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Editor's note
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Since audio emerged of Christopher Pyne assuring a gathering of fellow moderates that marriage equality could happen “sooner than everyone thinks”, there has been much speculation about ideological warfare within the Liberal Party and just how ugly it might get. But as Chris Wallace writes, Robert Menzies established the Liberal Party as a “broad church”, and to portray Pyne as a kind of “pinko outlier” is to completely misread history. In short, Wallace says, the Liberals simply need to keep calm and carry on.
And Australians are working longer and spending more, because of their mortgage debt, new research reveals. People are buying homes later in life and that means they can’t retire when they used to.
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The Liberal Party contains moderates like George Brandis, Christopher Pyne and Malcolm Turnbull, and conservatives such as Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz and Peter Dutton.
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Chris Wallace, Australian National University
With fringe right parties feasting on the margins of conservative political discontent in Australia, deeper questions are being asked about whether the Liberal Party itself is at risk.
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Business + Economy
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Rachel Ong, Curtin University; Gavin Wood, RMIT University; Kadir Atalay, University of Sydney; Melek Cigdem-Bayram, RMIT University
Research finds higher levels of housing debt among pre-retirees are linked to them working for longer.
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Stuart Orr, Deakin University; Jane Menzies, Deakin University; Mike Donnelly, Heriot-Watt University
A new breed of company has appeared as Australian entrepreneurs create successful small businesses in China.
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Arts + Culture
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Sarah Hayes, La Trobe University
What we buy has defined who we are since the Gold Rush. In the 1850s and 1860s, people communicated their social status by buying stuff - dinner sets, junk jewellery - and throwing their old things away.
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Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW
When the General Motors Holden factory closes at Elizabeth in October, an Australian icon will no longer be made here. But the Holden has been remade through art.
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Science + Technology
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Seng W. Loke, Deakin University
Self-driving vehicles will need to communicate and work together.
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Alexandra McQueen, Monash University; Anne Peters, Monash University
Being blue is risky for superb fairy-wrens: males become more cautious when their plumage turns blue, and other wrens take advantage by using them as colourful decoys.
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Health + Medicine
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Miranda Davies-Tuck, Hudson Institute; Euan Wallace, Hudson Institute; Mary-Ann Davey, Monash University
Women born in South Asian countries like India or Pakistan are more likely to have a stillbirth than women born in Australia or New Zealand.
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Karen R Fisher, UNSW; Sally Robinson, Southern Cross University
The census needs to count people who identify as having a disability, as well as those who require government support.
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Cities
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Martin Payne, University of Sydney
A variable special rate on new residential housing developments in selected centres could be used to create a local incentive to supply more affordable dwellings at higher density.
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Environment + Energy
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Jasmine Lee, The University of Queensland; Justine Shaw, The University of Queensland; Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland
Climate change is set to expand Antarctica's ice-free area, potentially helping native species to flourish but also paving the way for invasive species to gain a foothold.
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Seth Westra, University of Adelaide; Hong Xuan Do, University of Adelaide
Analysis of flood gauge data suggest that floods are becoming less frequent in many parts of the world. Despite that, more people and property are at risk, particularly in developing countries.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The issues with Rhiannon involved trust in her and the ability of the hardline NSW branch to bind parliamentarians – a power it is accorded under the party's federal constitution.
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Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
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Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University; Francis Markham, Australian National University
The census mostly delivered a good news story on Indigenous Australian outcomes, but it is unclear to what extent this correlates to improved lives for Indigenous families.
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