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Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management

  • Written by: Giri Ahmad Taufik, Legal Researcher, Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK)

Indonesia has substantial unexplored basins predicted to hold 43.7 billion barrels of crude oil, according to data from the country’s Upstream Oil and Gas Taskforce (SKK Migas).

But companies are reluctant to fund expensive explorations of new oil fields, which in Indonesia’s case are mostly offshore. The problem: Indonesia does not...

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Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes

  • Written by: Michael Hopkin, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
imageRick Shine aims to save Australia's reptiles.University of Sydney

A conservation biologist who is bidding to help Australia’s native animals learn to give cane toads a wide berth has been awarded the 2016 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

University of Sydney professor Rick Shine was given the award for his work in using evolutionary...

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Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'

  • Written by: Jodie Hillen, PhD Candidate, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia
imageMultiple sclerosis involves the central nervous system, made up of the brain and spinal cord.from shutterstock.com

Fingolimod is a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease. It is an immunosuppressant, which means it works by suppressing the immune system.

Fingolimod is an oral medication and is marketed in Australia under...

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FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?

  • Written by: Anthony Scott, Professor, University of Melbourne

These statistics ignore the fact that under this government, average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits are up by almost 20%. – Shadow minister for health and Medicare Catherine King, quoted in The Australian, September 27, 2016.

In 2013, Labor introduced a fee freeze on Medicare rebates in an effort to rein in the cost of government health...

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  7. Arts training is an essential part of an innovative nation
  8. Can the private rental sector provide a secure, affordable housing solution?
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  10. What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers
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  12. How women historians smashed the glass ceiling
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  14. Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol
  15. Is social media turning people into narcissists?
  16. How the dictionary is totes taking up the vernacular
  17. When truth is the first casualty of politics and journalism
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  19. Turnbull walks right into Shorten's gun-sight
  20. Politics podcast: Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore on life in the Senate
  21. Paying a heavy price for loving the Neanderthals
  22. Crown employee arrests show danger of assumptions about China
  23. How a saviour of the ozone hole became a climate change villain – and how we're going to fix it
  24. Australians have little to fear from terrorism at home – here's why
  25. Teaching in higher education – there isn't enough evidence to tell us what works and why
  26. Bacchus Marsh baby deaths: Australia should learn from the UK and publish clinician performance data
  27. Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
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  30. Executive's short-term outlooks the real killer of Australian innovation
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  33. Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish
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  39. Family First's Bob Day quits Senate following business collapse
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