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Shorten promises $1 billion fund to finance manufacturing enterprises

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

Bill Shorten is promising that a Labor government would set up a A$1 billion fund to assist “advanced manufacturing”.

Modelled on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which was established by Labor, the Australian Manufacturing Future Fund “will support innovative Australian manufacturing firms who want to grow their...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government reneging on a clean energy target

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

Michelle Grattan and The University of Canberra’s acting vice-chancellor, Frances Shannon, discuss the week in Australian politics. They explore Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg’s suggestion that the government is walking away from a clean energy target, the response to Tony Abbott’s provocative climate-change speech in London,...

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#LstTxt Tstmnt: an unsent text message can count as a will, in the right circumstances

  • Written by Brendan Gogarty, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
imageAn unsent text message can be a will, an Australian court has decided.Dragon Images/Shutterstock

The unsent text message read:

“Dave Nic you and Jack keep all that I have house and superannuation, put my ashes in the back garden with Trish Julie will take her stuff only she’s ok gone back to her ex AGAIN I’m beaten . A bit of cash...

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Research suggests Tony Abbott's climate views are welcome in the Hunter Valley

  • Written by Vanessa Bowden, Associate Lecture in Social Enquiry, University of Newcastle
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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott this week drew renewed attention to himself with a speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based climate sceptic group, in which he voiced a range of doubts about climate science and policy, and claimed that climate change is “probably doing good”.

The comments might come as no...

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  3. What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
  4. Satellites are giving us a commanding view of Earth's carbon cycle
  5. A matter of trust: the checks and balances schools must have to ensure fair funding for disability
  6. Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes
  7. Friday essay: the cultural meanings of wild horses
  8. Three areas to reform federal-state financial relations
  9. Vital Signs: the spooky mortgage risk signs our bankers are ignoring
  10. How the Liberals can fix their gender problem
  11. Don't ignore the mobility scooter. It may just be the future of transport
  12. My child has glue ear – what do I do?
  13. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull close to finalising energy package but can he sell it?
  14. This is what our cities need to do to be truly liveable for all
  15. Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table
  16. Looking into their computer-generated eyes: dating in virtual reality
  17. Black Lives Matter is a revolutionary peace movement
  18. I've always wondered: why your nose runs when it's cold
  19. Video explainer: at China's 19th National Party Congress, Xi's vision and legacy are at stake
  20. Weighing up lab-grown steak: the problems with eating meat are not Silicon Valley's to solve
  21. Health Check: does drinking alcohol kill the germs it comes into contact with?
  22. Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia
  23. Australia's species need an independent champion
  24. Eight simple changes to our neighbourhoods can help us age well
  25. Three charts on: disability discrimination in the workplace
  26. New research reveals the origin of Australia’s extinct flightless giants, the mihirung birds
  27. Playboy, Brooke Shields and the fetishisation of young girls
  28. How will Amazon navigate Australia's taxation system?
  29. What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that's a problem
  30. Explainer: how do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?
  31. Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?
  32. Oversimplifying gun control issues can pose a real threat to community safety
  33. Curious Kids: Do astronauts get space sick when they travel from Earth to the International Space Station?
  34. Money can't buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree
  35. Some states do better than others on affordable housing – we can learn from the successes
  36. Australian consumer law is failing beer drinkers
  37. Government's energy plan still under wraps while Abbott shouts his from afar
  38. Marriage ballot participation rate passes Irish referendum
  39. The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos
  40. The Great Barrier Reef can repair itself, with a little help from science
  41. Despite the charged atmosphere, Frydenberg and Finkel have the same goal for electricity
  42. Dove, real beauty and the racist history of skin whitening
  43. As China prepares for its Communist Party Congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?
  44. Blade Runner's problem with women remains unsolved in its sequel
  45. Slashing penalty rates: a misguided response to problems of the past
  46. Grandparents must be included in decisions about children in out-of-home care
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