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Our gas market hits the red zone , as predicted

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

“Flabbergas” in Beijing

The Sichuan basin is one of China’s premier shale gas plays, and when it comes to developing Chinese resources, state-owned enterprises like Sinopec have the inside running.

I met with Sinopec geologists earlier this week in Beijing to discuss collaborations and asked how their Sichuan Basin gas plays...

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Vale Bill Leak: a satirist who played hard and took no prisoners

  • Written by: Robert Phiddian, Deputy Dean, School of Humanities, Flinders University
imageA picture of Bill Leak supplied by The Australian on Friday, after news of his death.AAP Image/NewsCorp, The Australian

If you ever found a Bill Leak cartoon mildly amusing, you should take a good, hard look at yourself. Bill’s gauge for emotional volume only needed to be calibrated between 9 and 11 (out of 10). Love the cartoons, or hate...

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Banning foreign political donations won't fix all that ails our system

  • Written by: Yee-Fui Ng, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
imageMalcolm Turnbull has foreshadowed changes to Australia's foreign donations laws. AAP/Mick Tsikas

A federal parliamentary committee has today recommended foreign citizens and entities be banned from making political donations. Such a ban will not apply to dual Australian citizens in Australia or overseas, or to permanent residents.

The report also...

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