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We need good information to make decisions, especially when things go wrong

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Digital Editor, The Conversation
We need good information to make decisions, especially when things go wrongThe Conversation's management accountant, Suji Gunawardhana.Penny Stephens

A fortnight ago, two Conversation authors ran the numbers on JobKeeper. They were puzzled at how the government came up with the estimate that 6.6 million workers would get the wage subsidy. Based on the best information they had, Professors Roger Wilkins and Jeff Borland...

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Public land is being sold exactly where thousands on the waiting list need housing

  • Written by: Libby Porter, Professor of Urban Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Public land is being sold exactly where thousands on the waiting list need housingThis former school site in Dallas, Melbourne, is one of many sites suitable for public housing that are being prepared for sale in areas with high housing need.Roland Postma, Author provided

The need for public housing is greater than ever before – Australia has a shortfall of at least 433,000 dwellings. Using public land for public housing...

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'Incel' violence is a form of extremism. It's time we treated it as a security threat

  • Written by: Sian Tomkinson, Media and Communication Scholar, University of Western Australia
'Incel' violence is a form of extremism. It's time we treated it as a security threatShutterstock

Last week, a 17-year-old boy in Toronto was charged with an act of terrorism in the alleged killing of a woman with a machete – the first time such a charge has been brought in a case involving “incel” ideology.

Also last week, a 20-year-old man who self-identified as an “incel” – short for “inv...

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A single mega-project exposes the Morrison government's gas plan as staggering folly

  • Written by: Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A single mega-project exposes the Morrison government's gas plan as staggering follyMick Tsikas/AAP

Every few years, the idea that gas will help Australia transition to a zero-emissions economy seems to re-emerge, as if no one had thought of it before. Federal energy minister Angus Taylor is the latest politician to jump on the gas bandwagon.

Taylor wants taxpayer money invested in fast-start gas projects to drive the post-pandemic...

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