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Editor's note
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As you read this, The Conversation’s budget team is on its way to Canberra.
Led by our business + economy editor Jenni Henderson, six staff will join chief political correspondent Michelle Grattan, economist Richard Holden, and veteran political commentator Tony Walker to make sense of the budget for you.
Our promise is to read the fine print and look beyond “what’s in it for me” to explain what the budget measures mean for Australia. Today we start with an in-depth analysis of the spending of Australia’s past five governments, a rare historical view that helps explain how we got to where we are.
Later tonight we’ll bring you a special budget newsletter with analysis from the lockup team, along with insights from academic experts across the education, environment, health, housing and infrastructure sectors.
Victoria University’s Tom Clark (@tomatoperegrino), Macquarie University linguist Annabelle Lukin (@annabellelukin), and Grattan Institute policy expert Danielle Wood (@danielleiwood) will be keeping Treasurer Scott Morrison honest, live tweeting responses to his speech for The Conversation from 7.30pm. Follow the hashtag #Budgetspeech.
And economist Richard Holden (@ProfHolden) will be on Facebook Live from 8.30pm to sum up the view from the lockup and answer your questions.
At a time when the media sector faces a business model crisis, we’re thankful to both the university sector and our reader supporters for helping us fund quality journalism.
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Charis Palmer
Deputy Editor
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Top story
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With the 2017 Federal Budget release fast approaching, take a look back at the spending patterns of previous Australian governments.
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Alan Duncan, Curtin University; Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University
Total government spending has increased over time. But the pressure on the budget under a Turnbull government is more acute now than ever before, because spending is outpacing revenue.
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Business + Economy
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Mark Humphery-Jenner, UNSW
The private equity consortium bidding for Fairfax has experience in media - and it's not all bad.
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Ben Phillips, Australian National University
Australians are in favour of housing affordability changes that the government still doesn't support, an ANU poll shows.
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Health + Medicine
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David Richmond Sullivan, University of Sydney; Yutang Wang, Federation University Australia
We need to eat a healthy diet, do some exercise and avoid stress rather than blame saturated fat for heart disease, says a recent editorial. But does the evidence stack up?
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Richard Newton, University of Melbourne
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has asked the Medicare review taskforce to consider increasing the number of subsidised mental health sessions for those with eating disorders. Why is that necessary?
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Education
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Glenn C. Savage, University of Melbourne
Schooling expert Dr Glenn Savage answers your questions on recent changes to school funding.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Andrew Giles says the strong opposition from Catholic schools to the government's education package is because they were given 'almost no notice' of the funding changes.
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Politics + Society
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Marilyn McMahon, Deakin University
The Channel 7 show Million Dollar Cold Case has seen Victoria Police dispense with the practice of not naming suspects until they are charged – a potentially fraught strategy.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Julie Bishop has refused to sack Yassmin Abdel-Magied from the board of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, resisting pressure from some in government ranks.
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Anastasia Powell, RMIT University; Asher Flynn, Monash University; Nicola Henry, RMIT University
Image-based abuse, more commonly known as 'revenge porn', affects many Australians from across diverse communities and in different types of relationships.
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David Rowe, Western Sydney University
It is gambling, especially online and mobile, that has come into focus as sport’s most potentially damaging byproduct.
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Cities
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Brian Feeney, The University of Queensland
Who is entitled to the increase in value created by planning approvals, new infrastructure, population growth or urban development? For John Stuart Mill, the answer would have been the community.
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Arts + Culture
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Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
Brett Whiteley's output was uneven but at his best, his work was brilliant. A new film offers an unusual insight into the life and art of this creative and troubled maverick.
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Ted Snell, University of Western Australia
Charles Meere's painting Australian Beach Pattern is commonly seen as an iconic celebration of our beach culture. But a new book suggests this celebrated work expresses far darker concerns.
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Environment + Energy
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Ben Henley, University of Melbourne; Andrew King, University of Melbourne
If the Pacific Ocean enters an 'El Tio' phase, it could speed the world towards 1.5 degrees of global warming, one of the crucial benchmarks of the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Science + Technology
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Ian Moffat, Flinders University
Funding for research in Australia could soon depend on how much researchers engage with others who could benefit and help out with the work.
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