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Editor's note
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Today we launch our Contested Spaces series looking at the conflicting uses, expectations and norms that people bring to public spaces. These everyday tensions and the resulting conflicts are all around us: on the roads, it's drivers versus cyclists; and on shared pathways, it's walkers, dogs, joggers and cyclists jostling for space. What kind of people do you think 'belong' on the street where you live? When you go shopping, does the music they play make you want to sing or scream? And, as the population ages, how well does public space meet the wants and needs of older people?
First up, though, Michelle Voyer and Natalie Gollan explore why some people's idea of fun at the beach is other people's hell.
And this Saturday is the Western Australian state election, which – as Natalie Mast writes – is likely to see the end of the Barnett government. Our chief political correspondent Michelle Grattan will be in WA all this week covering the key issues, and we will have comprehensive analysis, as well as what it means federally, after the results are known.
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Top story
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The odds are against Colin Barnett still being WA premier after March 11.
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Natalie Mast, University of Western Australia
With a once booming economy faltering and many fearing for their jobs, Western Australians seem primed for a change of government on March 11.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Voyer, University of Wollongong; Natalie Gollan, University of Technology Sydney
In many ways, the conflict we see on our beaches may be a small price to pay for the free and open access to our beaches, which Australians have long fought to preserve.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Malcolm Turnbull has slammed Pauline Hanson's views on vaccination.
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Ray Markey, Macquarie University
The government has a major headache on its hands with the proposed cuts to penalty rates, which could haunt it all the way to the next election.
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Business + Economy
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Betina Szkudlarek, University of Sydney
East Asian employees make up a sizeable portion of the workforce but they are often misunderstood as lacking in communication skills.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The proposed housing affordability package in the May budget will target people relying on social housing as well as those trying to break into the market.
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Lee Smales, Curtin University
Rather than lifting investment, Australian businesses have chosen to return cash to shareholders in the form of record dividends and share buybacks.
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Environment + Energy
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Robert Costanza, Australian National University
As Donald Trump promises to pull America out of the Paris climate agreement, we need concerted civil action to turn our atmosphere into a public trust.
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Education
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Jeffrey Bleich, University of Sydney
We have the potential to liberate the workforce to do the one thing that machines can’t do – improve ourselves and the emotional lives of others.
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Health + Medicine
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Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
A Grattan Institute report released today, Cutting a better drug deal, calls for a major shake-up of pharmacies and pharmaceutical pricing.
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Andrew McGee, Queensland University of Technology
There is a growing body of evidence available on how many people are using euthanasia and assisted dying laws in places where it is legal.
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Ryan Anderson, James Cook University; David Mitchell, James Cook University
Everyone has probably heard about the physical benefits of having sex. But are you aware of the long list of psychological benefits?
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Arts + Culture
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Ed Montano, RMIT University; Gene Shill, RMIT University
With Justin Bieber's impending Australian tour, it's time to reassess his creative artistry, musicianship and recorded output.
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Julian Meyrick, Flinders University
Every part of this production - staged outdoors in a quarry - shows evidence of the highest degree of collaboration and the greatest subtlety of decision.
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Science + Technology
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Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology
When you don't need a human to drive a car there are plenty of things you can do with such a vehicle.
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Natalie Rens, The University of Queensland; Juxi Leitner, Queensland University of Technology
How can you prepare for the coming AI revolution? Here's a handy survival guide.
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