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Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootingsNew Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern, police minister Stuart Nash (right) and the minister for Christchurch regeneration Megan Woods announcing stronger gun laws and the creation of a firearms registry.AAP/David Alexander, CC BY-ND

Following the Christchurch mosque shootings, the New Zealand government’s first response was to ban the firearms the...

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Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal

  • Written by: Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate dealIce floe adrift in Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory. There are fears efforts to combat global warming will be undermined by double counting of carbon credits.AAP/Torsten Blackwood

In the four years since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, countries have debated the fine print of how emissions reduction should be tracked and...

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how to be a successful political leader

  • Written by: Gareth Evans, Chancellor, Australian National University
how to be a successful political leaderWhat are the attributes, self-belief apart, we should reasonably look for in choosing political leaders?AAP/Dean Lewins

This is an edited extract from a presentation to Leon Mann Leadership Forum, co-sponsored by Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, ANU and University of Melbourne.

Not only in Australia but right around the world’s...

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Why the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me

  • Written by: Gabriela D'Souza, Affiliate, Monash department of business statistics and econometrics, Monash University

For most people the second week in October probably doesn’t hold much promise.

Longer days for some, perhaps. But for those is us in the economics profession, come the second week of October we’re furiously compiling lists and discussing odds - about who is likely to win the coveted Nobel prize in Economics.

More formally known as the...

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  4. why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong
  5. feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony
  6. Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing
  7. Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture's potential to fund city infrastructure
  8. Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character
  9. Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks
  10. some students don't know the difference between bullying and banter
  11. We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why
  12. Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months
  13. Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong
  14. Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates
  15. Organs 'too risky' to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here's what we found
  16. why congestion charging is fairer than you might think
  17. There's no airport border 'crisis', only management failure of the Home Affairs department
  18. a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows
  19. Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
  20. Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Extinction Rebellion protests
  22. mounting threats to Extinction Rebellion show demands are being heard, but ignored
  23. Can Eliud Kipchoge run a sub-2hr marathon? It all comes down to 15 extraordinary seconds
  24. We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong
  25. what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks
  26. Bees can learn higher numbers than we thought – if we train them the right way
  27. As Turkish troops move in to Syria, the risks are great
  28. Endometriosis costs women and society $30,000 a year for every sufferer
  29. Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it
  30. Points for tries? The Rugby World Cup shows how bonus schemes can come unstuck
  31. A traumatic past can make you a better social worker, but it might block you studying it in the first place
  32. A virus is attacking koalas' genes. But their DNA is fighting back
  33. a journey through Adnyamathanha Yarta
  34. It's easy to get us walking more if we have somewhere to walk to near our home and work
  35. A little more confusion added to the climate policy debate
  36. Wayne Swan warns US Democrats not to fall into Labor's trap of overloaded agenda
  37. Pay pharmacists to improve our health, not just supply medicines
  38. chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries
  39. Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. Artists are calling for a change
  40. failing to pass on the full rate cut needn't mean banks are profiteering
  41. Shh! Don't mention the public housing shortage. But no serious action on homelessness can ignore it
  42. Trump's ratings slightly down after Ukraine scandal as Warren surges to tie Biden in Democratic polls
  43. A national drought policy should be an easy, bipartisan fix. So why has it taken so long to enact a new one?
  44. It's only October, so what's with all these bushfires? New research explains it
  45. the myth that's driving Morrison's anti-union push
  46. Saturn has more moons than Jupiter – but why are we only finding out about them now?
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