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Australia's record on racial equality under the microscope

  • Written by: Fiona McGaughey, Lecturer, Law School, University of Western Australia
imageThe United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has begun its two-day review of Australia's record on racial equality.Shutterstock

Overnight in Geneva, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) began its two-day review of Australia, asking government representatives to explain...

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The Queensland election outcome is a death knell for Adani's coal mine

  • Written by: John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

The coal mine proposed for Queensland’s Galilee Basin by Indian mining giant Adani has been a moveable feast, with many stories about its scale, purpose, financing, job prospects, and commerciality. The prospect of a return of the Palaszczuk government in Queensland is effectively the death knell for the project.

Labor has so pledged to block...

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Starting next year, universities have to prove their research has real-world impact

  • Written by: Pauline Zardo, Data & Policy Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
imageFor research to have an impact, it needs to be used or applied in some way.Shutterstock

Starting in 2018, Australian universities will be required to prove their research provides concrete benefits for taxpayers and the government, who fund it.

Education Minister Simon Birmingham recently announced the Australian Research Council (ARC) will...

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All hail new weather radar technology, which can spot hailstones lurking in thunderstorms

  • Written by: Joshua Soderholm, Research scientist, The University of Queensland

An Australian spring wouldn’t be complete without thunderstorms and a visit to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s weather radar website. But a new type of radar technology is aiming to make weather radar even more useful, by helping to identify those storms that are packing hailstones.

Most storms just bring rain, lightning and...

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  1. In Bangarra's Ones Country, new voices show the many faces of Indigenous Australia
  2. No Don Burke, there is no link between autism and harassing behaviour
  3. Labor is right to block 'religious freedom' amendments to protect same-sex marriage bill
  4. Classifying 'national types of beauty': from cigarette cards to Miss Universe
  5. Low-income earners are more likely to die early from preventable diseases
  6. The new ticketing technology that may make scalping a thing of the past
  7. Universities are failing their students through poor feedback practices
  8. The economics of ridiculously expensive art
  9. 'I am not buying things': why some people see 'dumpster diving' as the ethical way to eat
  10. How Filipino artists are responding to President Duterte and the 'War on Drugs'
  11. Australian cities and their metropolitan plans still seem to be parallel universes
  12. Fifty years ago Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars and changed our view of the universe
  13. Turnbull backed against the wall by rebel Nationals on bank inquiry
  14. We don't need to change how we subsidise 'breakthrough' cancer treatments
  15. Sexual Harassment, Sexual Politics and the Gatekeeper Millstone
  16. Despite what politicians and the media say, freedom of speech is alive and well on campus
  17. 'Loot boxes' and pay-to-win features in digital games look a lot like gambling
  18. We need robots that can improvise, but it's not easy to teach them right from wrong
  19. Student press in 1960s Australia was political, now it's more Prozac
  20. Delay in changing direction on how we tax drivers will cost us all
  21. Australia should be cautious about introducing laws on coercive control to stem domestic violence
  22. Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites
  23. What's the net cost of using renewables to hit Australia's climate target? Nothing
  24. Science or Snake Oil: will horseradish and garlic really ease a cold?
  25. Queensland result, while decided on state issues, adds to Turnbull's burdens
  26. Conservative amendments to same-sex marriage bill would make Australia's laws the world's weakest
  27. Why we are still convinced robots will take our jobs despite the evidence
  28. With result still in the balance, Labor likely to win Queensland and One Nation likely to take just one seat
  29. Final Queensland polls show Labor likely to win
  30. One party to rule them all: Cambodia’s supreme court rules the dissolution of opposition party
  31. Uber was hacked, so change your password right now. Here's what else you need to know
  32. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull cancelling the House sitting
  33. Nepal earthquake reconstruction won't succeed until the vulnerability of survivors is addressed
  34. FactCheck: did the Northbridge WA curfew see a 'dramatic drop' in crime?
  35. Twenty-five years after the ban on lesbians and gays in the military was lifted, there is much to celebrate
  36. All fired up: Clay Stories is a triumphant display of contemporary Indigenous ceramics
  37. Five myths about Australian university graduate outcomes
  38. Queensland election: One Nation dominates Twitter debate in the final weeks
  39. Is apple cider vinegar really a wonder food?
  40. Weekly Dose: Champix's effectiveness is questionable and safety record is concerning
  41. Energy ministers' power policy pow-wow is still driven more by headlines than details
  42. Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  43. Conservative Christians need to stamp out clergy wife abuse - starting with ending endemic sexism
  44. More and more older Australians will be homeless unless we act now
  45. Evidence-based education needs standardised assessment
  46. The Queensland government is paying more for its debt than the average mortgage holder
  47. Vital Signs: five economic red flags to watch for in 2018
  48. We learn from our mistakes: how to make better predictions from tweets
  49. Grattan on Friday: Discovery of the cabinet leaker would present bigger problem than the leak
  50. Foreign Policy White Paper finally acknowledges world power is shifting

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