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Budget news: Australian Government ends support for TC

  • Written by: The Conversation

Yesterday’s Budget confirmed that the funding support we’ve had from the Australian Government since 2011 has ended.

We failed to persuade Education Minister Christopher Pyne that we need a further two years funding to secure our future. Our aim is to be fully self sufficient by 2017 through the contributions from our global network. A...

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Budget brief: what's in the budget on climate change and renewables?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageHow much money has Greg Hunt been given for Australia's environmental programs?AAP Image/Dan Peled

The Conversation’s Budget briefs series aims to answer reader questions about the 2015 federal budget. Thanks to readers Amy Holly and Carolyn van Langenberg for this question.

Not much was announced in last night’s budget on climate change...

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Federal Budget 2015 – environment experts react

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageTony Abbott and Greg Hunt at last year's Green Army launch. Funding for the initiative has been slimmed down but is still more than A$700 million.AAP Image/Britta Campion

Environmental and energy issues did not feature heavily in the Budget, although there was a A$400 million total package of assistance for drought-stricken farmers (particularly...

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  1. This budget won't fix Australia's limping economy. It shouldn't try
  2. Not all corporate tax avoiders will be snared by new rules
  3. Missed opportunities on coherent pension policy reform
  4. The rise and rise of the 2015 El Niño
  5. Sexism in science: one step back, two steps forward
  6. ATAR found to be a poor predictor of how well students do at uni
  7. 21st-century character designs reflect our concerns, as always
  8. There's money for the arts in the budget – but with strings attached
  9. Consent to take part in research needs to be much easier
  10. Many feared dead as second quake hits devastated Nepal
  11. Why sales of bottled water overtaking soft drinks is nothing to celebrate
  12. Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet
  13. In defence of pollsters: they never said they could predict the UK election
  14. How Greece's liquidity problem could cause an unplanned Grexit
  15. Venice Biennale 2015: the Arsenale stuffed with guns, stripped of hope
  16. How chaos in Libya spawned a security nightmare in the Mediterranean
  17. Is Devo Manc a good model for English devolution? Almost ...
  18. The battles ahead for Nicky Morgan and Jo Johnson's Tory education reforms
  19. Tom Devine: is this the end of the Union as we know it?
  20. Budget brief: how does science and research funding fare?
  21. INFOGRAPHIC: The budget winners and losers
  22. We need to protect the whistleblowers who save our skins but pay the price
  23. Education budget can’t shake the Gonski ghost
  24. Federal Budget 2015: health experts react
  25. Budget brief: will I lose my age pension?
  26. Budget brief: are there any surprises for small business, including sole traders?
  27. Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations
  28. Federal Budget 2015: Small business wins in grab for confidence
  29. Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion
  30. How smart is it to allow students to use mobile phones at school?
  31. How Bill Simmons' innovative style led to his rise – and fall – at ESPN
  32. Stormwater innovations mean cities don't just flush rainwater down the drain
  33. The Confederacy’s disastrous guerrilla war
  34. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to decipher the unemployment rate
  35. Rising CO2 levels are changing how fast forests cycle water
  36. After last year's 'crazy brave' comes the hangover budget
  37. INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 federal budget at a glance
  38. Why abolishing the Human Rights Act will be a rough ride for Michael Gove
  39. How we discovered the three revolutions of American pop
  40. Why we musn't assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
  41. How we recreated the early universe in the laboratory
  42. Cornwall and Yorkshire show regional identities run deep in England, too
  43. Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy
  44. Is the BBC safe in the hands of Britain's new culture secretary?
  45. BOM: We're calling it, the 2015 El Niño is here
  46. Julian Assange, true descendant of America's crusading journalists
  47. No need to pickle children: get Big Food to cut salt for better health
  48. When better education doesn't lead to a better job
  49. Climate change is hitting African farmers the hardest of all
  50. The crossbench ideology that could bring reform unstuck

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