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Politics podcast: Jim Chalmers on Labor's approach to the economy

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor begins its next phase in opposition with bigger numbers in the parliament and with a new level of confidence as it confronts the government.

Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Jim Chalmers tells Michelle Grattan Labor has a pretty good record of “supporting what they can” of government savings measures....

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Your guide to see five planets after sunset

  • Written by Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageAll five planets can be seen across the evening sky during August.Museum Victoria/Stellarium, CC BY-SA

After sundown from late July through August, there’s the chance to see five planets at once in the evening sky.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are the only planets in our solar system bright enough to be seen with the naked eye....

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Australia ranks 20th on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Written by John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
imageAustralia still rates poorly on clean energy and climate action.CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Australia may be home to some of the world’s most liveable cities, but we have a long way to go to meet the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Australia ranks 20th in the world – well behind Canada and many European countries...

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Xenophon and Katter's concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow

  • Written by Lynne Chester, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney

Another political scare campaign has started. It’s not about negative gearing or Medicare. This time it’s the sale of the New South Wales electricity distribution network, Ausgrid.

The NSW Premier, Mike Baird, staked his government’s re-election on the privatisation of 49% of the state’s electricity distribution and...

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  1. Blood pressure targets – what does the new guideline say and how low should you go?
  2. Here's how to close the gap on Indigenous women smoking during pregnancy
  3. Politics serves as therapy when Trump takes the stage
  4. Smoothies as talismans: the allure of superfoods and the dangers of nutritional primitivism
  5. Why we need to hear what controversial people say and not silence the debate
  6. Grey dawn or the twilight years? Let’s talk about growing old
  7. A tale of five cities: applying foresight to shape their futures
  8. Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
  9. As life imitates art, how are we to read terror plots in film and TV?
  10. There are bright spots among the world’s coral reefs – the challenge is to learn from them
  11. How do we uncouple global development from resource use?
  12. Sleep problems that persist could affect children's emotional development
  13. Study of top business innovators shows more is needed than being tech savvy
  14. Earning influence: what power might Bernardi's grassroots lobby have?
  15. Migraines in childhood and adolescence: more than just a headache
  16. Climate policy needs a new lens: health and well-being
  17. A new brain-warp technique that helps to reconstruct fossil brains
  18. Productivity Commission attacks competition 'effects test' and farm foreign investment rules
  19. Bitter row over move to dump Kim Carr from ALP frontbench
  20. Coalition likely to face difficult Senate
  21. Don’t just blame older Australians for increased hospital demand
  22. Lessons from the election
  23. Death on smartphones: in a world of live streamed tragedy, what do we gain?
  24. The environment-energy superportfolio can deliver real action – here's how
  25. Former ambassador to China to be new Foreign Affairs department head
  26. Melania Trump's speech follows a long history of plagiarism in public life
  27. Queenslanders will soon see in real-time who's paying politicians – now Canberra must act
  28. Don’t poke the Bear: what could Russia do next about drugs in sport?
  29. What HILDA has to tell us about wealth and poverty
  30. Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall
  31. Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia
  32. Blockchain really only does one thing well
  33. Bed-wetting in older children and young adults is common and treatable
  34. Australian foreign policy needs a broader conception of our national interest
  35. When bad ideas refuse to die: the denial of human individuality
  36. For lovers of graffiti, Pokémon Go is old hat
  37. Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
  38. Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
  39. Australia expands Iraq role to training law enforcement authorities
  40. Liberals deride quotas for women MPs but how are they going to make targets work?
  41. Under a single minister, will energy and the environment be friends or foes?
  42. Remind me again, how close are we to a cure for HIV?
  43. Australia's reputation for fine wines is under threat
  44. Is the new Senate vote capture system as risky as electronic voting?
  45. Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power
  46. City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future
  47. Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
  48. Nightmares and night terrors in kids: when do they stop being normal?
  49. Mums and dads of very preterm babies more likely to be depressed
  50. Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?

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