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Editor's note
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I was a kid in primary school in 1983 when Australia elected a hugely charismatic leader with a big policy agenda - Bob Hawke. My dad, a fervent Labor supporter, had a t-shirt he wore proudly: it featured a cartoon of Hawke with his head on top of a beer can, shooting into the stratosphere, and the caption “Bob’s a bottler!”
It’s almost impossible to imagine that kind of fervour for a political leader these days. And that’s because, as Michelle Grattan writes, not only were they different times but Hawke was a different leader. He wasn’t perfect by any means, but he had enormous strengths and did more than any PM we’ve had in the past decade, and probably since he left.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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In 1990, Bob Hawke and his cabinet looked poised to take climate action. But the following year his prime ministership ended.
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Marc Hudson, University of Manchester
What if Bob Hawke, hailed as a leader who actually 'got' environmental issues, had never been rolled by Paul Keating? Perhaps the climate policy wars would have turned out differently.
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Your income, type of work, where you were born, and other social and demographic factors influences your vote more than you may think.
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Rob J Hyndman, Monash University; Dianne Cook, Monash University
How much does your socio-demographic background such as income, type of work and where you were born affect who you vote for? Quite a lot.
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Politics + Society
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Mark Rolfe, UNSW
GetUp! has notched many political victories since launching in 2005. Now, independents and conservatives are trying to replicate its approach to grassroots political participation.
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Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University
From doted-on child to Rhodes Scholar, ACTU president and ultimately prime minister, Robert James Lee Hawke had a significant impact on Australian life.
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Environment + Energy
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Bill Bateman, Curtin University
One thing I can tell you is that a snail's bottom is right over its head.
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Jennifer Lavers, University of Tasmania; Annett Finger, Victoria University
The entire Cocos (Keeling) Island group is a little more than twice the size of the Melbourne CBD. So it’s hard to envision 414 million debris items washed up there.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Online bookies can tap into the wisdom of the crowd better than pollsters.
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Tim Harcourt, UNSW
Bob Hawke had a huge influence on Tim Harcourt deciding to become an economist. He looks back on a man who shaped a career, and a nation.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Most of all, Hawke will be remembered as a reformer — presiding over a set of economic reforms that modernised the Australian economy.
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Arts + Culture
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Felicity Fenner, UNSW
Often called the 'Olympic Games of art', the Venice Biennale's national pavilions are an outlier in a globalised world. This year's strongest works explore global issues like refugees and climate change.
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Danielle Clode, Flinders University
Although not pitched as one, Avengers: Endgame is an environmental movie. But in reality, we need to face our fears and find solutions, rather than perpetuating the fantasy of regressing into the past.
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Science + Technology
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Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney; Amelia Cornish, University of Sydney; Bidda Jones, University of Sydney
It's not only banner-waving activists who care about animal welfare, a recent government report found the majority of people surveyed have concerns and want reform.
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Joan Leach, Australian National University; Matthew Herington, The University of Queensland; Sujatha Raman, Australian National University
In Australia, the next government will need to meet the challenge of refreshing the social licence between science, government and the many and diverse communities that make up our nation.
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Health + Medicine
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Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle; Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
We often hear eating specific foods can help prevent disease. But these claims are best taken with a grain of salt (or tumeric). The benefits are likely only if we eat them in really huge quantities.
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Sarah Verdon, Charles Sturt University
Interpreters are essential in providing ethical and high quality health care to Australia's culturally and linguistically diverse population.
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Cities
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Matt Novacevski, University of Melbourne
A sense of place matters for people and communities. When a suburb is created from scratch, close attention needs to be paid to the cues from the landscape and meanings people attach to the area.
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Elizabeth Taylor, Monash University; Julianna Rozek, RMIT University; Rebecca Clements, University of Melbourne; Thami Croeser, RMIT University
Australian cities have a glut of parking, even as politicians move to protect parking spaces or promise even more. There are better ways to keep congestion manageable and our cities liveable.
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