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With gas and hydro plans, the government is looking at the whole picture

  • Written by: Cle-Anne Gabriel, Lecturer in Sustainability, The University of Queensland

Australia, like many countries, is grappling with an energy market in transition. It’s a politically fraught topic, but two major policy developments create hope for a better approach.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced last week that he will restrict gas exports and reserve supplies for Australians. This comes on the heels of an...

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Weekly Dose: Kalydeco, the drug that treats the cause of cystic fibrosis, not just symptoms

  • Written by: Odette Erskine, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician; Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney
imagePeople with cystic fibrosis, Australia's most common inherited condition, have thick mucus, including on the lungs.from www.shutterstock.com

Kalydeco (ivacaftor) is a drug used to treat cystic fibrosis, a disorder that affects many organs, particularly the lungs. Cystic fibrosis is Australia’s most commonly inherited disorder.

The drug has...

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The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac's Adani decision

  • Written by: David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith University

The Australian government’s stridentcriticism of Westpac for not financing the Adani Carmichael coal mine is out of step with the economics. As the cost of renewable energy falls and its adoption increases, fossil fuels are becoming a riskier investment.

It’s not just Westpac. This shift is reflected right across the finance industry....

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History can provide many lessons for Turnbull as he prepares for Trump meeting

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
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Here’s some advice for Malcolm Turnbull as he prepares for his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump: reflect on how his predecessors as prime minister have performed in their interactions with a great and powerful friend.

Turnbull can choose from various examples that have reflected well – or...

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  1. Victorian budget splash raises questions about privatisation
  2. The future of Australian coal: an unbankable deposit
  3. Gonski 2.0: Is this the school funding plan we have been looking for? Finally, yes
  4. Found with cocaine in Colombia, we should presume Cassandra Sainsbury's innocence
  5. Our uniquely lopsided brain
  6. Australian Twitter is more diverse than you think
  7. Feeling worn out? You could have iron overload
  8. All care and no responsibility: why Airtasker can't guarantee a minimum wage
  9. Full response from Airtasker CEO Tim Fung
  10. Police officer suicide: it's not just about workplace stress, but culture too
  11. Food as medicine: why do we need to eat so many vegetables and what does a serve actually look like?
  12. New to Australia? Good luck! Migrants can no longer afford 'gateway' suburbs
  13. Curious Kids: Why don’t cats wear shoes?
  14. Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test
  15. A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more
  16. Protecting young people's privacy as Facebook claims it can identify their anxieties
  17. Turnbull announces schools funding and a new Gonski review
  18. Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
  19. Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
  20. WA's economic mismanagement is not a reason to review how the GST is carved up
  21. Higher education reform: small changes for now but big ones to come
  22. Government to build second Sydney airport
  23. How 3D food printers could improve mealtimes for people with swallowing disorders
  24. When exploiting kids for cash goes wrong on YouTube: the lessons of DaddyOFive
  25. Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where
  26. Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant
  27. Affordable housing is not just about the purchase price
  28. Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'
  29. Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence
  30. Rather than capping tax revenue, the government should reform the system
  31. A short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness
  32. The hunt for the Superstars of STEM to engage more women in science
  33. The solar panel and battery revolution: how will your state measure up?
  34. The bark side: domestic dogs threaten endangered species worldwide
  35. 2017 higher education reform: cuts to universities, higher fees for students
  36. University students to pay more as government looks to $2.8 billion saving
  37. FactCheck Q A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
  38. Why Chinese investors find Australian real estate so alluring
  39. Politics podcast: Jane Halton on how to make a federal budget
  40. Men can help women deal with their PMS
  41. Action on problem gambling online is a good first step, but no silver bullet
  42. The off-topic Conversation #121
  43. Australian values are hardly unique when compared to other cultures
  44. Five ways an Australian housing bubble could burst
  45. Missing in action: the ABC and Australia’s screen culture
  46. Money given to GPs from ending the Medicare rebate freeze should target reform
  47. Your sons and your daughters: mental health in the age of overtime
  48. We should create cities for slowing down
  49. From bakery to wagashiya: a textbook case of 'moral education' in Japan
  50. Fighting the common fate of humans: to better life and beat death

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