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Editor's note
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On Saturday, Tasmanians will head to the polls to elect their next state government. And with the strong likelihood of a close result and a minority government, Narelle Miragliotta asks: if the Greens find themselves needed to form a stable government, how should they negotiate?
One option would be a formal agreement with one of the major parties, allowing the Greens access to executive power. Another would be a “confidence and supply” agreement, allowing them to demand additional parliamentary resources and to shape the fate of legislation, without having to shoulder responsibility for government failures at a critical time in the party’s development.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Tasmanians Greens leader Cassy O'Connor (centre) on the hustings.
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Narelle Miragliotta, Monash University
Both major parties have declared they will not form minority government in Tasmania – talk that should be taken seriously, but not literally.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Demoralised Nationals will meet on Monday morning to replace Barnaby Joyce.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Barnaby Joyce, the larger-than-life politician, has always been a distinctive brand. But then his personal flaws and indulgences cost him all he'd worked and schemed for.
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Rick Sarre, University of South Australia
There is not a skerrick of evidence that the Trump plan is workable.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
At a Nationals meeting on Monday morning, Barnaby Joyce will resign as Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, but will stay on as the member for New England.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Nicholas Klomp, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan discusses the week in Australian politics with Nicholas Klomp.
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Environment + Energy
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Ian A. MacKenzie, The University of Queensland
Australia's flagship climate policy, has spent more than $2 billion on emissions reductions, yet big businesses could wipe all this out. Time to resurrect the idea of a simple carbon tax.
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Sophie Bond; Amanda Thomas, Victoria University of Wellington; Gradon Diprose, Open Polytechnic
Researchers find that mainstream media in New Zealand tend to present fossil fuel development as positive for the economy, while framing opponents as irrational and extremist.
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Health + Medicine
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Diana Egerton-Warburton, Monash University
A new study exploring the number of alcohol-related injuries treated at Sydney emergency department has found the lockout seem to be having an impact.
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Anthony Penington, University of Melbourne
People with facial difference often develop strategies for smoothing over social awkwardness, such as ways of introducing the issue into conversation early or using humour to deflect attention.
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Cities
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Caitlin Kameron, Curtin University
Apartment residents need sensible smoking regulations that balance personal freedoms in the home and public health interests, but the law is letting them down.
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Science + Technology
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Brad E Tucker, Australian National University
On a clear night you can see thousands of stars in the night sky, and there are billions more in our galaxy alone. But are the official star names really up for sale?
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Martina Demuro, University of Adelaide; Lee Arnold, University of Adelaide; Mathieu Duval, Griffith University
New tools add to an emerging view of the past as a turbulent “Game of Thrones” style scenario, with distinct early human ancestors living in Eurasia before Homo sapiens arrived.
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Business + Economy
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Marion Terrill, Grattan Institute; Hugh Batrouney, Grattan Institute
Despite a huge fall in interest rates, the federal government has been using the same rate to value prospective infrastructure projects since 1989.
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Nicolas Herault, University of Melbourne; Francisco Azpitarte, University of Melbourne; Guy Johnson, RMIT University
Less than 15% of the most disadvantaged people in Australia exit poverty from one year to the next. We need to design policy to tackle this.
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Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Mark Fabian, Australian National University
Blaming immigration for low wage growth, infrastructure congestion and housing affordability is based on simplistic notions of supply and demand.
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Winter Olympics 2018
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Tracey J Dickson, University of Canberra
Future Olympics will be required to report on their legacies for up to five years after the event under the IOC’s new framework.
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