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A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next

  • Written by: Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
imageDonald Trump simultaneously ran against his own party but was supported overwhelmingly by Republican voters. Reuters/Mike Segar

I was in Los Angeles on the night of the US elections. What should have been a celebratory dinner with friends became a long and increasingly depressing evening as numbers started coming in from states we had counted on...

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Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1850, has Labor leading by an unchanged 53-47, from primary votes of 38% Coalition (down 1), 38% Labor (steady) and 10% Greens (steady). This is the first time since Turnbull deposed Abbott in September 2015 that Labor has tied with the Coalition on primary votes.

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Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?

  • Written by: Henning Prommer, Research scientist, CSIRO
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Water produced when coal seam gas (CSG) is extracted from below ground can be safely re-injected hundreds of metres underground, according to new CSIRO research.

Water is pumped out of coal seams to access the gas held within them. CSG in the Surat Basin, Australia, produces on average 70 gigalitres of water each year - a seventh of the water held...

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  2. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  3. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  4. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  5. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  6. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  7. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  8. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  9. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  10. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'
  11. Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
  12. Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice
  13. China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
  14. Reinventing density: how baugruppen are pioneering the self-made city
  15. Will we soon be growing our own vegan leather at home?
  16. Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational ladder
  17. Politics complicate blasphemy investigations in Indonesia and around the world
  18. Mindfulness in cancer treatment: time to stop and think
  19. Marrakech climate talks produced defiance towards Trump, but little else
  20. Australians more alarmed about state of politics than impact of migration and minorities, survey finds
  21. Higher property prices linked to income inequality: study
  22. How do you talk to kids about racism?
  23. Is the investment in private health insurance worthwhile?
  24. Mythbusting Ancient Rome – throwing Christians to the lions
  25. CSI trees: how forensic science is helping combat illegal logging
  26. Deal on whistleblowers wins first double-dissolution bill
  27. Nationals buck government line on Adler
  28. Dutton hits back at criticism of his attack on Fraser refugee policy
  29. Senate targets Kitching's 'untruthful' evidence to commission
  30. Brandis says Queensland Liberal National Party merger could be revisited
  31. Australia must catch up with Papua New Guinea on how we tax gas
  32. Creativity and resilience: how do war survivors make international justice work for them?
  33. Health Check: are cosmetics containing Vitamin A safe during pregnancy?
  34. Dutton's demonisation of refugees is the latest play in a zero-sum game
  35. The off-topic Conversation #112
  36. FactCheck Q A: how much was spent on the Cambodia refugee deal and how many were settled?
  37. Viewpoints: should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?
  38. Trump’s America: the irresponsible stakeholder?
  39. Trump's economic impact slower, smaller than predicted – but still bad: Deloitte
  40. Reinventing density: overcoming the suburban setback
  41. If we find ET, don't talk to it, says the man who wants to find ET
  42. Schools will teach 'soft skills' from 2017, but assessing them presents a challenge
  43. Looking for health advice? Don't consult health magazines, try Dolly
  44. When it comes to books and copyright, the government should leave things as they are
  45. Why special tax breaks for seniors should go
  46. Trumpism as Whitelash
  47. After objectivity?
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