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Brexit could leave the European Union struggling with its climate targets

  • Written by: Natalie Latter, PhD Scholar, University of Western Australia

Britain has been a consistently progressive driver of climate policy in the European Union. Given the EU’s significance in international climate change negotiations, Britain’s vote to leave the union has implications both for EU policy and for the global Paris climate agreement struck last year.

The UK has been crucial to EU climate...

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Britain’s 'Bregret' offers timely lessons for Australian voters this weekend

  • Written by: Mark Chou, Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
imageUKIP leader Nigel Farage was an architect of Britain's seismic decision to leave the European Union. Chatham House/flickr, CC BY-ND

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st...

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Election explainer: why do I have to vote, anyway?

  • Written by: Lisa Hill, Professor of Politics, University of Adelaide
imageAustralia continues to enjoy voter turnout levels that are the envy of voluntary-voting regimes the world over.AAP/Lukas Coch

Before too long Australians will be heading off to the polls. As usual there will be complaints from those who object to being required to vote when the majority of Western democracies remain voluntary.

Yet almost of all...

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The shame game: why it's time to end the ‘mummy wars’

  • Written by: Koa Whittingham, Psychologist and Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
imageWe need to actively build a mother culture grounded in safety and acceptance.en.antresalt.com/Shutterstock

Women experience shame and judgement from the earliest moments of motherhood. Mothers commonly experience shaming in connection with childbirth and infant feeding, regardless of the type of birth they had or the feeding method used. The...

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  1. Election FactCheck: Does the government spend $3 billion each year on the offshore asylum seeker detention system?
  2. Anti-discrimination law exemptions don't strike the right balance between rights and freedoms
  3. Slanguage and ‘dinky di’ Aussie talk in elections
  4. Only serious reform will avoid more exits from the European Union
  5. Shorten the consensus leader unites a fractured Labor, but it may not quite be enough
  6. Speaking with: ‘Poll Bludger’ William Bowe in the final week of the election campaign
  7. Video didn't kill the radio star – she's hosting a podcast
  8. States will ultimately pay for federal promises, no matter who wins Saturday's election
  9. Labor and Coalition need to go further than R D and startups to create innovation
  10. The Earth's biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
  11. Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat
  12. Paris climate targets aren't enough, but we can close the gap
  13. As more vulnerabilities are discovered. Is it time to uninstall antivirus software?
  14. Turnbull to promise 'a step up in political culture'
  15. There'll be a lot more besides Turnbull versus Shorten to watch on Saturday
  16. What's the Victorian government's dispute with the CFA about? And how will it affect the election?
  17. Why rents will rise under Labor's negative gearing proposal
  18. What now for Australian research in a post-Brexit world?
  19. Charging for credit and debit card use may become the norm under new rules
  20. A fringe group no more, the Greens put the frighteners on the two major parties
  21. Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
  22. Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
  23. Six ways to improve equity in Australian universities
  24. How the relationship between social media and traditional media has shaped this election
  25. If democratic citizenship is a universal right, how can we so neglect citizenship education?
  26. Coalition likely to win following Brexit
  27. Four game-changing lessons from Eating in Stockholm
  28. Policy primers: what you need to know before election day
  29. Election 2016: how well are the major parties meeting the needs of rural and regional Australia?
  30. Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
  31. Google's murky Washington lobbying is making Apple look good
  32. The system often forgets children of people with cancer: here's how to help them
  33. The next solar revolution could replace fossil fuels in mining
  34. Does a planet need plate tectonics to develop life?
  35. It's time for the 'science of sensibility' to return
  36. Engie's Hazelwood super profit highlights our tangled web of energy policy
  37. Coalition squeezes welfare lemon again
  38. Coalition targets welfare in $2.3b pre-election savings pitch
  39. Bill Shorten says the lesson of Brexit is that people shouldn't be left behind
  40. The off-topic Conversation #99
  41. Election FactCheck: Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion more per year into Medicare than Labor did?
  42. To eliminate misogyny, the AFL needs social change, not just crisis management
  43. Post-Brexit, Australia's best option is a trade pact with EU
  44. Ancient Deep Skull still holds big surprises 60 years after it was unearthed
  45. How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse
  46. The Rise of the Joyful Economy
  47. The voter paradox: we say we don't want a minority government, but we're happy to vote for one
  48. Risks, ethics and consent: Australia shouldn't become the world's nuclear wasteland
  49. What’s the 'ethnic vote' going to do in Australia's top-ten ethnic marginal seats?
  50. Full response from Pathology Australia

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