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The 2016 election race formally starts as Malcolm Turnbull goes to the governor-general

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The 2016 election is formally underway, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull going to Government House to obtain a double-dissolution poll on July 2.

The election, flagged in March when Turnbull said he would take both houses to the people if the Senate refused to pass the government’s industrial relations legislation, will be preceded by an...

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Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

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Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing humanity from climate change.

Recently at least five reef islands in the remote Solomon Islands have been lost completely to sea-level rise and coastal erosion, and a further six islands have been severely eroded.

These islands lost to the sea range in size from...

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Disclose political donations in 'real time': Sinodinos

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos has urged that political donations should be disclosed in “continuous real time”.

Sinodinos, who has been under pressure over donations when he was NSW party treasurer, said on Friday: “I think the time has come to do that because I think that will be a major step forward in transparency.”

He...

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