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New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissions

  • Written by: Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissionsAustralia and Russia could soon be the last remaining developed nations without fuel efficiency standards, with New Zealand proposing new rules and financial incentives to get more people driving cleaner cars.www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The New Zealand government has proposed new fuel standards to cut greenhouse emissions, along with consumer...

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Don't just blame government and business for the recycling crisis – it begins with us

  • Written by: Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University

As the dramatic shutdown of major recycling company SKM this week has illustrated, recycling is not free.

Householders in Australia pay council rates for a recycling and garbage service. This fee is largely based on the costs of collecting, sorting and processing, and – importantly – what returns are likely from selling the end...

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Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting tools

  • Written by: Clem Bastow, PhD candidate at RMIT and tutor in screenwriting, University of Melbourne
Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting toolsPhoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag: until now it has been rare for a female TV character to 'break the fourth wall' and address the viewer directly.Two Brothers Pictures

Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen. Warning: this story contains spoilers.

When this...

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More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it

  • Written by: Rachel Wilson, Senior Lecturer - Research Methodology / Educational Assessment & Evaluation, University of Sydney
More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with itIf more girls studied maths, we could see a narrowing of the gender wage gap.from shutterstock.com

The numbers of secondary school students who take higher-level maths and science are low in Australia. In 2012, there were 30,000 more Year 12 students than in 1992. But the numbers of students studying physics, chemistry and biology decreased by...

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  1. High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44
  2. No, it's not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study
  3. After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?
  4. can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?
  5. A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate
  6. Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne
  7. 'I'm an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?'
  8. What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?
  9. wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business
  10. Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
  11. Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?
  12. People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood
  13. Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times
  14. With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'
  15. The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight
  16. The market for meat substitutes is way overdone
  17. journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help
  18. Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis
  19. HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government
  20. There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeing
  21. Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?
  22. your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist
  23. a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships
  24. Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women
  25. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  26. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  27. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  28. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
  29. India's tiger numbers are going up
  30. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  31. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  32. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  33. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  34. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  35. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  36. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  37. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  38. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  39. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  40. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  41. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  42. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  43. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  44. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
  46. Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat
  47. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  48. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
  49. A wet cough for four weeks means it's time to get it checked out
  50. Pat Larter, pioneering 'femail' artist who gave men the Playboy treatment

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