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Flake is sustainable gummy shark, except when it's not

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imageA golden crispy flake and chips is a classic takeaway meal. But is it a sustainable choice?Travis/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The week before last, I (John) had an appetite for fish and chips. But as I stood at the counter my desire for a sustainable lunch started to make things rather complicated. The names of the fish on the menu were all familiar, but the...

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Death of Kadhem Abbas highlights the dilemmas of migrant life

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imageNew Zealand citizen Kadhem Chilab Abbas paid with his life by answering Iraq's call to arms against Islamic State.One News

On April 22, Kadhem Chilab Abbas was killed in an Islamic State (IS) rocket attack in Tikrit. Unlike most deaths in the ongoing conflict in Iraq and Syria, Abbas' death was newsworthy – as he was a naturalised New Zealand...

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  1. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia's response to Indonesian executions
  2. Playwriting doesn't get better or worse – but it does evolve
  3. Bali Nine response must manage power shift in Indonesian relations
  4. Heretics
  5. Opportunity the unlikely culprit holding back female participation
  6. The pillars of creation - a glimpse into how stars are born
  7. England's set to swelter through a rash of record hot years
  8. Leaders dodge talk of coalitions in Question Time showdown
  9. Party leaders on Question Time: how did they do?
  10. Question Time election debate was people power at its best
  11. Grattan on Friday: Australia-Indonesia relationship will never be easy
  12. Speaking with: Peter Singer on effective altruism
  13. Tariffs could fix both immigration policy and people smuggling
  14. No brain, no pain: it is in the mind, so test results can make it worse
  15. Here's how to get kids to remember times tables
  16. One in six species faces extinction as a result of climate change
  17. Danny Alexander may have captured the public mood with benefits cuts leak
  18. Nepal's recovery: can international aid community break entrenched patterns?
  19. Why is diabetes killing so many teenagers?
  20. Could a Supreme Court ruling decide the same-sex marriage argument or set off another round in the culture wars?
  21. What works and doesn't in disaster health response
  22. Depth of SNP support bucks a political trend that has held since the 1970s
  23. Honouring free speech or hate speech? Writers weigh in on award to Charlie Hebdo
  24. Russian spacecraft falling to Earth poses no danger – we have survived bigger objects
  25. The only thing we have to fear is dodgy crime reporting
  26. Danny Alexander's last-minute leak: poor form but good politics
  27. Making ISPs enforce age checks for porn puts responsibility where it might actually count
  28. Europe must stop shifting the blame for the migrant crisis
  29. The next government will need to heed housing, if we're to avoid another financial crisis
  30. Who has achieved most out of the coalition – the Tories or Lib Dems?
  31. Four things Labour can do to win back Scotland (after May 7)
  32. Why the Lib Dems are wrong to run on policies, not values
  33. What the last year of debate over higher education has taught us
  34. British expats feel neglected, but will it show at the ballot box?
  35. Seven reasons why the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will be biggest grossing in history
  36. The Sun's SNP-Tory split shows newspaper endorsements aren't what they used to be
  37. Privatising ransom payments will reduce returns to terrorism
  38. Tesla batteries: just the beginning of how technology will transform the electric grid
  39. The Vietnam War, the American War and the 'bridge generation'
  40. Phony classes hamstring college athletes' careers off the field
  41. The social graph won't save us from what's wrong with online reviews
  42. With new dietary guidelines in the works, what exactly are we supposed to eat?
  43. After years of talk, a regulator is willing to take on Google
  44. Teslas in Victoria aren't greener than diesels
  45. Plunging to Earth: space station refuelling craft is out of control
  46. US government prefers to remember Vietnam in platitudes
  47. Charged up: the history and development of batteries
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