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Editor's note
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It seems Australian business leaders are banking on you opening up your wallet. In Face Value we analyse the outlook statements of the ASX 200 listed companies- this is where business leaders write about what they expect for the future. But while business leaders are buoyant in their outlooks, economists like Ross Guest and Richard Holden aren’t so convinced the Australian economy has a rosy future.
And next week the High Court will rule on a challenge to the government’s same-sex marriage postal ballot, one of two High Court decisions that could bring the Turnbull government unstuck. Today Michelle Grattan explores what the Liberal Party might end up looking like if it loses the next election.
Plus in groundbreaking new research, scientists from around the world have studied more than 7,600 samples from every continent to unlock the complex mechanisms behind leaf size. Lead researcher Ian Wright explains why their research has implications for everything from palaeontology to climate change adaptation.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Business leaders in ASX categories relying on household spending, have stronger than average positive outlook on the future.
Dan Peled/AAP
Ross Guest, Griffith University; Ben Hachey, University of Sydney
The sentiment of business leaders has remained positive and improved over the past 12 months according to our analysis.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Repeatedly boasting about the past won't distract from the fact Australia's economy is looking shaky.
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Katherine Hunt, Griffith University
Grameen Bank has potential to increase financial inclusion in Australia but regulation is holding it back.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The lack of moderates in the Liberals' succession list is notable, given Christopher Pyne's ill-judged boast to the faction that it was in the 'winners' circle'.
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Joy Murray, University of Sydney
It would take a lifestyle upheaval to drop most Australians' household emissions to a sustainable level. Even many of us who urge equitable action on climate change act as if this doesn't apply to us.
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Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg
The Dera Sacha Sauda episode has several important questions, mostly related to the crisis of spirituality and modernity in India today.
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Environment + Energy
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Ian Wright, Macquarie University
Some leaves are millimetres across, and others are a metre square. An international study has found the essential factors controlling leaf variations.
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Elizabeth Wandrag, University of Canberra; Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University
Guam's trees are in trouble, thanks to the accidental release of a snake species 70 years ago, which has killed off many of the bird species that are vital for the health of the island's forests.
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Health + Medicine
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Penelope Strauss, Telethon Kids Institute; Angus Cook, University of Western Australia; Ashleigh Lin, Telethon Kids Institute; Sam Winter, Curtin University
We all have a responsibility to improve the well-being of Australian young people, and the current rates of poor mental health in our trans young people aren't good enough.
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Terri Foran, UNSW
A new version of the HPV vaccine Gardasil protects against nine types of the virus, and is already being used overseas.
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Arts + Culture
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Kath Kenny, Macquarie University
The women’s magazine formula runs deep in many online publications branded as 'feminist'. While the personal was once deemed political, the emphasis now is on adapting to the status quo - not changing it.
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Siobhan McHugh, University of Wollongong
Podcasts like The Messenger, about refugees, and Listen To Love, about same-sex marriage, are bringing new voices to major issues. But as podcasts get political, it's unclear whether they'll be able to cut through complex debates.
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Science + Technology
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Adam Hochman, Macquarie University
There is no good way to make sense of the category "race" from biological or social perspectives.
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Geoff Goodhill, The University of Queensland
Computers today are fast and powerful but they still can't think like a human when it comes to some tasks we find easy. That's why tech companies are turning to neuroscience for help.
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Cities
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Christine Steinmetz, UNSW
Coffee and sex are both highly marketable commodities. But who would have thought that the capital of one of Latin America's most socially conservative countries would combine them in its cafes?
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Education
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Peter Noonan, Victoria University; Sarah Pilcher, Victoria University
The so-called 'crisis' has united both sides of politics, employers and trade unions, but wrongly conflates apprenticeships and traineeships to skew the picture.
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John Whelen, Monash University
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has demonstrated how catastrophically some teachers have failed their duties - a pledge is one way to turn that around.
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