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changes in climate since 2000 have cut Australian farm profits 22%

  • Written by: Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
changes in climate since 2000 have cut Australian farm profits 22%The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences farmpredict model finds that changes in climate conditions since 2000 have cut farm profits by 22% overall, and by 35% for cropping farms..ABARES/Shutterstock

The current drought across much of eastern Australia has demonstrated the dramatic effects climate variability can...

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That public playground is good for your kids and your wallet

  • Written by: Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
That public playground is good for your kids and your walletResearch shows public playgrounds don't have the negative effect on property prices that some residents apparently fear.Romrodphoto/Shutterstock

If you live near a public playground it can be a convenient outdoor destination for short excursions and a life-saving source of pressure relief when the kids are too surly to bear inside the house. But in...

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which countries are likely to meet their Paris Agreement targets

  • Written by: Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
which countries are likely to meet their Paris Agreement targetsTo keep temperatures from rising above 1.5℃ requires reducing fossil fuel burning by half by 2032.from www.shutterstock.comwhich countries are likely to meet their Paris Agreement targetsCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

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the meme child making it a very Disney+ Christmas

  • Written by: Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University
the meme child making it a very Disney+ ChristmasBay Yoda: the Child in the Star Wars television series was designed to appeal to our cuteness receptors. IMDB

Now the high of Game of Thrones has faded, another pop culture token has arrived. It takes the form of a green alien baby from the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian – a key offering from Disney+ when it launched last month.

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  1. The summer heat calls for a cold beer, but be careful where you drink it. Being drunk in public is a crime
  2. Why NZ's cannabis bill needs to stop industry from influencing policy
  3. AI may soon be able to analyse your tweets to match you to a job
  4. Blue carbon is not the silver bullet the Coalition wants it to be
  5. don't be fooled by Australia's latest report on the Great Barrier Reef
  6. Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic
  7. when the government fails to act, the public wearily steps up
  8. Hoping to get in shape for summer? Ditch the fads in favour of a diet more likely to stick
  9. Australian cities pay the price for blocking council input to projects that shape them
  10. Climate conferences are male, pale and stale – it's time to bring in women
  11. Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni
  12. For a greener future, we must accept there's nothing inherently sustainable about going digital
  13. Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update
  14. Facebook's push for end-to-end encryption is good news for user privacy, as well as terrorists and paedophiles
  15. 5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances
  16. Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps
  17. Call for clearer risk information for tourists following Whakaari/White Island tragedy
  18. Surplus before spending. Frydenberg's risky MYEFO strategy
  19. The Madrid climate talks failed spectacularly. Here's what went down
  20. Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guidelines
  21. Lower growth, tiny surplus in MYEFO budget update
  22. Refugees without secure visas have poorer mental health – but the news isn't all bad
  23. Must end soon! But not too soon! The catch in time-limited sales tactics
  24. why peanuts trigger such powerful allergic reactions
  25. 5 reasons I always get children picture books for Christmas
  26. Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are in limbo
  27. Hitler humour and a child's eye view of war make for dark satire
  28. why the Bible welcomes every colour in the gender spectrum
  29. Conservative landslide at UK's Brexit election; Trump's ratings rise on strong US economy
  30. Johnson's thumping win an electoral lesson in not just having policies, but knowing how to sell them
  31. Morrison won't have a bar of public service intrusions on government's power
  32. Michelle Grattan reflects on the year in politics
  33. no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisis
  34. Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires
  35. Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?
  36. Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating apps
  37. Bougainville has voted to become a new country, but the journey to independence is not yet over
  38. Friday essay: eco-disaster films in the 21st century
  39. Australia's wafer-thin surplus rests on a mine disaster in Brazil
  40. A new study shows an animal's lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it's 38 years
  41. Private health insurance premiums should be based on age and health status
  42. these 5 charts show our democracy is safe in the hands of future voters
  43. Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education
  44. Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party's left
  45. The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down
  46. what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?
  47. how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster
  48. As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems
  49. I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
  50. Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief

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