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President Trump threatens to undermine key measure of climate policy success

  • Written by David Hodgkinson, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
imageThe social cost of carbon estimates the damage caused by a tonne of carbon dioxide. Coal image from www.shutterstock.com

One of the key measures President Barack Obama used to develop climate policy could be under threat under President Donald Trump. The “social cost of carbon”, a dollar measure of how much damage is inflicted by a...

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What comes next for Nick Kyrgios is up to Nick Kyrgios

  • Written by Lisa Martin, Lecturer in Sport Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast

Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios continued to polarise Australians this week with his on and off-court behaviour.

The 21-year old, currently ranked 14th in the world, has been at the centre of his fair share of controversies ever since he turned pro in 2013. Some of the issues have been related to racquet abuse, yelling audible obscenities while playing,...

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Explainer: what are the limits to charities advancing political causes?

  • Written by Krystian Seibert, Adjunct Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
imageDanny Nalliah leads both the Rise Up Australia political party and the Catch the Fire Ministries church.AAP/Joe Castro

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission announced this week that Catch the Fire Ministries had lost its charitable status. This means it loses entitlements to various Commonwealth tax concessions and exemptions.

Catch...

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Obama's legacy: history will judge him more kindly than his critics think

  • Written by Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imageReuters

Standing on Washington’s Mall in January, 2009 on an ice-cold day, observing the 44th president of the United States of America being sworn into office by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, much seemed possible.

We had arrived – so it seemed – at a moment of hope and change, or, as the historians put it, a hinge point...

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  1. Australians on Twitter were 'positive' about the US election of Donald Trump
  2. Syria, Russia and Turkey – the uneasy alliance reshaping world politics
  3. Ultra, super, clean coal power? We've heard it before
  4. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - the truth about the vomitorium
  5. Breast milk banking continues an ancient human tradition and can save lives
  6. Australia needs to invest if it wants the tourism boom to continue
  7. Vital Signs: brace yourselves for the new economic reality
  8. All hail Trump, the great transgressor!
  9. Australia's privacy laws gutted in court ruling on what is 'personal information'
  10. Aussie rules football still has a way to go to be considered 'feminist'
  11. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?
  12. Baird's early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come
  13. 2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
  14. Australian science making some progress amid the march of ministers
  15. Is 2017 the year to ditch the term 'innovation'?
  16. Clemency for Chelsea Manning – but will Assange or Snowden also find the US merciful?
  17. Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
  18. The world's best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm
  19. Printing more money isn't the answer to all economic ills
  20. Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there's a lot we could all do now
  21. If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra's clout would be a backward step
  22. Explainer: Why the human voice is so versatile
  23. The search for MH370 is over: what we learnt and where to now
  24. Stinking dead fish portend major problem with carp herpes release
  25. University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
  26. Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
  27. Do 8 men really control the same wealth as the poorest half of the global population?
  28. What's in store for new health minister Greg Hunt?
  29. How professional sport handicaps youth sporting culture
  30. What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?
  31. FactCheck: what are the facts on rising child care prices?
  32. Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China's opening up has slowed
  33. When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
  34. A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long
  35. Ways to spend spare time online
  36. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
  37. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  38. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further
  39. Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell's floating planetoid skull
  40. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  41. Why learn spelling or maths if there's an app for that?
  42. Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
  43. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
  44. When politicians become pundits
  45. When the pressure is on, some riders breach the whip rules in horse racing
  46. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  47. Let's kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all
  48. Sit on hands or take a stand: why athletes have always been political players
  49. Elevated lead levels in Sydney backyards: here's what you can do
  50. When care becomes control - financial abuse cuts across cultures

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