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Editor's note
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Tomorrow night is budget night, and the federal government’s chance to outline its economic, social and political vision for the year(s) ahead. What does this government stand for and what kind of Australia is it trying to create?
As Carol Johnson writes, the politics of this budget are particularly challenging for the government, with the past year marked by internal strife, emboldened minor parties and polls that are consistently poor. So the Coalition is desperately trying to develop a more convincing economic narrative around good economic management, nation-building, and fairness. It will be interesting to see if tomorrow night’s budget helps or hinders that cause.
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This budget, led by Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull, will form part of the government’s repositioning as an advocate of equal opportunity and fairness.
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Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
The Turnbull government is desperately trying to develop a more convincing economic narrative around good economic management, nation-building and fairness.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Treasurer Scott Morrison has a lot on his plate ahead of Tuesday night's federal budget, including Catholic schools unhappy at how the school funding changes will affect them.
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David Rowe, Western Sydney University
Investing in staging sport is ultimately a matter of turning the entire host environment into a stage.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Deep Saini, University of Canberra
The University of Canberra’s Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
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Business + Economy
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Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
The political legacy of Abbott's broken promises contributed to Malcolm Turnbull's near-death experience at last July's federal election. ThisTurnbull government budget will be largely about burying the legacy of its predecessor.
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Massimo Garbuio, University of Sydney; Dreu Harrison, University of Sydney
The agile working style was originally designed by tech companies for efficiency in software development but now one of Australia's big four banks wants to implement this.
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Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
Polled economists say another independent body wouldn't necessairly do a better job of economic forecasting for the budget than Treasury.
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Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute; John Daley, Grattan Institute
When people do downsize, financial incentives are generally not the big things on their minds. And so most of the budget’s financial incentives will go to those who were going to downsize anyway.
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Science + Technology
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Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology; Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology
Flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction for years, and now companies are now starting to look at such options. But what will it take to get our cars off the ground?
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Rachel A. Ankeny, University of Adelaide; Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne
A broad process of communication and consultation should be initiated before gene drives are applied to control pests and diseases in Australia.
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Brian Martin, University of Wollongong
It's not a new phenomenon that scientists who challenge the orthodoxy or policy positions suffer career ramifications.
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Education
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Gareth Bryant, University of Sydney; Ben Spies-Butcher, Macquarie University
We shouldn't take the government’s own budgetary savings rationale at face value.
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Environment + Energy
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Simon Klein, Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier; Andrew Barron, Macquarie University
It's a decade since US beekeepers first noticed that their bees were mysteriously dying. Now we know much more about Colony Collapse Disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees' fortunes around.
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Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation
A new form of the highly contagious canine parovirus has been found in Australia. The strain has been found in vaccinated dogs.
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Health + Medicine
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Bernd Weber, University of Bonn
No wonder we're addicted to junk food. Neuroscience shows food packaging affects our enjoyment of these foods, and plays on the same brain processes as hard drug addiction.
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Glen Lichtwark, The University of Queensland; Dominic Farris, The University of Queensland; Luke A Kelly, The University of Queensland
Running shoes with springs in the soles have been touted as the next big thing in shoe design. But they won't turn a weekend warrior into an Olympian.
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Arts + Culture
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Louise Pryke, Macquarie University
From environmentalism to the meaning of life, the themes of the world's most ancient epic are still remarkably relevant to modern readers.
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Cities
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Briohny Doyle, Deakin University
Owning a home has deep cultural and economic connotations. A home owner is a member of a street, a community. They are a successful adult human. They own a piece of the pie, the dream.
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