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The gas industry needs a carbon price to compete with coal

  • Written by: Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

Putting a price on carbon would benefit the Australian gas industry, at least in the short term. It is therefore in the interests of gas producers to lobby for the emissions trading scheme proposed for the electricity industry by the Climate Change Authority.

At first a sight this might seem a paradoxical suggestion. Isn’t carbon pricing...

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What we know about perineal tearing, and how to reduce it during childbirth

  • Written by: Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Western Sydney University
imageA simple heat pack can reduce pain and perineal tearing during childbirth. Shutterstock/Uber Images

A common fear women have when contemplating having a baby is whether the birth will tear the tissues between the vagina and anus, also known as the perineum. How can something as big as a 3.5kg baby come out of something as small as a vagina without...

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How to boost the business of science for the benefit of us all

  • Written by: Emma Johnston, Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), UNSW Australia
imageFinding the way from lab bench to patent office can be hard.anyaivanova/Shutterstock.com

There has been some talk in recent weeks that Australia’s much-vaunted “ideas boom” may be over before it’s really begun. But the truth is Australian ideas were booming long before the Turnbull government coined the term – and will...

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Morrison targets state planning regulations as problem for housing affordability

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government will push states to remove unnecessary residential land use planning regulations that are impeding the supply of housing, Treasurer Scott Morrison will say in a major speech acknowledging the pressing issue of housing affordability.

Addressing the Urban Development Institute of Australia on Monday Morrison will say that improving...

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  4. Australia is at risk of losing migrants who are vital to the health of our economy
  5. Bubbles of nothing are not something. Let's not get too excited about non-deceptive placebo use
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  7. DIY pill testing – is it better than nothing?
  8. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the political gun debate
  9. Race, gender and the future of the Republican Party
  10. Australia has a history of courting the Chinese gambler
  11. Housing: the hidden health intervention
  12. How social media is helping Australian journalists uncover stories hidden in plain sight
  13. Are wind farms messing up the electricity market?
  14. Gable Tostee case: how common is death by falling?
  15. Clinton triumphs over a trio of Trumps
  16. Meet Savannasaurus, Australia's newest titanosaur
  17. Trump's claims of a conspiracy against him are undermining democracy
  18. Collapse of Australian car manufacturing will harm R D in other sectors: study
  19. Yes, you heard right: more cane toads really can help us fight cane toads
  20. Chew on this: we finally know how our jaws evolved
  21. Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
  22. September brought the world's record-breaking hot streak to an end - but don't chill out
  23. Corporate climate risk is all about turning a profit, not fixing the problem
  24. Is the red wine compound resveratrol a miracle drug for infertility and ageing?
  25. Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game
  26. Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
  27. Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause
  28. Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages
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  34. Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond
  35. Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders
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  37. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  38. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  39. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  40. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  41. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  42. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  43. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  44. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
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  46. Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
  47. Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?
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