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Fuel efficiency standards could help curb Australia's persistently growing emissions

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

This week, the Australian government announced plans that will ultimately require cars sold in Australia to match international fuel efficiency standards.

The resulting savings over the life of a typical vehicle would more than offset higher initial costs. The saving on fuel costs is estimated at up to A$28 billion a year by 2040.

Not...

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Heart attack deaths more likely at Christmas

  • Written by: Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
imageHeart attack and stroke deaths are more likely to occur over the Christmas break. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Christmas holidays can be a risky time for both your bank balance and your state of mind, but there is also some research indicating it is a time when you are at higher risk of dying from a heart attack.

To date most of the evidence for an...

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Friday essay: Christmas poetry – a reflection

  • Written by: Kevin Brophy, Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne
imagePoets are drawn to the time between seasons and to the time when both death and life, endings and beginnings, merge into each other and confuse us. It's no surprise then, that Christmas is often written about.Annie Spratt/Unsplash

I see finches blown by a gale from the roof of my house onto the road outside this window. They crouch there on the...

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A very diplomatic Christmas: how to avoid a coup at the dinner table this year

  • Written by: Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking, The University of Queensland
imageAsking people for their thoughts is inherently a generous act, as we are giving our time to hear them.shutterstock

Politics and religion at the dinner table, over a Christmas meal with all the relatives – what could possibly go wrong?

If the thought doesn’t appeal to you, it’s worth considering how this potentially fraught...

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