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Government set to win Senate support for media deregulation

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageThe government on Wednesday finally clinched a deal with the crossbench Nick Xenophon Team.Mick Tsikas/AAP

The federal government is set on Thursday to secure Senate support for a major deregulation of Australia’s media rules, clearing the way for a sweeping shake-up of the industry.

It will be the biggest overhaul since Paul Keating’s...

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More coal doesn’t equal more peak power

  • Written by: Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
imageLake Liddell with power stations. Wikimedia commons

The proposed closure date for Liddell, AGL’s ancient and unreliable coal power station, is five years and probably two elections away. While AGL has asked for 90 days to come up with a plan to deliver equivalent power into the market, state and local governments, businesses and households...

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So you bought the new iPhone? Here are your rights if it breaks

  • Written by: Jeannie Marie Paterson, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

While there is a lot of hype around the launch of Apple’s new all-glass iPhone X, the attention of consumer lawyers is probably focused in a different direction.

In April, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that Apple had contravened consumer law by wrongly representing to customers they were not entitled to...

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The secrets of Titan: Cassini searched for the building blocks of life on Saturn's largest moon

  • Written by: Courtney Ennis, Research Fellow, La Trobe University
imageCassini captures Saturn's largest moon, Titan.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

Lakes and seas of liquid methane, rain from hydrocarbon clouds, and evidence of poisonous hydrogen cyanide in the atmosphere of Titan were just some of the discoveries the Cassini probe made of Saturns’s largest moon.

The space probe has now made its final pass of Titan as it...

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  3. Health Check: is margarine actually better for me than butter?
  4. A bloody decade of the iPhone
  5. Income inequality ticks down as the rich see their incomes fall: ABS
  6. Talking about suicide and self-harm in schools can save lives
  7. Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients? It depends on the result we're after
  8. Marriage vote: how advocacy ads exploit our emotions in divisive debates
  9. How Antarctic ice melt can be a tipping point for the whole planet's climate
  10. Sydney's Cloud Arch critics and our mean-spirited approach to public art
  11. Curious Kids: Why it is that the things close to the train windows zoom by really fast, but things further away seem to go by much slower?
  12. Ancient volcanic eruptions disrupted Earth's thermostat, creating a 'Snowball' planet
  13. Google architecture and what do you see? And what's a building without people?
  14. Despite the leaks, Apple's new products will still excite its fans
  15. Anti-vilification legislation for marriage ballot to pass this week
  16. Treating AGL with public contempt seems hardly the way to get the best outcome
  17. Ipsos 53-47 to Labor, but Shorten's ratings slump; Qld Newspoll 53-47 to Labor
  18. Can a federal court case against pokies succeed where politics has failed?
  19. Politics podcast: Mark Butler on energy uncertainty
  20. How the sky can help make air conditioners at least 20% more efficient
  21. Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out of Myanmar
  22. Protecting children from abuse in organisations needs leadership and cultural change
  23. Health Check: should I replace sugar with artificial sweeteners?
  24. Australia's 'big heart'? Hypocrisy exposed in tale of multicultural adoption
  25. The smart home could worsen domestic abuse. But the same technology may also make us safer
  26. Drones help scientists check the health of Antarctic mosses, revealing climate change clues
  27. Irma and Harvey: very different storms, but both affected by climate change
  28. Australian teens doing well, but some still at high risk of suicide and self-harm
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  30. Essays on health: Australia is failing new parents with conflicting advice - it's urgent we get it right
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  34. For Australian students, academic potential still outweighs social circumstances
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  36. AGL board to consider Liddell extension or sale – but company pushes alternative plan
  37. We need to close legal loopholes to ensure everyone is safe when going under anaesthesia
  38. Fake news and god's wrath: extreme hurricane politics in the US
  39. New autism diagnosis guidelines miss the mark on how best to help children with developmental problems
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  42. Explorers probe hidden continent of Zealandia
  43. Violent politics and the disintegration of democracy in Cambodia
  44. Beyond cats and Kardashians: can journalism satisfy audiences without dumbing down?
  45. Drones and wildlife – working to co-exist
  46. World must act to end the violence against Rohingya in Myanmar
  47. Curious Kids: Do bees ever accidentally sting other bees?
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