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Bad behaviour in bars and pubs is a problem, but most of Australia's alcohol is drunk at home

  • Written by: Sarah Callinan, Research Fellow at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
imageAlcohol is cheaper off-premises.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Violence, including one-punch deaths, has drawn attention to alcohol-related harm in and around licensed premises. Policies such as trading hour restrictions and lockout laws in Sydney and Queensland specifically aim to reduce harms in these settings.

However, bars and pubs are not where...

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We can have fish and dams: here's how

  • Written by: John Harris, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Australia
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Fish are the most threatened group among Earth’s freshwater vertebrates. On average, freshwater fish populations have declined by 76% over the past 40 years. Damaged fish communities and declining fisheries characterise global freshwater environments, including those in Australia.

Fish migrate to complete their life cycles, but water-resource...

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Let's talk about the space industry in Australia's election campaign

  • Written by: Andrew Dempster, Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Australia
imageThere are jobs to be created if Australia does more to tap into the billion-dollar space industry.Flickr/inefekt, CC BY-NC-ND

New Zealand’s announcement this month that it will establish a space agency means that of the 34 countries in the OECD, only two are not represented in the international community by a space agency: Iceland and...

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Abbott would have lost 'resoundingly': Turnbull

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageA Galaxy poll published in the Sunday Telegraph suggested Bill Shorten would have been elected with a large majority if up against Tony Abbott.Tony Abbott/Facebook

Malcolm Turnbull has said that if he had not become leader, the Coalition would have lost this election “very resoundingly” under Tony Abbott.

Turnbull delivered his blunt...

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  2. Lessons from Brexit: the fruits of globalisation must be shared with low- and middle-income groups
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  4. The Briefcase: does Australia's 'most exploitative reality show' breach broadcasting rules?
  5. Election FactCheck: Have 300,000 new jobs been created in the last calendar year and were almost two-thirds held by women?
  6. How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish
  7. Australia should aim for a trade deal with the UK post Brexit
  8. Australia doesn't need a plebiscite on same-sex marriage – Ireland's experience shows why
  9. Higher education gets short shrift in the election campaign, and we are all the poorer for it
  10. Health Check: is caffeine actually bad for kids?
  11. The same kind of 'silent majority' that spoke on Brexit may also be a force here
  12. 'The urban': a concept under stress in an interconnected world
  13. For the English, Brexit will mean economic pain
  14. Election 2016: will the infrastructure promises meet Australia's needs?
  15. A focus on economics (the dismal science) has produced a dismal election debate
  16. Indigenous suicide rates in the Kimberley seven times national average
  17. Rush to dam northern Australia comes at the expense of sustainability
  18. Wind and solar PV have won the race – it's too late for other clean energy technologies
  19. Life lessons from the editing suite of Paul Cox
  20. How Australia played the world's first music on a computer
  21. Malcolm Turnbull invokes Brexit to reinforce his campaign, as Newspoll has Coalition moving ahead
  22. Labor costings pass, but scare tactics detract
  23. Labor costings: ALP deficit $16.5 billion higher over the budget period
  24. Malcolm Turnbull: don't risk change or protest
  25. Europe endless, or Europe ending?
  26. After Brexit, keep a close watch on Italy and its Five Star Movement
  27. Paying the piper and calling the tune? Following ClubsNSW's political donations
  28. Warning Sign: Trigger Warnings and Externalities
  29. Brexit rocks Australian sharemarket, worse to come
  30. Stella’s Girls Write Up tells kids good writing starts with having something to say
  31. Brexit stage right: what Britain's decision to leave the EU means for Australia
  32. Post-plebiscite conscience vote on same-sex marriage is not the risk
  33. Healthy microbes make for a resilient Great Barrier Reef
  34. Leave wins UK Brexit referendum 52-48
  35. What's wrong with the web and do we need to fix it?
  36. Are itchier insect bites more likely to make us sick?
  37. India's looking for a new central bank governor to perform a tough balancing act
  38. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Medicare scare campaign
  39. Election FactCheck: is the Australian Sex Party right about religious organisations, tax and record-keeping?
  40. Not only do youth vote, they also represent their own
  41. Vital Signs: world markets wait for Brexit vote
  42. Robots are moving in to our homes, but there's no killer app
  43. Boondoggles, bellwethers and poli-tic-al parasites: revisiting political expressions
  44. Is there any hope for gambling reform in a new parliament?
  45. What do the Liberal and Labor election health promises mean for you?
  46. Australia's youth unemployment policy needs to be seen as a hand up, not a hand out
  47. Power to the people: how communities can help meet our renewable energy goals
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