Paul Donoughue

• The #BlackLivesMatter mothers and what they do for Hillary Clinton

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted July 27, 2016 17:28:07 | Updated July 27, 2016 18:44:54

  Nine mothers whose children were victims of gun violence or police activity appeared at the Democratic convention, in a delicate political play by the party's candidate Hillary Clinton.

  Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states

• We don't have an election winner, so what happens now?

  By Paul Donoughue and Matt Liddy

  Posted July 03, 2016 01:12:15 | Updated July 09, 2016 16:50:52

  The election is too close to call, Antony Green says. And that raises a lot of interesting questions.

  Topics: federal-elections, federal-parliament, australia

• Results game: See how accurate your election predictions were

  By Paul Donoughue , Colin Gourlay and Ben Spraggon

  Posted July 01, 2016 06:11:25 | Updated August 31, 2016 10:23:43

  We asked for your predictions on how the key battles will pan out. Check back as the results come in to see how you went.

  Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, australia

• These are Turnbull and Shorten's favourite three-word slogans

  By Paul Donoughue , Simon Elvery and Clare Blumer

  Posted July 01, 2016 06:09:04

  During an election campaign, a handful of slogans or manners of speech tend to stick in the public consciousness. What are the phrases the leaders keep repeating this year?

  Topics: federal-elections, australia

• What's in a name? Data reveals all the Davids running for office

  By Paul Donoughue and Simon Elvery

  Posted June 29, 2016 17:38:47

  Thirty-seven people called David are running for office this weekend. What else does an analysis of the candidates' names reveal?

  Topics: federal-elections, australia

• 'I hate people spamming me': How the parties are trying to win your vote

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted June 27, 2016 09:48:16 | Updated June 27, 2016 16:20:19

  Winning someone's vote in modern Australia requires a kind of cluster-bomb approach. How are you being wooed?

  Topics: federal-elections, political-parties, australia

• On the dinosaur trail: The end of Fairfax's Clive Palmer experiment

  By Paul Donoughue and Tim Leslie

  Posted June 23, 2016 06:09:14 | Updated June 23, 2016 06:17:14

  For his constituents on the Sunshine Coast, the Clive Palmer experiment is over. We tour the sleepy seat of Fairfax as it says farewell to one of the country's most recognisable MPs.

  Topics: federal-government, federal-elections, coolum-beach-4573, eumundi-4562, kenilworth-4574, nambour-4560

• 10 things Vote Compass reveals about Australians' views on asylum seekers

  By Paul Donoughue, Mazoe Ford and Clare Blumer

  Posted June 09, 2016 06:03:27 | Updated June 09, 2016 11:52:23

  Where does the public stand on the questions of turning back boats, offshore detention, boat arrivals and refugee intake?

  Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, social-policy, federal-elections, refugees, immigration, australia

• Spot the difference on policy

  By Tim Leslie, Paul Donoughue, Colin Gourlay, Lucy Fahey, and Ben Spraggon

  Posted May 25, 2016 04:34:49 | Updated May 26, 2016 14:44:51

  Have a look at the key areas in which the Coalition, Labor, and the Greens hold different policies, including negative gearing, same-sex marriage, and climate change.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia

• How's the NBN rollout going in your electorate? Search the full data

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted May 17, 2016 10:02:02 | Updated May 20, 2016 10:04:30

  After well-publicised cost blowouts and delays, the NBN will be offering significantly faster internet speeds across Australia by 2020. How's the rollout going in your patch?

  Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, information-and-communication, australia

• Budget 2016: Winners and losers

  By Tim Leslie, Paul Donoughue and Simon Elvery, illustrations by Lucy Fahey

  Posted May 03, 2016 19:48:40 | Updated May 12, 2016 14:09:35

  Find out who scores and who misses out in Scott Morrison's first budget.

  Topics: budget, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• World's hardest budget quiz

  Posted May 03, 2016 08:56:24 | Updated May 03, 2016 09:10:33

  If Australia's total budget spending were $100, how would it be spent? Test your knowledge.

  Topics: budget, federal-government, australia

• As it happened: Trump gets clean sweep in five primaries

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted April 27, 2016 09:37:54 | Updated April 27, 2016 13:07:09

  Donald Trump labels himself the "presumptive candidate" after a clean sweep of five US primaries, while Hillary Clinton claims four of five nominating contests for the Democrats. Look back over our live blog.

