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Coalition gains in Newspoll, but Turnbull's rating negative for first time

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

On Monday, Turnbull announced that Parliament would be recalled on the 18 April so that the Senate could debate and vote on the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) bill. If the Senate refuses to debate this bill, that would qualify as a “failure to pass”, and the government could use the ABCC bill as a double...

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Mass extinctions and climate change: why the speed of rising greenhouse gases matters

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imageCoral bleaching in March 2016. Rapid rises of greenhouse gases in the past have been linked to major extinctions in the oceans. XL Catlin Seaview Survey

We now know that greenhouse gases are rising faster than at any time since the demise of dinosaurs, and possibly even earlier. According to research published in Nature Geoscience this week, carbon...

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