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Cabinet papers 1994-95: Keating's climate policy grapples sound eerily familiar

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

A highly publicised international deal on climate change is two years old. Australia’s federal government, under pressure from environmentalists and with a new prime minister at the helm, signs up and quickly ratifies it. However, its emissions reductions actions don’t work, and the government faces a dilemma: strengthen the measures...

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Trust Me, I'm an Expert: Risk

  • Written by: Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment

Ah, the new year. A time for throwing off your shackles, following your bliss, quitting your job and abandoning your family to finally start the artisinal yak-butter-sculpture studio of your dreams.

But big choices come with big risks. In this episode of Trust Me, I’m an Expert, Hassan Vally, an expert in epidemiology from La Trobe...

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Cabinet papers 1994-95: The Keating government begins to craft its legacy

  • Written by: Nicholas Brown, Professor in History, Australian National University
imagePaul Keating drove a policy agenda that had been rallied after the 1993 victory.AAP/NAA

If Labor was surprised by its re-election in March 1993 – the “sweetest victory of them all”, as Paul Keating claimed – there was, for months before the 1996 election was called, much less confidence in government ranks that it could hang...

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Cabinet papers 1994-95: How the republic was doomed without a directly elected president

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
imageQueen Elizabeth signs the visitors' book at Parliament House, while Prime Minister Paul Keating and Parliament House officials look on in February 1992.National Archives of Australia

Not long after defeat in the 1999 referendum, Malcolm Turnbull, a leading republican who had chaired the Republic Advisory Committee (RAC) appointed by Paul Keating,...

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  2. Stay on the couch or go for a run? There's an app that can calculate the bigger risk
  3. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018
  4. Who was Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings?
  5. China's economic power is actually a lot smaller than you think
  6. 2017: the year in extreme weather
  7. Funding reform for schools and higher education dominated much of the conversation in 2017
  8. AI is learning from our encounters with nature - and that's a concern
  9. Romper Stomper reboot is a compelling investigation into Australia's extremist politics
  10. Your party, our home: the challenges of growing up in a tourist destination
  11. Is mixing drinks actually bad?
  12. You might be Christmassed out, but these Australian birds are festive all year
  13. Why do people with East Asian heritage get flushed after drinking alcohol?
  14. How good draft choices can make or break AFL teams
  15. Before we colonise Mars, let's look to our problems on Earth
  16. How our arts critics saw 2017
  17. Citizenship scandals, same-sex marriage and foreign interference dominate the messy politics of 2017
  18. Don't let your pet accidentally get drunk this silly season (sorry Tiddles)
  19. Far from being in crisis, 2017 was a great year for Australian musical theatre
  20. That time when science came with me on a tropical holiday
  21. Supersized cities: residents band together to push back against speculative development pressures
  22. The key to a vibrant democracy may well lie in your workplace
  23. What data tells us about the best cricket players
  24. Why getting enough sleep should be on your list of New Year's resolutions
  25. How are we doing on early childhood education and care? Good, but there's more to do
  26. QUIZ: do you remember the big health stories of 2017?
  27. Video explainer: Batting expertise and decision-making in cricket
  28. The US election hack, fake news, data theft: the cyber security lessons from 2017
  29. How and why economics is taking over sports
  30. I won't be alone at Christmas, I have a dog
  31. 2017 in film: a return to form for the Hollywood blockbuster
  32. The off-topic Conversation #145
  33. Can you tell fact from fiction? Take The Conversation 2017 FactCheck quiz to find out
  34. Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, 'a really disturbing year'
  35. How urban design can help protect pedestrians from vehicle attacks in the city
  36. Walking mightn't be good for you if it's through Australia's polluted city streets
  37. Like it or loathe it, here's why Apple doesn't need a planning permit for its Fed Square store
  38. This Christmas, give yourself permission to enjoy pudding
  39. Why we need to rethink supplementary examinations
  40. Friday essay: dreaming of a 'white Christmas' on the Aboriginal missions
  41. What history really tells us about Jesus' birth
  42. Dear robot Santa...
  43. It's going to be a long summer's day today, seriously
  44. What happens to endometriosis when you're on the pill?
  45. Experts say these two things are the secret to living a longer life
  46. Humbug, tinsel and gravy: in search of the perfect Christmas pop song
  47. We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening
  48. Why we shouldn't be so quick to demonise bats
  49. Doom and gloom? Here are the environment stories that cheered us up in 2017
  50. Here's what bike-sharing programs need to succeed

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