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'Protectionist' rejection of China's State Grid misses real energy security issue

  • Written by: Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney

The Australian government’s decision to block the 99-year lease of 50.4% of our largest energy grid to the State Grid Corporation of China has been dubbed “protectionist” by China’s Ministry of Commerce. The government agency says the decision will impact the willingness of Chinese companies to invest in Australia.

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The Rio Olympics are a test case for the future of sports broadcasting

  • Written by: Marc C-Scott, Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
imageThe living room TV isn't the only way to watch the Olympics these days.Seven West Media

Sport has been seen as a potential saviour of broadcast television’s “mass” audience. One of sport’s main virtues is that people want to watch it live, which gives broadcasters a mass audience that can be sold on to advertisers.

This has...

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Manus Island centre set to close – but where to for the detainees?

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Newcastle
imagePeople protesting offshore detention of asylum seekers interrupted Malcolm Turnbull's speech to CEDA on Wednesday.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre – one of the two key sites of Australia’s offshore immigration detention regime – will close. A date is not set, nor any arrangement confirmed for...

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The Anthropocene Belongs to Earth System Science

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageThanks to the Holly Middle School

The idea of the Anthropocene was conceived by Earth System scientists to capture the very recent rupture in Earth history arising from the impact of human activity on the Earth System as a whole.(1,2)

Stop. Read that again. Take special note of the phrases “very recent rupture” and “the Earth...

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  2. Australia's rich give little – and a culture of secrecy surrounds their philanthropy
  3. A Trump presidency would spell disaster for the Paris climate agreement
  4. Are Sunday penalty rates a job killer? A real-world experiment refutes employers' claim
  5. Researchers may be motivated by impact but that is not enough to achieve it
  6. What makes a successful marathon runner?
  7. How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists
  8. Can photos on social media lead to mistaken identity in court cases?
  9. Turnbull demands answers on protest over asylum seekers
  10. Final House results and a polling critique
  11. Weekly Dose: teriparatide, the osteoporisis drug that forms new bone
  12. The electorate has spoken, but Turnbull's speech shows he hasn't listened
  13. Why being a sporting role model isn't as simple as most people think
  14. Research Check: is it true only half your friends actually like you?
  15. A moving trainwreck? Why the CLP will be swept from office in the Northern Territory
  16. Forget the Census undercount, what matters is bias
  17. TV's top ten ear worms, from a television tragic
  18. Australia's AAA rating affirmed by Moody's
  19. Neonicotinoids linked to wild bee and butterfly declines in Europe and US
  20. The Nauru files: why don't we believe victims of sexual abuse?
  21. Good corporate governance is good for banks’ bottom line
  22. Business Briefing: a better way to design an office
  23. Doctors need to be taught how to discuss their patients' excess weight
  24. The longer a woman has been overweight or obese, the higher her cancer risk: study
  25. Back to the future: has the AFL lost its community?
  26. The rise of citizen science is great news for our native wildlife
  27. What makes a winning water polo shot?
  28. The Sydney Opera House upgrade deserves a single guiding vision
  29. Whale of a problem: why do humpback whales protect other species from attack?
  30. Politics podcast: Linda Burney on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off
  31. As census failure blame points at IBM, why we shouldn't be surprised by its failings
  32. Turnbull to Labor: pass our $6 billion savings bill
  33. The banking story has a way to run for Malcolm Turnbull
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  35. Pitching and writing training for academics: a one-day masterclass with The Conversation
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  37. Solar households to lose subsidies, but it's a bright future for the industry
  38. What the nap apps can really tell you about your sleep
  39. Our planet is heating - the empirical evidence
  40. Cast adrift: Australia risks its international standing over asylum-seeker policies
  41. Violence is normal is Brazil, as visitors to Rio 2016 are finding out
  42. Do film adaptations boost Australian movies at the box office?
  43. Rethinking how we represent transgender children in the media
  44. Could Section 18C protect 'angry white males' like David Leyonhjelm?
  45. As pet owners suffer rental insecurity, perhaps landlords should think again
  46. Fishing, not oil, is at the heart of the South China Sea dispute
  47. Businesses need to get smarter when investing in tech
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