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Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era

  • Written by: Helen McGregor, ARC Future Fellow, University of Wollongong
imageYou can only truly understand the weather by flying above the clouds.NASA

Bob Walker, an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, has set alarm bells ringing by recommending that NASA’s climate monitoring programs be axed.

But his dismissal of the “politicised science” at NASA’s Earth Science Division shows an ignorance of...

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Smash it up, burn it down: should Joe Corré set fire to punk history this weekend?

  • Written by: Catherine Strong, Lecturer, Music Industry, RMIT University
imageA painted bus sculpture entitled 'Punk'ed' by artist Valerie Osment at Trafalgar Square in 2014.Luke MacGregor/Reuters

In March this year, Joe Corré announced that on November 26 he would burn his collection of punk memorabilia. As the son of Malcolm McLaren (manager of the Sex Pistols) and renowned fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (whose...

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Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study

  • Written by: PJ Holtum, PhD Candidate in Sociology of Work, The University of Queensland

When working conditions are harsh, workers are more likely to find satisfaction through small acts of deviant behaviour instead of banding together or joining a union, my research shows.

I interviewed 30 unskilled workers from five different sites in the greater Brisbane region. The workers came from large, centralised retail, automotive and food...

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  2. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation's troubles
  3. The rise and rise of the omniscient ‘I’
  4. Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
  5. Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation
  6. Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl
  7. Friday essay: the loss of music
  8. Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy
  9. Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?
  10. 2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming
  11. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  12. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  13. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
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  15. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  16. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  17. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
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  19. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
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  21. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  22. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  23. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  24. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  25. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  26. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  27. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  28. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  29. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
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  31. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  32. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
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  34. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
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  37. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
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  39. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  40. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
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  44. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  45. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  46. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
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