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Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat

  • Written by Christiaan De Beukelaer, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boatRegina Maris, the ship activists will sail to a climate conference in Chile.Sail to the COP

If you’ve caught a long haul flight recently, you generated more carbon emissions than a person living in some developing countries emits in an entire year.

If that fact doesn’t ruffle you, consider this: worldwide, 7.8 billion passengers are...

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The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?

  • Written by Paul Kidson, Lecturer in Educational Leadership, University of Wollongong
The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?Britain's Eton College charges charges annual fees of more than £40,000.from shutterstock.com

The UK’s Labour Party recently voted in a policy to effectively abolish private schools and integrate them into the state system.

This is a courageous move designed to redress social inequity – many of those working in the top levels of...

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Another Australian PM finds a phone call with Trump can land you on the sticky paper

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The dramatic revelation by the New York Times that Donald Trump pressed Scott Morrison in an early September phone call for help in an exercise of overt presidential politicking does not indicate any Australian government wrongdoing.

But it shows how Morrison’s bromance with the president brings its political embarrassments along with all...

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0.75% is a record low, but don't think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Anyone who thought that with the Reserve Bank’s cash rate now close to zero, its run of interest rate cuts was over, needs only to read the last sentence of Governor Philip Lowe’s announcement after Tuesday’s cut:

The Board will continue to monitor developments, including in the labour market, and is prepared to ease monetary...

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  1. control of the global computer-chip industry
  2. Is there such thing as an addictive personality?
  3. experimental Australian films as poetic diary entries
  4. Winter storms are speeding up the loss of Arctic sea ice
  5. how do scientists know evolution is real?
  6. Tens of thousands of tuna-attracting devices are drifting around the Pacific
  7. Fiji’s ancient hill forts and what we can learn from them
  8. Gonski’s vision of 'personalised learning' will stifle creativity and lead to a generation of automatons
  9. a plan to solve our shortage of cemetery space
  10. With no end in sight and the world losing interest, the Hong Kong protesters need a new script
  11. 1 in 3 young adults are lonely – and it affects their mental health
  12. Any prosecution of journalists for national security offences to require attorney-general's approval
  13. The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go
  14. which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?
  15. Back to Back Theatre's exciting reframing of disability
  16. Misogyny, male rage and the words men use to describe Greta Thunberg
  17. How to turn Auckland's inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy
  18. 'Developing' rift points to growing divisions between Coalition and Labor on China
  19. Disability and single parenthood still loom large in inherited poverty
  20. 6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep
  21. What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods
  22. Australia has enacted 82 anti-terror laws since 2001. But tough laws alone won’t make us safer
  23. Federal arts funding in Australia is falling, and local governments are picking up the slack
  24. Anti-rape devices may have their uses, but they don't address the ultimate problem
  25. Five questions about superannuation the government's new inquiry will need to ask
  26. 5,800 defence veterans homeless in Australia, that's more than we thought
  27. How to check if your mum or dad's nursing home is up to scratch
  28. youth is not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice
  29. Australia's temporary graduate visa attracts international students, but many find it hard to get work in their field
  30. Government retirement incomes inquiry puts superannuation in the frame
  31. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison's US trip
  32. Want to really understand football culture? Here are 6 things to watch out for on Grand Final Day
  33. The dirty secret at the heart of the projected budget surplus: much higher tax bills
  34. How to manage grass pollen exposure this hay fever season: an expert guide
  35. The showy everlasting is endangered, but a primary school is helping out
  36. insights from the 2009 South Pacific earthquake-tsunami disaster
  37. what has the search for extraterrestrial life actually yielded and how does it work?
  38. Hong Kong is one of the most unequal cities in the world. So why aren't the protesters angry at the rich and powerful?
  39. Shark nets and culls don't necessarily make Australian beaches safer
  40. Afghanistan’s suffering has reached unprecedented levels. Can a presidential election make things better?
  41. The odds you’ll gamble on the Grand Final are high when punting is woven into our very social fabric
  42. Why can't Australia be friends with both US and China?
  43. 'How do I control my oily skin and prevent pimples?' A dermatologist explains
  44. The Australian art market has flatlined. What can be done to revive it?
  45. India is reforming education for the first time since 1986 – here's why Australia should care
  46. Typhoons and other disasters force Japan to rethink its city vs rural living plans for the future
  47. Scott Morrison's dance with Donald gets up Beijing's nose
  48. The UK Supreme Court ruling on suspending parliament is a warning for Australian politicians
  49. Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?
  50. sediments reveal a famous early human cave site was also home to hyenas and wolves

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