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As a coastal defence, the Great Barrier Reef’s value to communities goes way beyond tourism

  • Written by: Mark Gibbs, Director, Knowledge to Innovation; Chair, Green Cross Australia, Queensland University of Technology
imageParts of the Great Barrier Reef's outer reefs can form a natural barrier to coastal recession, thus protecting urban centres.AAP

Rising sea levels are widely recognised as a threat to coastal communities worldwide. In Australia, the Climate Council estimates that at least A$226 billion of assets and infrastructure will be exposed to inundation if...

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The Wonderful Weirdness of 'You're Not Alone'

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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I’ve lived in the CBD long enough to be disinclined to accept the hands of strangers: such nonsense can only ever lead to a backpacker telling me about Greenpeace. My version of hell.

Nonetheless, I let the ginger-haired guy take my hand briefly: apparently he (Kim Noble) was going to personally greet everyone who entered the theatre.

I...

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Grattan on Friday: Marriage on the rocks in divided Liberal Party

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMalcolm Turnbull has called a special Liberal party meeting for Monday afternoon.Richard Wainwright/AAP

Within the week, they’ve become the Famous Five. Four gay men and a colourful, tough-talking straight guy from north Queensland who for years has held aloft the rainbow banner.

Their cause is same-sex marriage, their modus operandi the crash...

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Turnbull to tell power companies: do better by customers

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMalcolm Turnbull has written a letter to major power companies calling for relief on electricity and gas prices.Paul Miller/AAP

Malcolm Turnbull has summoned the chiefs of major power companies to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss how customers can be given some relief on electricity prices through better deals.

Turnbull says many households and...

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  1. Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady on same-sex marriage showdown
  2. Australia has ignored black viewpoints before – why would a constitutional 'voice' be any different?
  3. ABC News' long-form journalism pays off on Twitter
  4. Weekly Dose: methylprednisolone, a drug for treating inflammation but not rare kidney disease
  5. Diana revived the monarchy – and airing old tapes won't change a thing
  6. Stigma and stereotypes about sex work hinder regulatory reform
  7. To empower students with effective writing skills, handwriting matters
  8. The off-topic Conversation #131
  9. Human embryo CRISPR advances science but let's focus on ethics, not world firsts
  10. Australia’s city/country divide is not as wide as you may think
  11. Sex work and the law – it's complicated
  12. Guide to the classics: Homer's Iliad
  13. Dr G. Yunupingu's legacy: it's time to get rid of chronic hepatitis B in Indigenous Australia
  14. After the streaming 'gold rush' – a guide to China's video crackdown
  15. Fair winds and following seas: yes, a spider could migrate across an ocean
  16. Class divide defies social mixing and keeps public housing stigma alive
  17. 'Tax returns for water': satellite-audited statements can save the Murray-Darling
  18. Solar is now the most popular form of new electricity generation worldwide
  19. Australia needs dozens more scientists to monitor climate properly, report says
  20. Entsch warns against 'ambush' meeting on marriage, amid speculation about postal ballot
  21. Lack of internet affordability may worsen Australia’s digital divide: new report
  22. Weekly Dose: anaesthetic and recreational drug ketamine could be used to treat depression
  23. UK crackdown on gender stereotypes in advertising shows up Australia's low bar
  24. Here's why it's so hard to say whether inequality is going up or down
  25. Bitcoin splits and Bitcoin Cash is created. Explaining why and what happens now
  26. More than 'slacktivism': we dismiss the power of politics online at our peril
  27. Home ownership falling, debts rising – it's looking grim for the under 40s
  28. Men still prefer mothers to stay at home: 12 charts on attitudes to work and family
  29. Australians want more children than they have, so are we in the midst of a demographic crisis?
  30. Pokies, sport and racing harm 41% of monthly gamblers: survey
  31. Curious Kids: What's going to happen to the Sun in the future? Will it explode?
  32. Affordable housing shortfall leaves 1.3m households in need and rising – study
  33. NAPLAN is ten years old – so how is the nation faring?
  34. The Method gone bananas? How motion capture actors are embracing their inner ape
  35. 'Just do the weather': does it matter if TV weather presenters aren't experts?
  36. So many in the West are depressed because they're expected not to be
  37. Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
  38. Trump's Obamacare repeal attempt fails in US Senate
  39. Like a TARDIS in your head, memory helps you travel through time
  40. Workers are actually feeling less insecure in their jobs
  41. Security gets $1.2b, community programs to counter violent extremism $40m – that's a foolish imbalance
  42. The good news and bad news about the rare birds of Papua New Guinea
  43. Bottleshops affect people's health, so our laws need to reflect that
  44. Universities unveil plan to reduce sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus
  45. Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100
  46. A full ban on political donations would level the playing field – but is it the best approach?
  47. Why are there so few women screen composers?
  48. Universities have a problem with sexual assault and harassment: here's how to fix it
  49. Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it
  50. Three charts on: who is the typical investor in the Australian property market?

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