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Major YouGov poll has Labor easily winning a majority of seats in election
A YouGov MRP poll has Labor clearly winning a majority of seats in the federal election – 84 of the 150 seats in the House of ...
How do candidates skirt Chinese social media bans on political content? They use influencers
Popular Chinese apps WeChat and RedNote are a tool for political campaigning – but such content is banned. Here’s how parties ...
Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?
It’s clear the second Trump administration is radically different from the first. This has rattled the right of Australian ...
The Brooke Bellamy accusations join a long tradition of cookbook scandals – from Belle Gibson to bone broth formula
A second author has come forward to accuse Brooke Bellamy of reproducing one of her recipes. Cookbooks are big business – and ...
Who’s eating publishers’ lunch? The rising costs and shrinking margins of Australian books
Books may seem expensive in Australia, but they’re cheap when you take costs into account. For independent publishers, times ...
Election quiz: have you been paying attention?
We’ll leave it to you to decide.) So, how closely have you been paying attention? It’s time to test your election campaign ...
Is WA Health having final say over edits of Paramedics ‘censorship’? Yes. But it’s necessary
There is a difference between factual television entertainment and documentary expose. Here’s what filmmakers have to ...
Would the Coalition lower energy bills by more than Labor? We asked 5 experts
Both Labor and the Coalition say their energy policies are the best way to bring household power costs down – but which side ...
What’s the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown?
One’s about behaviour, the other about emotions. Here’s how to respond to tantrums and meltdowns without losing your cool.
Australians are warming to minority governments – but they still prefer majority rule
Australians are increasingly comfortable with the idea of minority government, new research finds. We may all need to adapt ...