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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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