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Business moves on climate as the Paris Agreement gets closer to sealing the deal

  • Written by: Wei Sue, Research Projects Manager, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
imageMany businesses are committing to sourcing all of their energy from renewable sources. Wind farm image from www.shutterstock.com

The Paris climate agreement is getting closer to coming into force. This week 31 countries ratified the deal, including Brazil (the world’s 12th-largest greenhouse gas emitter), the United Arab Emirates and...

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Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?

  • Written by: Kumuda Simpson, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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The first US presidential debate is less than a week away and while it will certainly offer spectacle and entertainment, I am hoping, perhaps naively, that the candidates will finally engage in a serious discussion of how they will confront the complex and daunting challenges America will face in the coming decade.

The debate...

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What's behind Indonesian authorities' desire to control LGBT sexuality?

  • Written by: Dédé Oetomo, Adjunct Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality, Universitas Airlangga
imageSexuality, since it is imbued with moral panics, has for a long time been used strategically for political purposes.www.shutterstock.com/Romolo Tavani

Indonesia’s LGBT community has been weathering “unprecedented attacks” through hateful public comments by top public officials since early this year.

But the biggest threat yet has...

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Vital Signs: Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW Australia
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Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting global economies.

This week: The new RBA Governor reminds the government of its role in keeping the economy on track, and Janet...

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  1. Friday essay: the Australian Mosque
  2. Gonski model was corrupted, but Labor and Coalition are both to blame
  3. Intelligence review must tackle anxiety around information-gathering, privacy and security
  4. Everything you wanted to know about US elections but were afraid to ask
  5. The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study
  6. Australian investors want bankable projects that help us adapt to climate change
  7. Why psychology lost its soul: everything comes from the brain
  8. How the Australian galah got its name in a muddle
  9. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
  10. A green and happy holiday? You can have it all
  11. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
  12. The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
  13. Explainer: why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern
  14. Liberal director Nutt cold on foreign donation ban
  15. The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight
  16. Why Christine Lagarde says women are the answer to the world's economic growth problem
  17. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
  18. Race to the White House: foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr's tweet
  19. We can already see how a 'debate' about love will lead to violence and hate
  20. ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
  21. More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
  22. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
  23. The revolving door: why politicians become lobbyists, and lobbyists become politicians
  24. Birmingham prepares for fundamental changes to Labor's Gonski funding model
  25. Explainer: the nine swing states that will decide the next US president
  26. DNA reveals a new history of the First Australians
  27. What is infant reflux and will it get better?
  28. Explainer: what is fat studies?
  29. It takes a community to raise a startup
  30. Turnbull to UN: Climate change threatens 'the future of generations'
  31. No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder
  32. Business Briefing: we're overusing and underestimating 'disruption'
  33. FactCheck: Is 30% of Northern Territory farmland and 22% of Tasmanian farmland foreign-owned?
  34. Weekly Dose: LSD – dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
  35. Resettlement is the test for Malcolm Turnbull on refugees
  36. In an age of rhetoric, Australian politics is missing the American flair
  37. The view from inside the Beltway
  38. Gen Y carers don't want a free ride, so welfare reform shouldn't single them out
  39. Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?
  40. Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?
  41. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
  42. How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
  43. Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?
  44. Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
  45. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  46. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  47. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  48. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  49. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  50. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal

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