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Tax and dividend: how conservatives can grow to love carbon pricing

  • Written by: Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

In some political circles, hostility to climate policy has become a way of showing off one’s conservative credentials. But a suggestion for pricing carbon, grounded in classic conservative principles, has now emerged in the United States.

It has come not from the populist Trump administration, but from an eminent group of Republicans with...

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What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
imageYou're far more likely to drown in the water than get killed by a shark, so why are we more afraid of the latter?from www.shutterstock.com.au

It’s always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia? How concerned about this are you as you go...

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Why algorithms won't necessarily lead to utopian workplaces

  • Written by: Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
imageThere are reasons to believe the promise of people analytics may not live up to the hype.shutterstock

Using computer algorithms to make decisions about employees might seem like an objective management strategy, but it could actually give an inaccurate picture of productivity and compromise employees’ rights in the process.

Many businesses are...

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Government losing the argument on energy, according to poll

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A series of questions by Essential on energy policy has found the Turnbull government is so far failing to persuade people of either its performance or its arguments on energy security.

More than seven in ten (71%) said the government was not doing enough to ensure “affordable, reliable and clean energy” for households and businesses....

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  1. Trump and the cycle of dehumanisation
  2. How we kept disease-spreading Asian Tiger mozzies away from the Australian mainland
  3. Trainspotting on stage brings a disturbing reality vividly to life
  4. Mount Isa contamination 'within guidelines' but residents told to clean their homes
  5. There are some difficult questions to ask Netanyahu, but boycotting his visit won't answer them
  6. APRA fiddles on bank risk while Rome burns
  7. Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff
  8. Labor's climate policy could remove the need for renewable energy targets
  9. Bystanders often don't intervene in sexual harassment – but should they?
  10. PewDiePie, new media stars and the court of public opinion
  11. WestConnex audit offers another $17b lesson in how not to fund infrastructure
  12. Morrison's tanty over bankers hiring Anna Bligh was arrogant and absurd
  13. Australia's march towards corporatocracy
  14. The anatomy of an energy crisis – a pictorial guide, Part 2
  15. Explainer: trickle-down economics
  16. FactCheck Q A: was it four degrees hotter 110,000 years ago?
  17. Response from a spokesman for Jacqui Lambie for a FactCheck on climate change
  18. Health Check: are naps good for us?
  19. Diminishing city: hope, despair and Whyalla
  20. Emotional fallout: Little Emperors brings China's one-child policy to the stage
  21. Imaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains
  22. Should Victoria introduce a swifter model of sentencing family violence offenders?
  23. Why small business tax cuts aren't likely to boost 'jobs and growth'
  24. Australia needs to reboot affordable housing funding, not scrap it
  25. New study shows more time walking means less time in hospital
  26. The 20th century saw a 23-fold increase in natural resources used for building
  27. Wary of human-animal hybrids? It's probably just your own moral superiority
  28. Guide to the classics: Alice Pung on Robin Klein's The Sky in Silver Lace
  29. Women also sexually abuse children, but their reasons often differ from men's
  30. US president shoots the messengers. SAD!
  31. WA ReachTEL: Liberals gain to move to tie
  32. The Death of President Trump
  33. The bitter consolation of imitation
  34. Game therapy: serious video games can help children with cerebral palsy
  35. The Great Wall fails to bring down the barriers in a lacklustre Chinese-US epic
  36. Bush democracy wins out but council mergers continue in Sydney
  37. Work councils could be the future of Australian industrial democracy in an ABCC world
  38. Australia emerges as a leader in the global darknet drugs trade
  39. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the omnibus bill
  40. Netanyahu visit historic – and potentially fraught – for Australia
  41. Words, Tweets and Stones in the Political Correctness Wars
  42. How we do FactChecks at The Conversation
  43. Essays on health: reporting medical news is too important to mess up
  44. Australians believe 18C protections should stay
  45. Australia's electricity market is not agile and innovative enough to keep up
  46. Friday essay: the female werewolf and her shaggy suffragette sisters
  47. Vital Signs: business confidence spikes but uncertainty reigns
  48. Grattan on Friday: The 'Omnibus' puts government in a tangle and Xenophon in a jam
  49. The Red Detachment of Women marches forward – but to where?
  50. Politics podcast: Anthony Albanese on Labor's approach to infrastructure

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The Rise of Digital Marketplaces in the Australian Trade Sector

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How Industrial Drying Equipment Supports Efficient Processing

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Practical Ways a Whiteboard Can Improve Workplace Communication

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Designing Eco-Friendly Custom Water Bottles for Your Next Event

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Why Choosing a Professional Florist Melbourne Makes Flower Delivery Impactful

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The Business Case for Choosing Australian Fabricators Over Imported Alternatives

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