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Editor's note
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It should be quite a day in Canberra. First, we await the Solicitor-General’s advice on whether Peter Dutton is eligible to sit in parliament, due to section 44-related questions. Then, we will likely have a Liberal party room meeting to elect a new leader and prime minister - a three-way tussle between Dutton, Scott Morrison and Julie Bishop. How on earth did we get here?
It started with Turnbull making a hash of his prime ministership, writes Michelle Grattan, opening the way for the conservatives to destabilise and topple him. And as Frank Bongiorno points out, it has
been the ugliest, messiest leadership spill in Australian political history, tearing the party apart.
Historically, writes Judith Brett, the Liberals have benefitted from Labor’s divisions. Now Labor is the beneficiary as ideological warriors split the Liberals, and looks set to become Australia’s natural party of government.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Wes Mountain/The Conversation
Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University
Whether we end up with Prime Minister Turnbull, Dutton, Morrison or Bishop – it will not be sweetness and light among those who find themselves at the "out-group" when the dust begins to settle.
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Health + Medicine
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Simon Phipps, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; Md. Al Amin Sikder, The University of Queensland
More kids these days have asthma, and more people in the Western world, so do we know what causes it in the first place?
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Arts + Culture
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M. Jean Anderson, Victoria University of Wellington; Barbara Pezzotti, Monash University; Carolina Miranda, Victoria University of Wellington
Food is an increasingly popular ingredient in crime fiction, serving up insights into the character of the detective hero and adding spice to the mystery.
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Science + Technology
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John Foden, University of Adelaide
Some diamonds come from depths of more than 650km. Tiny imperfections in these gems give us clues about what's happening in Earth's hidden geological layers.
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Tom Sear, UNSW
Australia has one of the most secure electoral systems imaginable thanks to paper ballots. Cybersecurity experts caution against e-voting.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Immigration and light rail are both worthy topics of discussion, but it's time to discuss a new monetary policy framework.
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Mary Barrett, University of Wollongong
Management trumps technology in making companies productive, but that doesn't mean firms can be complacent when it comes to keeping up with change.
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Cities
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Lisel O'Dwyer, Flinders University
Men spend, on average, around 60 seconds in a toilet, while women spend 90. This is for many reasons, including biology. This leads to a bottleneck that keeps women waiting around to use the loo.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The ideological hardliners were obsessed with the climate, free speech and other culture wars. Their discordant voices have been amplified by their good mates in News Corp, including Sky, and 2GB.
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Judith Brett, La Trobe University
The Liberals who want to tear down Malcolm Turnbull claim they are in a battle for the heart and soul of the party - but where is this heart and soul, and how strong is it?
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
News Corp, Sky News and 2GB have contributed to the creeping 'Foxification' of Australian politics over the life of the Turnbull government.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Prtime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will invite a leadership "spill" motion at midday Friday, once a majority of Liberals formally ask for a party meeting.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership appears over, with senior ministers deserting him in favour of challenger Peter Dutton.
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