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It'll be hard, but we can feed the world with plant protein

  • Written by: Richard Trethowan, Director, IA Watson Research Centre, Narrabri Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney

A UN report released last week found a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions come from the food chain, particularly meat farming. This has prompted calls to sharply reduce emissions from agriculture and to feed the world on plant protein.


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How 'guaranteed' is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
How 'guaranteed' is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?Failure to further strengthen the compulsory super system would be disadvantageous to many future retirees and be an added burden on a later generation of taxpayers. Shutterstock

Soon after the election Treasurer Frydenberg flagged there would be an inquiry into retirement incomes. Since then, no details have emerged.

But there is gossip around...

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Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for good

  • Written by: Adam Ni, China researcher, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University
Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for goodBeijing has a long-term Hong Kong challenge on its hands, one that in many ways is of its own making.Miguel Candela/EPA

Since the start of mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in early June, there has been a significant escalation of Beijing’s rhetoric and tactics. Instead of addressing the root causes of the public anger, Beijing has demonised...

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Amid talk of recessions, our progress on wages and unemployment is almost non-existent

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Amid talk of recessions, our progress on wages and unemployment is almost non-existentThe ASX 200 slid 2.9% on Thursday amid less than completely encouraging news at home, and awful news from abroad. Shutterstock

Legend has it that, when asked by US President Richard Nixon in 1972 what he thought about the impact of the French Revolution, Chinese Premier Zhou En Lai replied: “it’s too early to say”.

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