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Abbott has a cause, an audience and no restraints

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageFormer prime minister Tony Abbott has hit out at various countries for not being dedicated enough to the mission against IS.Mick Tsikas/AAP

The task of defeating Islamic State might take decades, Tony Abbott has said in his third high profile intervention in two days on terrorism, Islam and the fight against Islamic State.

As Bill Shorten called for...

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The 'Climate Games' aren't just activist stunts – they're politics beyond the UN

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe games begin: satirising Christmas consumerism outside a French shopping centre.Climategames.net

At the moment, most people interested in the politics of climate change (including me) are focusing on a small site in Paris’s northern suburbs. This is where the COP21 negotiations are taking place.

While to us this is clearly important, making...

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Differences with states on tax reform could be 'irreconcilable': Morrison

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageTreasurer Scott Morrison said if the states wanted to spend more they could raise their own taxes.Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Treasurer Scott Morrison has declared that differences between federal and state governments over tax reform may be “irreconcilable” because states want to use funds from a GST change to spend more.

Speaking ahead of...

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  3. 'Fail early, fail often' mantra forgets entrepreneurs fail to learn
  4. Turnbull faces his most taxing test yet: wooing the states to overhaul the GST
  5. As Victoria opens sperm donor records, the key question is: do contact vetoes work?
  6. Your broadband router is not as secure as you think it is
  7. Australia’s innovation agenda: embracing risk or gambling with public health?
  8. Following suit: why political conventions matter
  9. Report reveals entrenched nature of sexual harassment in Victoria Police
  10. Want to save the environment? Let's leave the collapse porn under the mattress
  11. There's tax cuts and there's tax cuts: getting big business to innovate
  12. Why Turnbull's 'Ideas Boom' will not bridge the gap between research and business
  13. Society is also to blame for thalidomiders' worsening health
  14. Why thalidomide survivors have such a tough time getting compensation
  15. Nazis, lies and spying private detectives: how thalidomide's maker avoided justice
  16. GM crops can benefit organic farmers too
  17. It's TV! It's opera! What to make of ABC's The Divorce
  18. White student unions are based on a misunderstanding that anti-racism means anti-white
  19. Saleemul Huq: if climate talks were democratic, vulnerable countries 'would have won already'
  20. Climate-related 'loss and damage' is a key issue, but it's fiendishly complex
  21. Tony Abbott leans to remaining in parliament
  22. Kant at Le Bourget
  23. Meet the fossil fuel firms sponsoring the world's biggest climate conference
  24. In that sleep of reason, what dreams may come? How not to defend a philosophical legacy
  25. Sorry, not my department – why the NDIS and health systems need to collaborate
  26. Some risks in Turnbull's benign view of business failure
  27. Baden-Clay murder appeal succeeds on doubt over intent, but domestic violence is still a deadly tragedy
  28. Innovation statement's significant insolvency changes are well overdue
  29. Three ways Screen Australia can actually improve diversity in the industry
  30. To promote gender equality and better protect women, Indonesia needs more female officers
  31. Politics podcast: Peter Reith on the Turnbull government
  32. In the driver's seat of evolution
  33. Turnbull's 'ideas boom' overlooks our largest group of potential entrepreneurs
  34. Connecting the dots: the Northern Territory enters the eastern gas market
  35. We need to support paedophiles to prevent child sex offending
  36. Mr Hockey goes to Washington – so what challenges will he face?
  37. Innovation package just gets us back to square one
  38. Growth in fossil fuel emissions slowed in 2015, so have we finally reached the peak?
  39. Removing CO2 from the atmosphere won't save us: we have to cut emissions now
  40. Turnbull seeks 'ideas boom' with innovation agenda: experts react
  41. Why did thalidomide's makers ignore warnings about their drug?
  42. In Conversation with journalist, author and thalidomide campaigner, Harold Evans
  43. What to look for when buying a telescope
  44. Will Australia's response to ice be effective?
  45. Chemsex review: gay sex and drug use demand more careful forms of attention
  46. Are Australian universities getting better at research or at gaming the system?
  47. Australia’s climate diplomacy is like a doughnut: empty in the middle
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