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Desley Vine, Queensland University of Technology; Laurie Buys, Queensland University of Technology
Several key aspects of public open space can encourage older people to get out and about. And badly designed and maintained facilities have the opposite effect and can harm their wellbeing.
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Education
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Margaret Kristin Merga, Murdoch University; Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan University
Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
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Arts + Culture
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Andrew Yip, UNSW
Video games such as Battlefield I encourage players to find purpose and meaning in war. But a new generation of artists and gamers is starting to question the messages they propagate.
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Bruce Isaacs, University of Sydney
Bruce Isaacs analyses the deceptively complex closing scene of Charlie Kaufman’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), starring Jim Carey and Kate Winslet.
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Health + Medicine
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Terri Foran, UNSW
There is a lot of misinformation about the government's new cervical cancer screening program that involves less frequent tests. Here are the facts.
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Ian Rae, University of Melbourne; Ian Musgrave, University of Adelaide
An association isn't the same as causation – and as far as associations go, the one in this study was pretty weak.
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Julie Leask, University of Sydney; Margie Danchin, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Nina J Berry, University of Sydney
Whilst most parents do vaccinate, health professionals often find it difficult to talk with those who are hesitant or decline. A new resource provides information and communication support.
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David Caldicott, Australian National University
Carfentanil is an ultra-potent synthetic opioid. Its only legitimate use is in veterinary practice for large animals such as elephants, but it sneaks into heroin shipments to increase its potency.
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Business + Economy
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Michael North, New York University
Research demonstrates the younger generation do see the older generation as competitors but we can change this adversarial relationship in the workplace.
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Science + Technology
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Dan Jerker B. Svantesson; William van Caenegem
How do you know your search results or social media feeds aren't being manipulated for political purposes? It's not a crime to do so. But we believe it should be.
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Alan Cooper, University of Adelaide; Laura Weyrich, University of Adelaide
Neanderthals had a very varied diet based on what foods were available to them where they lived. They also knew what to eat when they were sick.
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Environment + Energy
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Timothy Neale, Deakin University; Eve Vincent, Macquarie University
Relations between Indigenous peoples and environmentalists can be productive for both parties, but they will always be unstable.
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Kathryn Teare Ada Lambert, University of New England
From birds to bees, the wildlife in your backyard can tell us important things about the health of our environment.
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FactCheck
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Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University
In the lead up to the state election, Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia. Is that correct?
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