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Restoring the construction watchdog ABCC: experts respond

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

The Turnbull government has finally got its way and will now re-install the construction industry watchdog, the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). We asked a panel of experts what this means for the industry and its workers.


David Peetz, professor of employment relations, Griffith University

Amendments agreed to by the...

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Forget Silicon Valley, Finland's Slush is a celebration of Europe's tech ascendancy

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageSlush 2016Author, CC BY-SA

The centre of the innovation and startup world has shifted. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, more than 17,500 people have come to Helsinki, Finland for the annual Slush event which matches startups with investors. Bigger than almost any other event, the 2,367 startups come from around the world to matchmake with 1,143...

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Reliable renewable electricity is possible if we make smart decisions now

  • Written by: Bonnie McBain, Tutor in Sustainability Science, University of Newcastle
imageRenewable energy poses a number of challenges for the grid. Wind turbine image from www.shutterstock.com

The Australian government is reviewing our electricity market to make sure it can provide secure and reliable power in a rapidly changing world. Faced with the rise of renewable energy and limits on carbon pollution, The Conversation has asked...

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  1. How do we deal with the coming waves of climate change refugees?
  2. Should we do away with exams altogether? No, but we need to rethink their design and purpose
  3. Whose word should you respect in any debate on science?
  4. Shame as a political weapon: Donald Trump and the US presidential election
  5. How e-cigarettes could 'health wash' the tobacco industry
  6. Changing the date – and a state of mind – from the westerly edges
  7. Turnbull is happy to horse trade if it gets the nags over the line
  8. Why it’s now Labor’s turn to compromise on the backpacker tax
  9. Politics podcast: Josh Frydenberg on climate change and the 2017 review
  10. Business Briefing: Former chief World Bank economist on inequality and doing away with big money
  11. The great Australian plays: speaking ‘Orstyrlian’ in Rusty Bugles
  12. How Donald Trump won the 2016 meme wars
  13. Government response to Infrastructure Australia offers no grounds for optimism
  14. Turnbull government secures ABCC – but suffers sudden defeat on backpacker tax
  15. Full response from a spokesperson for Barnaby Joyce
  16. FactCheck: would backpackers be better off working in Australia than NZ, England or Canada?
  17. We should all beware a resurgent financial sector
  18. Latest Murray-Darling squabble sheds light on the plan's flaws
  19. Which sports are best for health and long life?
  20. Neither the ABC nor SBS have anything to fear from community forums
  21. What are the great Australian plays? Refining our theatre canon
  22. How 'Alfred' the whale lost its teeth to become a giant filter feeder
  23. Medicare logo case shows the urgent need to update Australia's IP laws
  24. Will the latest electricity review bring climate and energy policy together at last?
  25. As Australian shipping grows, how can we avoid collisions with marine animals?
  26. Women don't always get what they want from labiaplasty
  27. In a win for consumers, ACCC rules against the banks' actions against Apple Pay
  28. Turnbull's water gesture satisfies Xenophon
  29. ACCC rejects the banks colluding to bargain on Apple Pay
  30. Australian schools continue to fall behind other countries in maths and science
  31. New inquiry into conduct of George Brandis
  32. Paleopups and paleopussies: is a paleodiet for your pet a step too far?
  33. Ipsos: are the Greens really at 16%?
  34. From the Gold Coast to Geelong: how cities are shaping visions of their futures
  35. How tribal thinking has left us in a post-truth world
  36. What the government can learn from the backpacker tax debacle
  37. A woman in charge: Susan Kiefel to become chief justice of the High Court
  38. It's not just about Melbourne: why we need a national approach to 'thunderstorm asthma'
  39. Will a UK-style lottery system really take Australia back to its Olympic glory days?
  40. Seeing Ms Dhu: how photographs argue for human rights
  41. Changes for off-the-plan foreign buyers rely on a broken supply argument
  42. Scorsese's Silence and the Catholic connection to the atomic bomb
  43. Domestic violence also has an economic penalty – we need to tackle it
  44. How much coral has died in the Great Barrier Reef's worst bleaching event?
  45. 'It's your fault you got cancer': the blame game that doesn't help anyone
  46. Explainer: the good, the bad, and the ugly of algorithmic trading
  47. Aboriginal communities embrace technology, but they have unique cyber safety challenges
  48. Brandis and Turnbull stay mum on what the Attorney-General told the Solicitor-General
  49. How we built an Arduino-powered ping pong scoreboard
  50. Thanksgiving space dinners, threading Saturn’s rings and impossible warp drives

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