  Topics: us-elections, united-states

• Catching workers on Facebook and the toilet: Life as a window washer

  By Lucy Fahey & Paul Donoughue

  Posted February 08, 2016 08:22:43 | Updated October 03, 2016 15:05:06

  Head to the top of the concrete jungle with high-flying cleaner Caleb Wilkinson, who spends his days clambering off the edges of buildings to clean windows.

  Topics: human-interest, brisbane-4000

• David Morrison fires up over domestic violence claim

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted February 02, 2016 00:01:14 | Updated February 02, 2016 10:24:49

  The new Australian of the Year was decidedly bubbly on Q&A on Monday night, until a question on domestic violence — the "greatest social challenge we face" — forced a change of tone.

  Topics: domestic-violence, australia

• As it happened: Sanders, Clinton clash over health care

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted January 18, 2016 12:59:40 | Updated January 18, 2016 15:18:08

  Healthcare policy becomes a point of tension for White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the final Democratic debate before Iowa kicks off the presidential nominating race in two weeks.

  Topics: us-elections, elections, government-and-politics, united-states

• The many faces of David Bowie

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted January 11, 2016 19:56:53 | Updated January 11, 2016 21:28:53

  David Bowie, the glam rock icon who died on Monday aged 69, took on many guises over the course of his four-decade career. Here are some of the best-known.

  Topics: music, rock, united-kingdom

• Youth peak body defunded by Abbott government faces closure

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted January 08, 2016 06:16:42

  The national peak body for young people, defunded by the Abbott government, calls for a meeting with the Prime Minister, saying it is facing insolvency and will soon close without a financial lifeline.

  Topics: youth, government-and-politics, australia

• A poor start to the year for the Men of Australia Opinion

  The Drum

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted January 06, 2016 11:50:12 | Updated January 06, 2016 12:11:04

  One hundred years after women like Emmeline Pankhurst fought for women's equality, men cannot fully grasp women's inclusion in the professional world.

  Topics: men, women

• 'Don't blush baby': Chris Gayle's off-field comments branded 'pathetic'

  By Paul Donoughue, wires

  Posted January 05, 2016 00:03:43 | Updated January 05, 2016 17:16:08

  Melbourne Renegades player Chris Gayle sparks controversy after appearing to proposition journalist Mel McLaughlin during a sideline interview.

  Topics: sport, cricket, hobart-7000

• 'I feel like Santa every day': What it's like to make fake eyes

  By Lucy Fahey and Paul Donoughue

  Posted December 17, 2015 07:05:59 | Updated October 03, 2016 15:00:04

  What's is like to make artificial eyes for a living? It mightn't be for the squeamish but Jenny Geelen loves the impact she has on people's lives.

  Topics: critique-and-theory, brisbane-4000

• Building at the bottom of the world: a carpenter in Antarctica

  By Lucy Fahey & Paul Donoughue

  Posted November 06, 2015 09:58:03 | Updated October 03, 2016 14:59:03

  Scott Watkins has taken an everyday job to the extreme, working as a carpenter at Davis Station in Antarctica.

• To kill or not to kill: Researchers probe moral code for driverless cars

  By Paul Donoughue

  Posted November 04, 2015 12:37:12

  People would be reluctant to buy a self-driving car programmed to let them die in order to save pedestrians, according to a new study.

  Topics: ethics, consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, research, australia, france, united-states, sa

• In the shadow of death: life as a palliative care nurse

  By Lucy Fahey & Paul Donoughue

  Posted November 02, 2015 09:58:52 | Updated October 03, 2016 15:01:17

  Karuna Hospice nurses Renee Wilson and Lea-Anne Tuaoi on finding joy and meaning in a life lived in the presence of death.

  Topics: death, doctors-and-medical-professionals, brisbane-4000

• 'People get paid to do this?' Life as a doula

  By Lucy Fahey & Paul Donoughue

  Posted October 23, 2015 09:10:06 | Updated October 03, 2016 15:02:18

  Jacki Haywood on the trials and triumphs of supporting women through childbirth.

  Topics: critique-and-theory, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health, brisbane-4000

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