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Around the world, environmental laws are under attack in all sorts of ways

  • Written by: Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
imageIn Montana and Idaho, endangered gray wolves are no longer safe outside national parks.Ronnie Howard/Shutterstock.com

As President Donald Trump mulls over whether to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, it is hard to imagine that he’s listening to the experts. US climate researchers are being so stifled, ignored or blackballed that France...

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Turnbull should deliver Gonski schools plan faster: Grattan Institute

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageThe government’s national school funding plan passed the House of Representatives on Monday.Dan Peled/AAP

The Grattan Institute has recommended the delivery of the government’s proposed schools plan be accelerated, and a new body established to keep funding at arm’s length from politics.

These are among changes urged in a...

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Improving Australia’s health requires better use of patient information

  • Written by: Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
imageAustralia's policies on preventing heart disease are based on outdated research from the US.from shutterstock.com

Fifty years after we passed a constitutional referendum to count Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Census, data limitations mean they are still not counted in many health statistics.

Take a recent report...

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  1. Australia's videogames are inventive, acclaimed and world-class, so where's the government support?
  2. Fifty years on from the 1967 referendum, it's time to tell the truth about race
  3. Why the seemingly tidy, leaked proposal for hospital funding may be a problem policy
  4. Confused about changes to school funding? Here's what you need to know
  5. The government will likely get more from the bank levy than Labor or the big four think
  6. Should we negotiate with terrorist hostage takers?
  7. The truth about the Amazons - the real Wonder Women
  8. How old is too old for cholesterol lowering medications?
  9. Why Gold Coast light rail was worth it (it's about more than patronage)
  10. Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth's 'wiggle'
  11. Apple working on AI chip for mobile devices bringing them a new level of intelligence
  12. Why the KPIs on university engagement need more thought
  13. Women rely on the family home to support them in old age
  14. There's something queer about Tumblr
  15. Who tilts at windmills? Explaining hostility to renewables
  16. Not dead yet: how MP3 changed the way we listen to music
  17. Sustainable shopping: for eco-friendly jeans, stop washing them so often
  18. Explainer: the rise of naked tourism
  19. Kids' vitamin gummies: unhealthy, poorly regulated and exploitative
  20. The off-topic Conversation #124
  21. Many older people in care die prematurely, and not from natural causes
  22. 'Liveable' Sydney has clear winners and losers
  23. The Manuka honey fight is one we have to have
  24. Manchester and the media: what coverage of the terrorist attack tells us about ourselves
  25. People with creative personalities really do see the world differently
  26. Why you're almost certainly wasting time rinsing your recycling
  27. Uluru call for constitutional First Nations Voice presents new challenge for Referendum Council
  28. The ABC is not siphoning audiences from Fairfax
  29. Faith, dance, and truth: the art of 2017 Red Ochre award-winner Ken Thaiday Snr
  30. Listening to the heart: what now for Indigenous recognition after the Uluru summit?
  31. Value(s) of Australian sport: the National Sports Plan
  32. Labour surges into contention for UK general election
  33. The NHMRC program grant overhaul: will it change the medical research landscape in Australia?
  34. Scientists are accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction
  35. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the fate of budget measures in the Senate
  36. Codswallop: how to stop boxing deaths and brain injury with a simple rule
  37. Call for mandatory screening to cut the risk of malnutrition in older people
  38. No problem too big #1: Artificial intelligence and killer robots
  39. Bogan in the eye of the beholder: the curious case of Rebel Wilson
  40. Defying Empire: the legacy of 1967
  41. Why is Australian 15-year-olds' financial literacy declining?
  42. Fat nation: the rise and fall of obesity on the political agenda
  43. ‘Right wrongs, write Yes’: what was the 1967 referendum all about?
  44. Vital Signs: Trump's innumerate budget makes Australia's look plausible
  45. Pregnant rays and babies pay a price after 'catch and release' from fishing trawlers
  46. Friday essay: desecration and romanticisation - the real curse of mummies
  47. The plan to protect wildlife displaced by the Hume Highway has failed
  48. Green space – how much is enough, and what's the best way to deliver it?
  49. Grattan on Friday: Pauline Hanson's strategist James Ashby can be a risky guy to have around
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