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Hazelwood's closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions

  • Written by: Michelle Duffy, Senior Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation University Australia

The announcement of the closure of Hazelwood power station in 2017 adds further complexity to an uncertain future facing the Latrobe Valley community.

Owners Engie and Mitsui said of the 750 employees at the power station, 250 will remain between 2017 and 2023 to manage the site rehabilitation, while the remaining workers will receive a redundancy...

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Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change

  • Written by: Travers McLeod, Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Company directors who don’t properly consider climate related risks could be liable for breaching their duty of due care and diligence, a new legal opinion has found.

Although the alarm for business leaders has been sounding for some time, the release of the opinion by senior barristers and leading solicitors confirms the potential liability...

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The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?

  • Written by: Peter Christoff, Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne

The Paris climate agreement comes into legal force today, just 11 months after it was concluded and 30 days after it met its ratification threshold of 55 parties accounting for at least 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

By contrast, the Kyoto Protocol, which this treaty now replaces, took more than 8 years to come into force, slowed by the...

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Daily commutes are draining our water reserves

  • Written by: André Stephan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageWater use for transport is significant.Edited from Wikimedia commons, CC BY-NC-SA

Melbourne’s transport uses 311 billion litres of water each year - equivalent to flooding the city’s centre 8 metres deep. That’s just one of the findings of our study looking at how much water different modes of transport use.

We found that cars are...

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  3. Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity
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  5. Preserving cities: how 'trendies' shaped Australia's urban heritage
  6. Ancient fishes kept their young in a nursery
  7. Increased access to data could bring many benefits but faces significant challenges
  8. Grattan on Friday: Industrial bills test Turnbull's negotiating skills – and backbone
  9. Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election
  10. Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration
  11. DiCaprio's documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn't radical enough
  12. Both Trump and Clinton would see the US run like a corporation
  13. Alan Jones goes after wind farms again, citing dubious evidence
  14. Courts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act
  15. The problem posed by agenda trolls
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  18. Race to the White House - Secrets and emails
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  20. Lack of cyber security knowledge leads to lazy decisions from executives
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  22. Why The Simpsons has lost its way
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  24. Apple's new Touch Bar: a breakthrough or commonsense?
  25. Cleaning up runoff onto the Great Barrier Reef: how art and science are inspiring farmers to help
  26. Refugee resettlement announcement expected within weeks
  27. How the Internet was born: the ARPANET Comes to Life
  28. Second crossbencher to be referred to the High Court
  29. We the People: the charms and contradictions of populism
  30. What is racism - and is Bill Leak a 'controversialist' or a racist?
  31. Explainer: what is the challenge to Bob Day's Senate seat all about?
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  37. How the tobacco industry is gaming Australian health regulations
  38. Essays on health: how food companies can sneak bias into scientific research
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  43. The cosmic crime-scene hunt for clues on how galaxies are formed
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