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Big gas shortage looming, but government stays hand on export controls

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageJosh Frydenberg, Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference announcing the possibility of a serious gas shortfall.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The government has issued another warning to gas producers but held off pulling its export control trigger, despite two new reports warning of potential severe local supply shortages.

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Yes, Australia will have a space agency. What does this mean? Experts respond

  • Written by: Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
imageA space agency will allow Australia to sit at the table with NASA, ESA and other global agencies. from www.shutterstock.com

In front of an expectant audience of more than 4,000 international delegates attending the International Aeronautical Congress in Adelaide, today Senator Simon Birmingham - representing Minister for Industry, Innovation and...

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Introverts think they won't like being leaders but they are capable

  • Written by: Peter O'Connor, Associate Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
imageCompared to extraverts, introverts tend to be relatively passive, quiet and reserved.www.shutterstock.com

Introverts often don’t think they will enjoy leadership roles and so are less likely to go for the top job, new research finds. In fact, introverts in our study thought they would be worried and distressed in leadership situations.

Whether...

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Courageous quests: Keats, art and refugees

  • Written by: Amanda Frances Johnson, Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing Program, University of Melbourne
imageArt and Seek Workshop participants examining locks of Keats’s hair and the painting P.B. Shelley in the Baths of Caracalla by Joseph Severn. A. Frances Johnson

The great sensualist Romantic poet John Keats arrived in Rome in late 1820 with his friend, painter Joseph Severn. This was not to be a grand tour of Italy in the typical sense....

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  2. No, depression won't literally break your heart (but have a heart check anyway)
  3. Not taking the piss: why it’s important to examine how we teach and test physics to reduce gender bias
  4. Attitudes to same-sex marriage have many psychological roots, and they can change
  5. Taking sides: sport organisations and the same-sex debate
  6. Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
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  8. Curious Kids: How can you tell if your cat is happy and likes you?
  9. Trash or treasure? A lot of space debris is junk, but some is precious heritage
  10. Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor
  11. Mansplaining Australian cities – we can do something about that
  12. I've always wondered: can animals be left- and right-pawed?
  13. My favourite album: David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
  14. New Zealand votes for conservatism and the status quo
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  16. Can two clean energy targets break the deadlock of energy and climate policy?
  17. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage postal campaign
  18. Explainer: what are mitochondria and how did we come to have them?
  19. Is BHP really about to split from the Minerals Council's hive mind?
  20. New Zealand elections: same, same, but very different
  21. Flu is a tragic illness. How can we get more people to vaccinate?
  22. We are all of the same starstuff
  23. Can trying to meet specific exercise goals put us off being active altogether?
  24. Exergames: good for play time, but should not replace physical education
  25. Lost in space: Australia dwindled from space leader to also-ran in 50 years
  26. The origin of extreme cosmic ray particles revealed: they come from distant galaxies
  27. Whose interests? Why defining the 'public interest' is such a challenge
  28. Friday essay: journeys to the underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
  29. This is what the lives of Big Issue sellers tell us about working and being homeless
  30. Vital Signs: don't count your economic chickens before they hatch
  31. Australia’s health system is enviable, but there's room for improvement
  32. Developing countries can prosper without increasing emissions
  33. Grattan on Friday: Same-sex marriage ballot captures attention of a public alienated from politicians
  34. Large swing back to NZ National; German left's big problem with Left party
  35. Explainer: what is the flesh-eating bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer and how can I avoid it?
  36. Here's 49 small communities innovating as well as the big cities
  37. Politics podcast: AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on what to do with Liddell
  38. The Delusions of Christmas Past
  39. They're coming for our jobs, but can giant fighting robots save TV?
  40. Punishing one person for STI transmission weakens public health efforts
  41. Is populism democracy’s deadly cure?
  42. I've always wondered: why is the flu virus so much worse than the common cold virus?
  43. Review of historic stock routes may put rare stretches of native plants and animals at risk
  44. A new way to regulate surrogacy to give more certainty to all involved
  45. Meet 'Jaws', the South American horned frog with a big bite
  46. Want energy storage? Here are 22,000 sites for pumped hydro across Australia
  47. More than 1,200 scientists urge rethink on Australia's marine park plans
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