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Politics podcast: Josh Frydenberg on climate change and the 2017 review

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

After ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change, the government is looking ahead to its 2017 review of climate change policy. Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg tells Michelle Grattan the government will have more to say about the review before Christmas.

“The key is to ensure we’re on track to meet our 2030 targets,...

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Business Briefing: Former chief World Bank economist on inequality and doing away with big money

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation

Doing away with big currency notes is a movement that is picking up all over the world, says Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics at Cornell University. While it may be a good idea in theory for tackling tax evasion and the black market in Australia, he says policymakers have to be cautious in implementing it.

Basu, a former economic adviser to...

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The great Australian plays: speaking ‘Orstyrlian’ in Rusty Bugles

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
image‘Molly? Molly? MOLLY?’ Tony Barry as Keghead in Rusty Bugles. ABC/National Film and Sound Archive

Rusty Bugles is a comedy-drama by Sumner Locke Elliot, one of the many talented writers to abandon Australia in the 1940s and 1950s in search of an artistic living overseas.

First produced by Sydney’s Independent Theatre in 1948 it...

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How Donald Trump won the 2016 meme wars

  • Written by: Rodney Taveira, Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney
imageUnlike Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump did not give a subculture a corporate, establishment sheen by appropriating it.EPA/Cesare Abbate

If news pundits had been paying closer attention to memes, they might have been less shocked by the result of the 2016 US presidential election. Election memes reflected the political narrative of Hillary...

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  1. Government response to Infrastructure Australia offers no grounds for optimism
  2. Turnbull government secures ABCC – but suffers sudden defeat on backpacker tax
  3. Full response from a spokesperson for Barnaby Joyce
  4. FactCheck: would backpackers be better off working in Australia than NZ, England or Canada?
  5. We should all beware a resurgent financial sector
  6. Latest Murray-Darling squabble sheds light on the plan's flaws
  7. Which sports are best for health and long life?
  8. Neither the ABC nor SBS have anything to fear from community forums
  9. What are the great Australian plays? Refining our theatre canon
  10. How 'Alfred' the whale lost its teeth to become a giant filter feeder
  11. Medicare logo case shows the urgent need to update Australia's IP laws
  12. Will the latest electricity review bring climate and energy policy together at last?
  13. As Australian shipping grows, how can we avoid collisions with marine animals?
  14. Women don't always get what they want from labiaplasty
  15. In a win for consumers, ACCC rules against the banks' actions against Apple Pay
  16. Turnbull's water gesture satisfies Xenophon
  17. ACCC rejects the banks colluding to bargain on Apple Pay
  18. Australian schools continue to fall behind other countries in maths and science
  19. New inquiry into conduct of George Brandis
  20. Paleopups and paleopussies: is a paleodiet for your pet a step too far?
  21. Ipsos: are the Greens really at 16%?
  22. From the Gold Coast to Geelong: how cities are shaping visions of their futures
  23. How tribal thinking has left us in a post-truth world
  24. What the government can learn from the backpacker tax debacle
  25. A woman in charge: Susan Kiefel to become chief justice of the High Court
  26. It's not just about Melbourne: why we need a national approach to 'thunderstorm asthma'
  27. Will a UK-style lottery system really take Australia back to its Olympic glory days?
  28. Seeing Ms Dhu: how photographs argue for human rights
  29. Changes for off-the-plan foreign buyers rely on a broken supply argument
  30. Scorsese's Silence and the Catholic connection to the atomic bomb
  31. Domestic violence also has an economic penalty – we need to tackle it
  32. How much coral has died in the Great Barrier Reef's worst bleaching event?
  33. 'It's your fault you got cancer': the blame game that doesn't help anyone
  34. Explainer: the good, the bad, and the ugly of algorithmic trading
  35. Aboriginal communities embrace technology, but they have unique cyber safety challenges
  36. Brandis and Turnbull stay mum on what the Attorney-General told the Solicitor-General
  37. How we built an Arduino-powered ping pong scoreboard
  38. Thanksgiving space dinners, threading Saturn’s rings and impossible warp drives
  39. FactCheck Q A: what are the facts on funding for domestic violence legal services in Australia?
  40. Full response from Nakkiah Lui
  41. Cooling-off periods for consumers don't work: study
  42. No politician can singlehandedly bring back coal – not even Donald Trump
  43. Why coal-fired power stations need to shut on health grounds
  44. Health Check: why men wake up with erections
  45. Islamic religious texts must be read in context to understand blasphemy
  46. Comments on mobile
  47. A licence to print: how real is the risk posed by 3D printed guns?
  48. Backpacker tax deal finally – at One Nation's 15% rate
  49. Australia is discriminating against investors and we're the poorer for it
  50. New laws are not necessarily the answer to counter the real threat pornography poses

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How Telematics Helps Australian Companies Improve Productivity

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Inside the Icon: The BridgeMuseum Officially Opens at the Sydney Harbour Bridge

A bold new way to experience one of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks has arrived, with BridgeClimb Sydney officially opening the all-new BridgeMuseum.  Located inside the Sydney Harbour Bridge...

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Is Your Brand Showing Up in AI Search? Most Melbourne Brands Aren't.

The New Front Door Nobody Told You About Something changed. Quietly. Without a press release. The way buyers find businesses in Australia has been rewired. Not replaced, rewired. Google isn't dead...

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Modern cities and growing communities rely heavily on effective traffic management to ensure safety...

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Australian cities have always been demanding. Long commutes, rising housing costs, busy schedules a...

What Actually Makes a Good Criminal Lawyer in Melbourne

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Why Working With A Chatswood Tutor Can Improve Academic Performance

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Is It Worth Getting Solar Panels in Melbourne?

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