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Climate change must be part of Australia's electricity system review

  • Written by: Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
imageAustrala's electricity network is going through a period of major transformation. Indigo Skies Photography/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

On Friday, Australia’s federal and state energy ministers met for an extraordinary meeting following the complete loss of power in South Australia on September 28. The COAG Energy Council announced a wide-ranging...

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Looking back at 1992: Italy’s horrible year

  • Written by: Giovanni Navarria, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS), University of Sydney
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This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st century.

This essay is the first of a four-part series dedicated to Italy’s recent political history and how much...

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The gendered nature of trolling

  • Written by: Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Last Friday, Michelle Smith published an essay reviewing Clementine Ford’s Fight Like a Girl and discussing feminist memoirs in general. In it, Michelle highlights the abuse faced by women writers online:

Almost all of the writers describe receiving unrelenting abuse. The universality of online attacks against high-profile feminist writers...

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Commodifying Banksy

  • Written by: Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne
imageCouncils around the world have removed, destroyed or defaced Banksy's artwork – but a controversial new show in Melbourne celebrates his work. Rise of Banksy/Supplied

Take a selection of artworks by the most famous illicit artist in the world, add a city that’s passionate about its street art and a dash of controversy: the result is the...

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  2. What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy
  3. Do the governance experts at the World Bank have a governance problem?
  4. Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
  5. Protecting migrant workers requires a rethink on employer freedoms
  6. Explainer: what causes knock knees and do they have to be treated?
  7. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on George Brandis' solicitor-general drama
  8. Vital Signs: mixed signals from the global economy
  9. What would another review of child support achieve? We know the problems, and how to fix them
  10. No offence, mate, but ...
  11. The US used foreign investment to develop a new car industry, a lesson Australia hasn't learned
  12. 'Don't feed the trolls' really is good advice – here's the evidence
  13. We don't know why South Australia's wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game
  14. Friday essay: the sound of fear
  15. #She4SG: how did we end up with another man as UN secretary-general?
  16. 'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores
  17. Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure
  18. Grattan on Friday: Little but grief ahead for George Brandis in battle with Solicitor-General
  19. Once upon a time... how the Rosetta mission won our hearts
  20. Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study
  21. Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
  22. One reason so many scientific studies may be wrong
  23. Memorials for drug overdose victims create a place for grieving and inclusion
  24. Paris climate agreement comes into force: now time for Australia to step up
  25. Explainer: what is conjunctivitis and how did I get it?
  26. Review: Death by Design at the Environmental Film Festival
  27. Standoff between Brandis and solicitor-general threatens the rule of law
  28. Race to the White House – the vice-presidential debate, and Donald Trump's tax troubles
  29. Just what else did ANZ uncover when looking at BBSW?
  30. The Ford plant closure is sad loss of manufacturing know how
  31. When it comes to food, could 'reactive' sometimes be best?
  32. Trump or Clinton: who will be the best for our region?
  33. The Coral Sea: an ocean jewel that needs more protection
  34. Why do we still hand out honorary academic titles?
  35. A Chinese firm could buy Twitter in the coming wave of cross-border tech acquisitions
  36. Taking Indigenous languages online: can they be seen, heard and saved?
  37. With that ring, I thee judge: why the law should not allow exceptions on marriage equality
  38. Boys should also get the HPV vaccine to protect themselves from oral and genital cancers
  39. Bitter row between George Brandis and Solicitor-General flares
  40. Virtual reality film Collisions is part disaster movie, part travelogue and completely immersive
  41. Happy 30th anniversary to .au domains – what comes next?
  42. Bath bullies, bacteria and battlegrounds: the secret world of bird baths
  43. Better academic support for students may help lower university attrition rates
  44. New laws on bankers behaving badly don't matter in light of ASIC inaction
  45. From Presidents to Proxies: Examining the VP Stoush
  46. Placing a cap on teaching degrees doesn't guarantee better teachers
  47. Google's new gadgets are part of the me-too competition between the tech giants
  48. To stop domestic violence, we need to change perpetrators' behaviour
  49. How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?
  50. Who won today's vice-presidential debate? Does it matter?

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