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Call for clearer risk information for tourists following Whakaari/White Island tragedy

  • Written by: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia
Call for clearer risk information for tourists following Whakaari/White Island tragedyThe Royal New Zealand Navy during a recovery operation on Whakaari/White Island, on December 13. Rescue and recovery efforts have been hampered by hazardous conditions on the island, and the danger of another eruption. EPA/Royal NZ Navy, CC BY-ND

In the aftermath of the tragedy at Whakaari/White Island on December 9, many are analysing the risks of...

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Surplus before spending. Frydenberg's risky MYEFO strategy

  • Written by: Stephen Bartos, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Today’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) continues to promise a small budget surplus in 2019-20 and each of the following three years.

But the surpluses are very small, roughly half the size of those promised at the time of the April budget, and highly uncertain.

Surplus before spending. Frydenberg's risky MYEFO strategyCC BY-ND

The forecasts for economic growth and wages growth have been...

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The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here's what went down

  • Written by: Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here's what went downLow ambition from polluting nations derailed the COP25 climate talks.Supplied by author

The United Nations’ COP25 climate talks concluded on Sunday morning in Madrid, almost 40 hours overtime. After two weeks of protracted talks meant to address the planetary warming emergency, world leaders spectacularly failed to reach any real outcomes.

The...

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Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelines

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelinesFurther evidence about the harms of alcohol has accumulated over the past decade since the last guidelines were released.Syda Productions/Shtterstock

New draft alcohol guidelines, released today, recommend healthy Australian women and men drink no more than ten standard drinks a week and no more than four on any one day to reduce their risk of...

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  1. Lower growth, tiny surplus in MYEFO budget update
  2. Refugees without secure visas have poorer mental health – but the news isn't all bad
  3. Must end soon! But not too soon! The catch in time-limited sales tactics
  4. why peanuts trigger such powerful allergic reactions
  5. 5 reasons I always get children picture books for Christmas
  6. Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are in limbo
  7. Hitler humour and a child's eye view of war make for dark satire
  8. why the Bible welcomes every colour in the gender spectrum
  9. Conservative landslide at UK's Brexit election; Trump's ratings rise on strong US economy
  10. Johnson's thumping win an electoral lesson in not just having policies, but knowing how to sell them
  11. Morrison won't have a bar of public service intrusions on government's power
  12. Michelle Grattan reflects on the year in politics
  13. no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisis
  14. Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires
  15. Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?
  16. Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating apps
  17. Bougainville has voted to become a new country, but the journey to independence is not yet over
  18. Friday essay: eco-disaster films in the 21st century
  19. Australia's wafer-thin surplus rests on a mine disaster in Brazil
  20. A new study shows an animal's lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it's 38 years
  21. Private health insurance premiums should be based on age and health status
  22. these 5 charts show our democracy is safe in the hands of future voters
  23. Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education
  24. Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party's left
  25. The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down
  26. what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?
  27. how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster
  28. As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems
  29. I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
  30. Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief
  31. As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that
  32. a new film tells us little about the woman fixed in the role of musician's muse
  33. What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem
  34. How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings
  35. 6 things to think about if you want a baby and 1 if you don't
  36. Australian law doesn't go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right
  37. riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race
  38. Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?
  39. ancient penguins were as tall as people. We've discovered the species that started the downsizing trend
  40. Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn't mean they're justified
  41. So your kid's finished their first year of school. Here's what they should have learnt
  42. 5 human rights issues that defined 2019
  43. As heat strikes, here's one way to help fight disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes
  44. Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg
  45. Don't blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It's climate and economic change driving farmers out
  46. seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
  47. In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted plea
  48. We're still fighting city freeways after half a century
  49. Why were tourists allowed on White Island?
  50. why do we get bruises?

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