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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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  3. What does Trump's rise mean for the past, present and future of celebrity politics?
  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
  9. What do the newspapers _really_ tell us about the lock hospital histories?
  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
  16. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's approach to welfare
  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
  25. The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study
  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
  30. A green and happy holiday? You can have it all
  31. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
  32. The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
  33. Explainer: why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern
  34. Liberal director Nutt cold on foreign donation ban
  35. The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight
  36. Why Christine Lagarde says women are the answer to the world's economic growth problem
  37. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
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  40. ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
  41. More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
  42. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
  43. The revolving door: why politicians become lobbyists, and lobbyists become politicians
  44. Birmingham prepares for fundamental changes to Labor's Gonski funding model
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