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South Australia makes a fresh power play in its bid to end the blackouts

  • Written by: Hugh Saddler, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University

South Australia’s government has unveiled its keenly anticipated new energy plan, with the aim of making itself more self-sufficient.

Against the backdrop of repeated crises such as the blackouts of last month and September last year, and a dramatic offer from Tesla founder Elon Musk to fix the state’s energy security problems, the new...

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South Australia's energy plan gives national regulators another headache

  • Written by: Jeffrey Sommerfeld, Doctorate and Researcher in Energy Policy, Queensland University of Technology

The keenly awaited new energy policy unveiled today by South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill features a range of headline-grabbing items, such as a plan to spend A$150 million on a 100-megawatt battery storage facility to help stave off the danger of future blackouts.

On page 7 of the policy document, Weatherill explains part of his underlying...

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Educational disadvantage is a huge problem in Australia – we can't just carry on the same

  • Written by: Laura Perry, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Murdoch University
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The latest reports from two major international assessments of student learning – PISA and TIMSS - show that educational disadvantage is a substantial problem in Australia.

Educational disadvantage is a reality faced by many Indigenous students,...

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Science curriculum needs to do more to engage primary school students

  • Written by: Russell Tytler, Professor of science education, Deakin University
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A new report around science literacy in primary school shows that while most students appear to be interested in learning new things in science – which includes learning about science and doing science-based activities – many students do not relate science to...

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  1. Business Briefing: how the attitudes of the next generation are changing the property market
  2. Should wealthy private schools and hospitals have charity status in Australia?
  3. Explainer: why are donations to some charities tax-deductible?
  4. Brutalism, a campus love story – or how I learned to love concrete
  5. Weekly Dose: ayahuasca, a cautionary tale for tourists eager to try this shamanic brew
  6. From disaster planning to conservation: mobile phones as a new tracking tool
  7. Turnbull to gas industry: give the local market more supply
  8. Banning unvaccinated kids from child care may have unforeseen consequences
  9. Does gluten prevent type 2 diabetes? Probably not
  10. Explainer: how the Australian dollar affects the results of companies
  11. Contested spaces: living next door to Alice (and Anh and Abdullah)
  12. Can we trust Big Tobacco to promote public health?
  13. How to cut Australia's $48 billion crime bill
  14. The off-topic Conversation #118
  15. Why the free market hasn't slashed power prices (and what to do about it)
  16. Extreme weather likely behind worst recorded mangrove dieback in northern Australia
  17. There's cause for celebration and concern in how Australians are giving to charity
  18. Infographic: a snapshot of charities and giving in Australia
  19. Parents shouldn't rely on My School data when choosing a school for their child
  20. The future of online advertising is big data and algorithms
  21. Seven things to keep in mind if you're going to March for Science
  22. Extinction or survival: how storytellers explore the ethics of colonising other planets
  23. Prisoners are excluded from the NDIS – here's why it matters
  24. Gas crisis? Or glut? Why Japan pays less for Australian LNG than Australians do
  25. Julie Bishop sends sharp message to China about democracy
  26. The Cherry Blossom Uprising: Monitory Democracy in Korea
  27. New skulls from China have scientists and the media in a muddle
  28. Women troll on dating apps just as often as men
  29. Contested spaces: 'virtuous drivers, malicious cyclists' mindset gets us nowhere
  30. Why we're wasting money on medical tests and how behavioural insights can help
  31. One Nation's preference deal in the WA election comes back to bite it
  32. Dr Google probably isn't the worst place to get your health advice
  33. A murky cauldron – modern witchcraft and the spell on Trump
  34. How Facebook and Google changed the advertising game
  35. The decoupling delusion: rethinking growth and sustainability
  36. Turnbull's refusal to rule out preferencing Hanson raises questions about the 'real Malcolm'
  37. The Conversation's FactCheck granted accreditation by International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter
  38. Labor wins WA in a landslide as One Nation fails to land a blow
  39. Labor romps to landslide win in WA election
  40. Labor very likely to win WA election as One Nation slumps
  41. Our gas market hits the red zone , as predicted
  42. Vale Bill Leak: a satirist who played hard and took no prisoners
  43. Banning foreign political donations won't fix all that ails our system
  44. Companies should stick to the standards to avoid misleading investors
  45. New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election
  47. Goodbye glamour-puss and rugged hero: smokers lose brand identity with plain cigarette packaging
  48. So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
  49. Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
  50. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?

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