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Finally, your electricity bill looks set to fall. Here's how much you could save

  • Written by: Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
Finally, your electricity bill looks set to fall. Here's how much you could saveThe renewables revolution is starting to pay off: our electricity bills are set to fall.AAP/Julian Smith

Household electricity bills in Australia have increased sharply in the past decade. But new official figures show they are projected to fall markedly - in some cases by 20%.

In-house modelling we conducted at the Australian Energy Market...

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Estonia didn't deliver its PISA results on the cheap, and neither will Australia

  • Written by: Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
Estonia didn't deliver its PISA results on the cheap, and neither will AustraliaEstonia spends less per student than Australia, but its average wages are lower too.Ruslan Valeev/Unsplash

Education news in Australia last week was dominated by Australia’s worst ever showing in the OECD’s PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests. The mathematical literacy of our students has fallen to the OECD...

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What is sodium lauryl sulfate and is it safe to use?

  • Written by: Yousuf Mohammed, Dermatology researcher, The University of Queensland
What is sodium lauryl sulfate and is it safe to use?SLS is a known irritant to human skin. But if it's only in contact with your skin for a short time, it's probably OK. from www.shutterstock.com

If you’ve ever Googled the causes of a skin complaint or damaged hair, chances are someone on the internet has pointed the finger at SLS, or sodium lauryl (or laureth) sulfate, a common ingredient in...

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50 years on from the Melbourne Transportation Plan, what can we learn from its legacy?

  • Written by: Liam Davies, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
50 years on from the Melbourne Transportation Plan, what can we learn from its legacy?The Melbourne Transportation Plan included every freeway and major arterial road built in the city since 1969.Shuang Li/Shutterstock

This is the first article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan.

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The 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan was perhaps the most influential planning policy in the...

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  1. Science needs true diversity to succeed -- and Australian astronomy shows how we can get it
  2. Evangelical churches believe men should control women. That's why they breed domestic violence
  3. State Library Victoria proves libraries aren't just about books: they're about community
  4. Albanese accuses Facebook of shrugging off fakery
  5. Chinese students top the PISA rankings, but some Shanghai parents are turning away from the school system
  6. Michelle Grattan on Angus Taylor, medevac and cuts to the public service
  7. China's failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we're not ready for human embryo modification
  8. Remember the arts? Departments and budgets disappear as politics backs culture into a dead end
  9. how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?
  10. Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here's what's likely to happen from next week
  11. living with fire and facing our fears
  12. how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone
  13. why homicide rates in Australia are declining
  14. We're using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space
  15. Australia's slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality
  16. Angus Taylor's troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf
  17. Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to it
  18. All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who 'point a sentence in the right direction'
  19. It's the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don't blame the Greens
  20. Morrison cuts a swathe through the public service, with five departmental heads gone
  21. Tick, tock... how stress speeds up your chromosomes' ageing clock
  22. The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong?
  23. Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to help
  24. Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do
  25. Explainer: the ideas of Kant
  26. To restore public confidence in apartments, rewrite Australia's building codes
  27. To stop a tech apocalypse we need ethics and the arts
  28. how hospital design supports children, young people and their families
  29. spending dips and saving soars as we stash rather than spend our tax cuts
  30. Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don't use it properly
  31. a mixed bag theologically and politically, with bravura performances
  32. the medevac repeal and what it means for asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru
  33. Having problems with your kid's tantrums, bed-wetting or withdrawal? Here's when to get help
  34. The top ranking education systems in the world aren't there by accident. Here's how Australia can climb up
  35. Global emissions to hit 36.8 billion tonnes, beating last year's record high
  36. Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie
  37. Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
  38. Neaera, the Athenian child slave raised to be a courtesan
  39. why army veterans are twice as likely to end up in prison
  40. How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55s
  41. Shark nets are destructive and don't keep you safe – let's invest in lifeguards
  42. Homes can be better prepared for cyclones. But first we must convince the owners
  43. how climate change will affect food production and security
  44. Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
  45. Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading
  46. a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our times
  47. Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years
  48. How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundaries
  49. The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails
  50. Limiting cash payments to $10,000 is more dangerous than you might think

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