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Energy solutions but weak on climate – experts react to the Finkel Review

  • Written by: Hugh Saddler, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
imageThe Finkel Review is scientifically modest but politically deft. Lukas Coch/AAP

The keenly anticipated Finkel Review, commissioned in the wake of last year’s South Australian blackout, has made a range of recommendations aimed at delivering a reliable, secure and sustainable National Electricity Market.

Among the proposals is a new Clean...

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The Finkel Review: finally, a sensible and solid footing for the electricity sector

  • Written by: David Blowers, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute

Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s long-awaited review of the National Electricity Market, released today, will make a significant difference to Australia’s electricity system in three key areas: reliability (making sure the system generates enough power to meet demand), security (making sure the system doesn’t break), and governance...

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We know too much sugar is bad for us, but do different sugars have different health effects?

  • Written by: Bronwyn Kingwell, Head, Metabolic and Vascular Physiology NHMRC, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
imageThe type of sugar in popular soft drinks varies from country to country even if the brand name is the same.from shutterstock.com

Our recent article published in the Medical Journal of Australia found that Australian and European soft drinks contained higher concentrations of glucose, and less fructose, than soft drinks in the United States. The...

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  1. The Finkel Review at a glance
  2. Arts in the West of Sydney: the Great Divide?
  3. Busting the myth that roll-your-own tobacco has fewer additives
  4. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national security
  5. Our study found after-hours GPs actually do reduce visits to emergency rooms
  6. The Mummy struggles with the chemistry but gets the physics right with a crash
  7. Three charts on: Australia's declining taste for beef and growing appetite for chicken
  8. Australia has stalled on car efficiency
  9. Australian authorities are doing all they can to combat terrorism
  10. Vital Signs: what does Treasurer Morrison mean when he says we're 'growing into the growth'?
  11. There’s a city in my mind ...
  12. Friday essay: the 90s - why you had to be there
  13. To lift literacy levels among Indigenous children, their parents' literacy skills must be improved first
  14. Research in autism-friendly technology needs to improve to make a real difference for people
  15. Why we don't know what causes most birth defects
  16. Grattan on Friday: Terrorism's footprint on our politics
  17. What's holding up the blockchain?
  18. Where are the epic women's coming of age screen stories?
  19. Five ways older Australians can embrace technology to redefine later life
  20. How Indigenous tourism can help bring about reconciliation in Australia
  21. You should care about your doctor's health, because it matters to yours
  22. Explainer: what is a 'low emissions target' and how would it work?
  23. Schapelle Corby fails to draw a Twitter audience
  24. New Moroccan fossils suggest humans lived and evolved across Africa 100,000 years earlier than we thought
  25. Conservatives no longer a shoo-in as UK voters head to the polls
  26. From man-eaters to Pokémon: the weird world of cactus culture
  27. Is policy on Indigenous education deliberately being stalled?
  28. Six things every consumer should know about the 'Internet of Things'
  29. Melbourne's love-hate relationship with being Australia's 'street art capital'
  30. When do we stop vaccinating against an infectious disease?
  31. What is a pre-industrial climate and why does it matter?
  32. Tougher national parole laws won't end the violence
  33. Bob Dylan's Nobel speech: a splendidly eccentric performance
  34. While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge
  35. Four ways social media companies and security agencies can tackle terrorism
  36. Deliberative democracy must rise to the threat of populist rhetoric
  37. As a peace loving warrior, might Wonder Woman unite feminists?
  38. Explainer: what causes alopecia areata and can you treat this type of hair loss?
  39. Three charts on: Australia's growing rates of weight loss surgery
  40. Looking at terror attacks 'per capita' should make us rethink beliefs about levels of risk and Muslims
  41. Curious Kids: Do sharks sneeze?
  42. Adani gives itself the green light, but that doesn't change the economics of coal
  43. Winter warmth is in the forecast (but don't celebrate yet)
  44. Infographic: Are we making progress on Indigenous education?
  45. To smiley face or not: the complexity of email etiquette
  46. The dark side of mondegreens: how a simple mishearing can lead to wrongful conviction
  47. Vale Anthony Foster – a man of deep courage and quiet determination
  48. Our 'sporting nation' is a myth, so how do we get youngsters back on the field?
  49. Retirement and regeneration: how robots and replicants experience death
  50. Vaginal mesh controversy shows collective failure of the TGA and Australia's specialists

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