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The government is right to fund energy storage: a 100% renewable grid is within reach

  • Written by: Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
imageWith the right mix, the grid can go fully renewable for the same cost and reliability as fossil fuels.Pixabay/Wikimedia Commons

In a speech to the National Press Club yesterday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared that the key requirements for Australia’s electricity system are that it should be affordable, reliable, and able to help...

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Sensible reform to finance affordable housing deserves cross-party support

  • Written by: Julie Lawson, Honorary Associate Professor, RMIT University

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s visit to cold old London last week in the middle of the Australia summer was time well spent. Morrison made time in his hectic schedule for a lengthy meeting with the UK’s Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) to discuss an affordable housing financial intermediary with its chief executive, Piers Williamson.

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Turnbull's $1.75 million donation is bad news for Australian democracy

  • Written by: Yee-Fui Ng, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
imageMalcolm Turnbull's donation of $1.75 million to the Liberal Party is the largest single donation in Australian political history. AAP/Mick Tsikas

After some obfuscation, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has finally revealed that he made a A$1.75 million donation to the Liberal Party in the lead-up to the 2016 federal election. Turnbull said on the...

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Turnbull’s energy game-changer

  • Written by: John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School, Australian National University

In his speech this week to the National Press Club, Turnbull initiated a genuine “game-changer” in the debate about power generation in this country. It is instructive to focus explicitly on what he said.

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal - we have invested $590 million since 2009 in clean coal technology research...

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  6. What's the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?
  7. Educating Australia – why our schools aren't improving
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  9. Hugh Mackay: the state of the nation starts in your street
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  26. Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision-makers
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