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Open season for our notion-building pollies

  • Written by: Mike Sandiford, Chair of Geology & Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne

Since the Finkel review was announced it has been open season for notion building in the energy space. While Malcolm has been spruiking Snowy 2.zero pumped hydro, Craig has been promising death by renewables, quite literally. Josh seems to be for just about everything, besides Labor state governments of course, and reckons we are on track to meet...

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Everyday makers defy populists' false promise to embody 'your voice'

  • Written by: Henrik Bang, Professor of Governance, University of Canberra
imagePopulism celebrates laypeople without offering them any real autonomy or integrity.Geoff Livingston/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies...

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Three ways to help your teenage kids develop a healthier relationship with alcohol

  • Written by: Jacqueline Bowden, PhD candidate, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide and Manager, Population Health Research, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
imageParents play an important role in when their teenage children start drinking and their drinking patterns as they grow.from www.shutterstock.com

Lauren, a 15 year old school student, goes to a party at a friend’s house where the parents have supplied alcohol. She drinks too much and vomits in the car on the way home.

While this type of story...

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Refuge in a harsh landscape – Australian novels and our changing relationship to the bush

  • Written by: Margaret Hickey, Lecturer in Academic Communication, La Trobe University
imageSummer afternoon, Templestowe by Louis Buvelot, 1866. The bush was commonly seen by 19th-century writers as a place of despair.Wikimedia Commons

In 1790, Watkin Tench, the first officer with the First Fleet and a member of the fledgling British colony, stood on what we now know to be “The Heads” of Sydney, hungry and pining for news of...

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  3. The four-year treasure hunt for the hoodwinker sunfish
  4. Australia’s new ‘Home Office’ is a worry for immigration policy
  5. Australian coworking spaces cater to a more diverse crowd than just young tech entrepreneurs
  6. When it comes to kids and social media, it's not all bad news
  7. Farming the suburbs – why can’t we grow food wherever we want?
  8. Explainer: 'solarpunk', or how to be an optimistic radical
  9. Latest research shows surgery for early stage prostate cancer doesn't save lives
  10. Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years
  11. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
  12. Shame! The 'technical glitches' that hit Game of Thrones could limit other popular live-streamed events
  13. Tunnel exhaust stacks: don’t dare harm our kids … but expose workers
  14. To the Bone: creating eating disorder awareness or doing harm?
  15. Robot sculpture, coming to a gallery near you
  16. Greens resignations show a need to change dual citizenship requirements
  17. Two new books show there's still no goodbye to messy climate politics
  18. The new Department of Home Affairs is unnecessary and seems to be more about politics than reform
  19. Where the boundaries lie in workplace relationships
  20. How history can challenge the narrative of blame for homelessness
  21. My time as a 'scary girl' with Doctor Who
  22. How we think about our past experiences affects how we can help others
  23. In the absence of national leadership, cities are driving climate policy
  24. Curious Kids: what started the Big Bang?
  25. Peter Dutton has his prize – now to see how he handles it
  26. Two Greens Senators resign from Senate. Obamacare repeal attempt likely to fail
  27. Greens senator Larissa Waters forced out of parliament
  28. Caution needed as the government expands the military's role in counter-terrorism
  29. Just one small step for Australia's space industry when a giant leap is needed
  30. Peter Dutton becomes national security ministerial tsar in portfolio shake-up
  31. The strange links between intelligence and prejudice
  32. New Home Affairs department should prompt review of Australia's human rights performance
  33. Speaking with: Dr Mark Blaskovich on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threat of superbugs
  34. Response to Referendum Council report suggests a narrow path forward on Indigenous constitutional reform
  35. Mexico: The Cactus Democracy
  36. Counter-terrorism measures permanently reduce international trade: new study
  37. Gender makes a world of difference for safety on public transport
  38. Strapped, packed and taking the stage: Australia's new drag kings
  39. Mosul is taken back, but Islamic State is not finished yet
  40. How common are superbugs in Australia, and what do we do when the antibiotics don't work?
  41. Low-energy homes don't just save money, they improve lives
  42. A brief history of GnuPG: vital to online security but free and underfunded
  43. Greens should press Jordon Steele-John to stay in Senate seat he is set to get
  44. The future of artificial intelligence: two experts disagree
  45. Finally, the first female Doctor Who
  46. Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart
  47. We need more than just laws to ensure responsible alcohol service
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