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Australia is set to ratify the second part of Kyoto Protocol – but it's not a done deal

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at COP21 in Paris. EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge overnight in Paris that Australia will ratify the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol is welcome news.

The first phase of the Kyoto Protocol commenced in 2008 and concluded in 2012. In November 2007, in his first act as...

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IMF embraces the redback, but China reforms must go on

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageChina wants the yuan to gain the same international standing as the US dollar.EPA/AAP

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to include the renminbi (RMB) in its basket of reserve currencies. The RMB, or yuan, has joined the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen to become the fifth member of the basket...

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Politics podcast: Bill Ferris on innovation

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imageInnovation Australia Chairman Bill FerrisPaul Millar/AAP Image

The newly appointed chair of Innovation Australia, Bill Ferris, talks about his early experiences investing in start-ups in the 1970s, the need for Australia to bring its ideas and inventions to market, and the way to tackle a business culture that fears failure.

Michelle Grattan does...

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  2. Moral responsibilities to disclose your HIV status to partners aren't so clear-cut
  3. It will take more than piecemeal reforms to convince older Australians to downsize
  4. What will the NBN really cost?
  5. Testing teachers' basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless
  6. Book extract: The Eighties – The Decade That Transformed Australia
  7. Response from Cory Bernardi's spokesperson
  8. Japan's whaling fleet sets sail again, and there's not much that can stop it
  9. Young driver crashes: the myths and facts
  10. What is innovation anyway, and why should you care about it?
  11. Junk food advertisers put profits before children’s health – and we let them
  12. We need more than condoms to prevent HIV in women
  13. Confused much? You need the Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
  14. Explainer: how Uber and Airbnb are reducing their Australian tax bill
  15. When climate change hits our food supply, city foodbowls could come to the rescue
  16. Five ways science can lead the innovation debate
  17. FactCheck: how are the 12,000 extra refugees coming to Australia chosen?
  18. New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map
  19. Australia's leader sets his sights low in opening conference gambit
  20. Take no prisoners: the Paris climate talks need to move beyond 'fairness'
  21. Terrorism debate can't be stifled, must be managed.
  22. What to expect at the Paris climate talks: a mixed bag
  23. Australia needs a fresh start on climate policy: authority
  24. Health Check: the low-down on trans fats
  25. Nobel Laureate Douglass North's work leaves a strong legacy for economics
  26. What dictates how much pain you feel after injury?
  27. From India, with love: cultural appropriation and 50 years of Light on Yoga
  28. Domestic violence and Facebook: harassment takes new forms in the social media age
  29. Marketing the climate summit by 'greening' the Eiffel Tower
  30. Einstein's folly: how the search for a unified theory stumped him to his dying day
  31. State by state, 'safe access zones' around clinics are shielding women from abortion protesters
  32. The off-topic Conversation #71
  33. Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now to ramp it up
  34. Gambling on pokies is like tobacco – no amount of it is safe
  35. Here's another reason kids don't belong in detention: trauma changes growing brains
  36. Who are you? Junior novel George wants to help kids understand gender identity
  37. Be sure to read the fine print in Turnbull's mid-year economic update
  38. We can achieve sustainability -- but not without limiting growth
  39. The 'lucky country' needs to be re-invented
  40. Should parents expose children to news on terrorism?
  41. FactCheck Q A: have any refugees who came to Australia gone on to be terrorists?
  42. Apple Pay in Australia. Customers lose out and all parties share the blame
  43. Security climate mutes environmental activists' voice in Paris
  44. It's not just national governments who are pledging climate action
  45. Farewell Bruce Billson your passion for small business will be sorely missed
  46. Frydenberg accuses Grand Mufti of an attempted 'cover up' and failure of leadership
  47. Is this the moment that climate politics and public opinion finally match up?
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  49. Policymakers should use caution when drawing lessons from OECD’s education report
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