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Shorten's plan to triple anti-dumping penalties misunderstands the law

  • Written by: Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Initiative, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
Shorten's plan to triple anti-dumping penalties misunderstands the law

Bill Shorten’s proposal to triple anti-dumping penalties demonstrates a misunderstanding of dumping and its impact on the economy. It also misunderstands when anti-dumping measures may be lawfully applied and to what extent.

Shorten’s proposal is purportedly to prevent Australia from becoming a “dumping ground for cheap foreign...

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Why does some tap water taste weird?

  • Written by: Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
Why does some tap water taste weird?Which council has Australia's best-tasting water?Arthur Chapman/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Every year Australia’s councils contest the academy awards of the water industry: the Best Tasting Tap Water in Australia. Entrants compete on clarity and colour as well as taste and odour.

This week the NSW/ACT representative will be selected to go on to compete...

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In The Magpie, Monet found all the colour in a snowy day

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
In The Magpie, Monet found all the colour in a snowy dayClaude Monet, France, 1840-1926, La pie (The magpie), 1868-1869, oil on canvas, 121.4 x 164.1 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris, France, ©photo Musée d'Orsay / rmn

In our Here’s looking at series our experts explain prominent works of art.


It was December 1868 when Claude Monet walked out into the countryside with his painting...

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  2. Banning MPs from private messaging apps is a simplistic response to a complex problem
  3. Can the Liberal Party hold its 'broad church' of liberals and conservatives together?
  4. A brief history of fake doctors, and how they get away with it
  5. South Australia's trial of England's year one phonics check shows why we need it
  6. Our survey found 'questionable research practices' by ecologists and biologists – here's what that means
  7. Commonwealth Games have better integrated para-sports, but society needs to catch up
  8. England expects 40% of new housing developments will be affordable, why can't Australia?
  9. Fifteen years after looting, thousands of artefacts are still missing from Iraq's national museum
  10. A new wave of rock removal could spell disaster for farmland wildlife
  11. Sensors in public spaces can help create cities that are both smart and sociable
  12. An ugly set of numbers triggers havoc in the Turnbull government
  13. Thinking about getting your child the flu vaccine? Here's what you need to know
  14. AGL's plan to replace Liddell is cheaper and cleaner than keeping it open
  15. When taxpayers do wrong, they cop penalties but erring tax officers do not
  16. a new podcast tackling tricky questions from inquisitive young minds
  17. Will sorting classrooms by ability improve marks? It depends on the mix
  18. Aftershocks hit Papua New Guinea as it recovers from a remote major earthquake
  19. After 30 Newspoll losses, Turnbull is down, but certainly not out
  20. I'm not signing up to become a space tourist just yet...
  21. A sexist policy may end the career of one of the Commonwealth's greatest female runners
  22. Why mandatory retirement ages should be a thing of the past
  23. Tim Winton's answer to toxic masculinity: god?
  24. Why Australia imports so many veggie seeds (and do we really need to treat them with fungicides?)
  25. Why don't dogs live as long as humans?
  26. Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make
  27. We need evidence-based law reform to reduce rates of Indigenous incarceration
  28. Menopausal mood swings can signal more serious mental illness
  29. Government loses 30th consecutive Newspoll, despite slight improvement
  30. New data tool scores Australia and other countries on their human rights performance
  31. Labor maintains its lead as voters reject company tax cuts; wins on redrawn boundaries
  32. Michelle Grattan on how the Coalition might respond to the upcoming 30th Newspoll
  33. What is pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) and why are AFL players using it?
  34. The Nationals should support carbon farming, not coal
  35. How to stop haemorrhaging data on Facebook
  36. Universities should take stronger leadership on knowledge and how it matters
  37. Move over Canada and EU, Australia is best placed to benefit in the US-China trade tug-of-war
  38. on the trail of the London thylacines
  39. Why Australia should be wary of the rise of the warrior cop, with tools to match
  40. blending science with science fiction
  41. Cancer costs Australia nearly $2 billion per year in lost labour
  42. Solar PV and wind are on track to replace all coal, oil and gas within two decades
  43. Building for the community is a win for the Gold Coast Games
  44. Australia's stubborn growth problems are moving at a geologic pace
  45. Coal fires Tony Abbott's pre-Newspoll play
  46. The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
  47. 'Super gonorrhoea' raises the stakes in the war against superbugs
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