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It was a shouty affair, with the leaders often talking over one another and the panel of moderators, but the second debate between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese canvassed a range of issues including the cost of living, aged care, national security and corruption.
Our panel of experts awarded the debate narrowly to the opposition leader, but agreed it was an unsatisfactory way for voters to glean how leaders would tackle some of the most serious issues facing our country.
Meanwhile, two polls were released last night showing Labor has increased its lead over the government, and if those results were replicated on election day, the opposition would have a clear victory. Michelle Grattan says last week’s interest rate hike has brought the cost of living to the centre of the campaign. This appears to have helped Labor, despite the Coalition’s hopes such a debate might turn in its favour.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong; Joshua Black, Australian National University; Sana Nakata, The University of Melbourne
In the often fiery debate, the leaders answered questions about the cost of living, aged care, national security and a federal integrity commission, among other issues.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The opposition has increased its winning margins in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll, as Morrison and Albanese clashed in a shouty, fractious debate on Sunday night
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Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
What does a democracy do when a dominant news media organisation goes rogue during an election campaign? In 2022, News Corporation is confronting Australia with this question once again, as it did in 2019…
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Wesley Morgan, Griffith University
Managing the transition to a net-zero emissions economy must be a priority task for the next government. Our strategic and economic success depends on it.
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Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
With early voting about to begin, Labor has widened its margin in polls to a strong winning position.
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Esperanza Vera-Toscano, The University of Melbourne; Roger Wilkins, The University of Melbourne
Boosting income support payments beyond their current austere levels remains a crucial pillar of policy for governments genuinely committed to reducing persistent disadvantage.
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Phillip Mendes, Monash University
Most exit the out-of-home care system at 18, or younger, without ongoing support.
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Nicholas Wood, University of Sydney
Are you due your third or fourth dose? What about your parents? What about your kids? It can be hard to keep track, so here’s the current advice.
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Politics + Society
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Peter John McLoughlin, Queen's University Belfast
Sinn Fein’s win does not reflect a surge in support but rather other factors including the divisions in unionism.
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Benjamin Clark, The Conversation
In this episode of our election podcast, our expert panel dissect the interest rate rise, political ad spending and the impact of early voting – which opens on Monday May 9.
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Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The crisis in Ukraine, and the real risk of it spilling across borders, is precisely the kind of great power conflict the United Nations was formed to prevent.
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Leah Ruppanner, The University of Melbourne
On this Mother’s Day, keep your cash and give your wonderful mother gifts that will actually have a long-term impact on her health and well-being.
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Olga Oleinikova, University of Technology Sydney
Russia’s invasion isn’t only devastating the lives of ordinary Ukrainians but is also disrupting global supply chains and increasing poverty around the world.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra
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Health + Medicine
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Evangeline Mantzioris, University of South Australia
Water and lemon juice on their own are healthy. But what if you combine them?
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Science + Technology
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Isabelle Onley, University of Adelaide
Researchers are in a race against time to learn about the female-oriented social structures of Australia’s small native rodents and marsupials.
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Environment + Energy
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Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Lincoln University, New Zealand; Andrew D. Barnes, University of Waikato; Bruce Clarkson, University of Waikato; John Innes, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Invasive mammals have already removed some native bird species from our cities. It’s why urban forest restoration and predator control are crucial to support the ‘ghosts of predation past’.
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Andrew King, The University of Melbourne
This long, uncharacteristically early heatwave has hit hundreds of millions of people in one of the world’s most densely populated and vulnerable regions.
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Education
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Anthony Poole, University of Auckland
As New Zealand considers how and whether to incorporate traditional Māori knowledge in the science curriculum, what might we learn from the experiences of Japan?
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Arts + Culture
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Joanna Mendelssohn, The University of Melbourne
Under the cloud of an election, this year’s Archibald prize is mercifully a politician-free zone. However the artists do have issues …
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Isobelle Barrett Meyering, Macquarie University
Feminists in the 1970s knew the liberation of women and children was inextricably linked.
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