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Don't blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It's climate and economic change driving farmers out

  • Written by: Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide

For the thousand or so farmers in Canberra in the past week venting their anger at the federal government, it’s the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to blame for destroying their livelihoods and forcing them off the land.

We can’t comment directly on their claims about the basin plan. But our research, looking at the years 1991 to 2011,...

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seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals

  • Written by: Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposalsMany developed countries already have significant waste-to-energy operations and therefore less material going to landfill.seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposalsCC 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.

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...

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In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted plea

  • Written by: Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted pleaOlafur Eliasson, Denmark, b.1967 Riverbed 2014 (detail) Site specific installation. Pictured: The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DenmarkCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los AngelesPhotograph: Iwan Baan.

Review: Water, GOMA, Brisbane.

As I write these lines, bushfires rage...

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We're still fighting city freeways after half a century

  • Written by: Andrew Butt, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
We're still fighting city freeways after half a centuryDemonstrations against freeway construction in Melbourne included a street barricade erected in protest at the F19 extension of the Eastern Freeway. Barricade! – the resident fight against the F19

This is the third article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan.


Like the modernist plans of its...

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  2. why do we get bruises?
  3. To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice
  4. (Almost) everyone's a winner? Art is meant to break rules and prizes must adapt
  5. Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law
  6. Why the profit motive fails in education
  7. a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
  8. The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow
  9. 2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse
  10. Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried
  11. Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities
  12. PISA doesn't define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won't fix whatever is broken
  13. Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes' health, but we can do better
  14. How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
  15. The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning
  16. Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won't stop us doing it
  17. Why White Island erupted and why there was no warning
  18. Job losses expected as NZ's broadcasting sector faces biggest overhaul in a decade
  19. Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power
  20. 'One of the most poignant opera scenes I have ever experienced': Pinchgut’s Farnace
  21. Andrew Hastie on foreign influence, security and veteran mental health
  22. Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read
  23. 'How do I clean my penis?'
  24. Voters send sharp message to politicians about trust: ANU Australian Election Study
  25. Finally, your electricity bill looks set to fall. Here's how much you could save
  26. Estonia didn't deliver its PISA results on the cheap, and neither will Australia
  27. What is sodium lauryl sulfate and is it safe to use?
  28. 50 years on from the Melbourne Transportation Plan, what can we learn from its legacy?
  29. Science needs true diversity to succeed -- and Australian astronomy shows how we can get it
  30. Evangelical churches believe men should control women. That's why they breed domestic violence
  31. State Library Victoria proves libraries aren't just about books: they're about community
  32. Albanese accuses Facebook of shrugging off fakery
  33. Chinese students top the PISA rankings, but some Shanghai parents are turning away from the school system
  34. Michelle Grattan on Angus Taylor, medevac and cuts to the public service
  35. China's failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we're not ready for human embryo modification
  36. Remember the arts? Departments and budgets disappear as politics backs culture into a dead end
  37. how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?
  38. Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here's what's likely to happen from next week
  39. living with fire and facing our fears
  40. how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone
  41. why homicide rates in Australia are declining
  42. We're using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space
  43. Australia's slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality
  44. Angus Taylor's troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf
  45. Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to it
  46. All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who 'point a sentence in the right direction'
  47. It's the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don't blame the Greens
  48. Morrison cuts a swathe through the public service, with five departmental heads gone
  49. Tick, tock... how stress speeds up your chromosomes' ageing clock
  50. The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong?

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