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When it comes to climate change, Australia's mining giants are an accessory to the crime

  • Written by: Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW
When it comes to climate change, Australia's mining giants are an accessory to the crimeAustralia's major mining companies are significant contributors to global emissions. Global Warming Images

There are many reasons for Australia’s absence from the podium of the the United Nations Climate Action Summit this week. No doubt it would send a poor message if emission reduction laggards such as Australia had taken centre stage.

But...

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a psychologist tells us what we can learn from the success of the Richmond Tigers

  • Written by: Amy Dawel, Lecturer, Australian National University

In 2016, the Richmond Tigers failed to reach their potential, finishing 13th on the AFL ladder.

They had not taken home a premiership for more than three decades.

As is often the case when things are this low, the club looked to change the leadership. Coach Damien Hardwick narrowly escaped dismissal — which turned out to be an extremely...

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Australia's carbon market needs to be faster and smarter. Blockchain can help

  • Written by: Sebastian Thomas, Lecturer in Sustainability Governance and Leadership, University of Melbourne
Australia's carbon market needs to be faster and smarter. Blockchain can helpUsing blockchain to power Australia's carbon market could deliver tangible results.Piqsels.com, CC BY-SA

Since 2013, Australia’s policy response to climate change has been the Emissions Reduction Fund, which awards government contracts to projects that reduce carbon emissions by planting trees, flaring landfill gas, improving energy...

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  1. Don't blame parcel delivery vans for clogging up city traffic, look to the tradies
  2. What might Lily and Abbey say to Scott Morrison about Greta Thunberg?
  3. tapestries interweave traditions with a new sense of place
  4. With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve
  5. Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis
  6. In a virtual universe of 'perfect' bodies, Instagram's new policy offers important protection for young users
  7. Australia's mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA's Moon and Mars shots
  8. Australia is the runaway global leader in building new renewable energy
  9. Swollen executive pay packets reveal the limits of corporate activism
  10. why the Nationals shouldn't politicise the science replication crisis
  11. Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us
  12. Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians' health
  13. Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness shines a spotlight on the changing face of HIV
  14. it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?
  15. The ban on live sheep exports has just been lifted. Here’s what’s changed
  16. Albanese slams Morrison for using a "loud hailer" to talk to China from US
  17. a searing comics anthology on sexual violence
  18. Why can't rape survivors in Tasmania reveal their name, even when they want to?
  19. Do new cancer drugs work? Too often we don't really know (and neither does your doctor)
  20. Highly touted UN climate summit failed to deliver
  21. why can't we just build a pipe to move water to areas in drought?
  22. daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn't always a 'fort'
  23. 1 in 3 new mums struggle to get their baby to sleep, but some women have a tougher time
  24. 'Transformer' rooms and robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
  25. Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald Trump
  26. neither science nor history favours a dairy monopoly
  27. debunking the myths around self-injury
  28. We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells – now the challenge is to make them cheaper
  29. How raising tax for high-income earners would reduce inequality, improve social welfare in New Zealand
  30. Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel
  31. native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads
  32. where do phobias come from?
  33. Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defence to justify law-breaking
  34. the idea behind Labor's National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving
  35. Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal
  36. Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn't smart enough yet
  37. City share-house rents eat up most of Newstart, leaving less than $100 a week to live on
  38. In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there's help
  39. How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant
  40. 'Edible forests' can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time
  41. 10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools
  42. From crime fighters to crime writers
  43. young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life
  44. To go to China you have to be invited: Morrison
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the family law inquiry
  46. why don't we have electric aircraft?
  47. how ancient virtues can guide our responses to the climate crisis
  48. A shot of hope in the face of climate despair
  49. It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking
  50. What is the charge of concealment of birth and why is it still happening in Australia?

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