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Editor's note
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Opposition leader Bill Shorten has delivered his budget reply, promising to deliver “a bigger better and fairer tax cut for 10 million working Australians”.
The Labor plan, writes Michelle Grattan, would give all taxpayers earning under $125,000 a year a larger tax cut than they would get under the government’s plan. It comes as debate intensifies about the fairness of the latter stage of the government’s plan, when a flattening of the tax scale would give substantial benefit to high income earners.
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Charis Palmer
Deputy Editor/Chief of Staff
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Top story
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Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers his Budget reply speech Thursday, May 10, 2018.
Lukas Coch/AAP
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Shorten gave his budget reply speech in less-than-favourable circumstances on Thursday night.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Labor alternative almost doubles the budget's relief for these taxpayers, incorporating the early part of the government's plan and then building on it.
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Jerry Courvisanos, Federation University Australia
Timor-Leste's vibrant democracy is seen as a bright light in a troubled region, but political instability could threaten the progress it has made.
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Scott Edwards, University of Birmingham
After 61 years, Malaysia has finally seen the opposition take control. What now?
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
While Labor is likely to win all four of the upcoming byelections in seats it holds, Rebekha Sharkie faces a tougher fight in the South Australian seat of Mayo.
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Naser Ghobadzadeh, Australian Catholic University
Reformists are calling for the emancipation of religion from a state that's seen to exploit Islam for purposes of political power. This remains the most formidable challenge to Iran’s ruling clergy.
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Business + Economy
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Roger Wilkins, University of Melbourne
Labor's plan to axe franking credit refunds has reignited debate over the income and wealth of older Australians.
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Richard Holden, UNSW
At least for the next few months, what happens overseas will be more important for the Australian economy than domestic factors
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Ross Guest, Griffith University
Comparing companies that receive a tax cut with those that don't isn't the right methodology to conclude that tax cuts create more employment or higher wages.
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Health + Medicine
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C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Holly Seale, UNSW
The most effective way to improve flu vaccination rates among health workers in high-risk clinical areas and aged care facilities is to make it mandatory.
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John Dwyer, UNSW
The case of this cult-like group shows health consumers need better protection.
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Environment + Energy
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Adam Morgan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Rapidly dropping temperatures, rain and wind are hitting south-eastern Australia, due to a perfect combination of warm seas and low-pressure systems.
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Pascal Scherrer, Southern Cross University; Betty Weiler, Southern Cross University
New research shows what type of signs are most effective at communicating safety messages in national parks - and what not to do.
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Arts + Culture
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Peter Leo Doyle, Macquarie University
Mid-20th century pulp fiction was trashy, tasteless, exploitative and lurid. There’s a lot there to love. You might read pulp as a cultural Freudian slip, loony bulletins from the collective Id.
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Tracy Ireland, University of Canberra
The federal government will spend nearly $50 million over four years to commemorate Captain Cook's first landing. But some have questioned the spend.
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Jess Carniel, University of Southern Queensland
Since it began in the 1950s, Eurovision has embraced everything from metal to the global juggernaut of Scandi-pop, and of course the Eurodance and disco synonymous with Eurovision.
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Podcasts
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Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney; Alistair Sisson, University of Sydney
Australia's property market is slowing and many are contemplating a possible bust. But today's episode of Essays On Air reminds us that since colonial days, Australia's property market has had its ups and downs.
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Science + Technology
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Felix Georg Marx, Monash University; Robert Ewan Fordyce
Baleen whales are some of the least likely mammals, supporting their massive bodies by filtering tiny prey. New evidence from an ancient fossil sheds new light on how baleen evolved.
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Richard Matthews, University of Adelaide
Inaudible sounds are being used to transmit data from our devices. While not new technology, these ultrasonic beacons may be in breach of laws regarding surveillance devices.
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Education
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Victoria Rawlings, University of Sydney; Debra Hayes, University of Sydney
Despite the "Yes" vote, Australia has a long way to go in accepting sexuality and gender fluidity, especially in schools. Changing strict uniform rules is a small step in the right direction.
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Massimiliano Tani, University of New South Wales, Canberra at Australian Defence Force Academy; Chris Heaton, Macquarie University; David Carroll, Monash University
Attending an elite university plays a small role in an undergraduate's starting salary compared to other factors, such as high ATAR, the field of study they chose and the region in which they work.
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Cities
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Ien Ang, Western Sydney University; Andrea Del Bono, Western Sydney University
Chinatown Haymarket has emerged as an evolving site where Asian urban modernity is introduced into Sydney.
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Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney; Alistair Sisson, University of Sydney
Australia's property market is slowing and many are contemplating a possible bust. But today's episode of Essays On Air reminds us that since colonial days, Australia's property market has had its ups and downs.
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