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Politics podcast: South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill on the tax debate

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill’s willingness to countenance an increase to the GST angered federal Labor colleagues. But Weatherill tells Michelle Grattan he has no regrets about his “circuit-breaker” intervention – although he also concedes an increase to the GST is not really a solution to the states' revenue...

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Fires are increasing in warming world, but a new model could help us predict them

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageFires are increasing: time to prepare. Fire image from www.shutterstock.com

Over the past decade, the frequency of bushfires in Australia has increased. The Forest Fire Danger Index - which measures the frequency and severity of the weather most conducive to fire - has increased dramatically since the 1970s, and particularly in the 1990s and 2000s....

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