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The real lesson from South Australia's electricity 'crisis': we need better climate policy

  • Written by: Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
imageSouth Australia is leading the way on wind energy - but that's posing problems for the electricity sector. Wind image from www.shutterstock.com

Australia’s energy markets got a big shock in July this year, when wholesale electricity prices spiked in South Australia, alarming the state government and major industrial customers. Commentators rus...

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Closing Victoria's Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply

  • Written by: Dylan McConnell, Research Fellow, Melbourne Energy Institute, University of Melbourne
imageThe Hazelwood power station has been named Australia's 'dirtiest' for its carbon emissions. Takver/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Over the weekend Fairfax media reported that the Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe valley could close as early as next April. Senior management at Engie, the French company which is the majority owner of the brown coal-fired...

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Why we need an independent authority to oversee tertiary education

  • Written by: Peter Noonan, Mitchell Professorial Fellow, Victoria University
imageImproved funding will provide better opportunities for students.www.shutterstock.com

People without a tertiary education will be increasingly less able to participate in the future labour market.

Over the five years to November 2015, the majority of Australia’s employment growth was in occupations that require post-school qualifications...

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Australian companies have more work to do on tax transparency

  • Written by: Roman Lanis, Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney

A number of big Australian companies have started to publicly release tax reports recently, such as ANZ, BHP Billiton, AMP and the National Australia Bank. This follows intense scrutiny of tax minimisation and evasion from the Australian government.

It may be an attempt to prevent more rigorous mandatory tax regulation given the Federal government...

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  4. Not conservative, reactionary: The flawed case against same-sex marriage
  5. A New Democratic Enlightenment?
  6. How heterosexual couples are protesting marriage inequality
  7. Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
  8. Let's meet in the middle on schools funding, not continue the trench warfare
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  10. Gonzo: we need to talk about young men and porn
  11. The internet helps us translate 'social capital' to economic benefits
  12. The price of connection: 'surveillance capitalism'
  13. Suspending welfare payments unlikely to boost school attendance
  14. Banks can target service before sales to avoid a banking royal commission
  15. BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast
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  17. Business moves on climate as the Paris Agreement gets closer to sealing the deal
  18. Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?
  19. What's behind Indonesian authorities' desire to control LGBT sexuality?
  20. Vital Signs: Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt
  21. Friday essay: the Australian Mosque
  22. Gonski model was corrupted, but Labor and Coalition are both to blame
  23. Intelligence review must tackle anxiety around information-gathering, privacy and security
  24. Everything you wanted to know about US elections but were afraid to ask
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  26. Australian investors want bankable projects that help us adapt to climate change
  27. Why psychology lost its soul: everything comes from the brain
  28. How the Australian galah got its name in a muddle
  29. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
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  31. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
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