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  • Written by: Greg Moran, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute

No matter who wins Saturday’s federal election, you can expect to see more cranes on the skyline and hi-viz vests on the roadside. Both major parties are promising to spend big on transport infrastructure: A$42 billion for the Coalition and A$49 billion for Labor. However, many of the favoured projects are unlikely to be completed for years...

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4 lessons for Australia from around the world

  • Written by: Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

With 12 coal power stations in Australia closed since 2013, a full transition out of coal is coming.

Around the world, governments and stakeholders are considering how to implement a “just transition” from coal to clean energy – a transition that’s fair for local workers and communities in coal regions.

Some coal-producing...

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With commercial galleries an endangered species, are art fairs a necessary evil?

  • Written by: Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
With commercial galleries an endangered species, are art fairs a necessary evil?An installation view of Vivian Gallery's stand at Auckland Art Fair.Josef Scott

Although record numbers of people are flocking to exhibitions in the major public art galleries, foot traffic into commercial art galleries is dwindling at an alarming rate. Embarrassed gallery directors of well-established and well-known commercial art galleries will...

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These 5 foods are claimed to improve our health. But the amount we'd need to consume to benefit is... a lot

  • Written by: Emma Beckett, Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Molecular Nutrition), School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
These 5 foods are claimed to improve our health. But the amount we'd need to consume to benefit is... a lotBlueberries contain anthocyanins, which might reduce your risk of heart disease. If you eat 150-300 in a day, that is.Andrew Welch/Unsplash

Food gives us the nutrients we need to survive, and we know a balanced diet contributes to good health.

Beyond this, many people seek out different foods as “medicines”, hoping eating certain things...

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  1. who gets the imputation cheques Labor will take away?
  2. Not just activists, 9 out of 10 people are concerned about animal welfare in Australian farming
  3. Small, but well-formed. The new home deposit scheme will help, and it's unlikely to push up prices
  4. Helen Garner's musical metaphors come alive in a new production of The Children's Bach
  5. South Australia's experience contradicts Coalition emissions scare campaign
  6. How to end Afghanistan war as longest conflict moves towards fragile peace
  7. Why New Zealand's government cannot ignore major welfare reform report
  8. Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat polls
  9. How to turn a housing development into a place where people feel they belong
  10. North Korea is firing missiles again. Does diplomacy still have a chance?
  11. Curious Kids: how do bushfires start?
  12. Scientists want to build trust in science and technology. The alternative is too risky to contemplate
  13. Labor's boost to the arts is welcome but our political climate does not take culture seriously
  14. key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal election
  15. The next government can usher in our fourth decade recession-free, but it will be dicey
  16. The brutal truth on housing. Someone has to lose in order for first homebuyers to win
  17. Why a 'sex strike' is unlikely to improve access to abortion
  18. Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?
  19. There's almost always a better way to care for nursing home residents than restraining them
  20. Racism alleged as Indigenous children taken from families
  21. Cutting cities' emissions does have economic benefits – and these ultimately outweigh the costs
  22. 'Soft' voters in Warringah focus groups expect Tony Abbott win
  23. In Cloudstreet, nostalgia all too easily redeems Australia's colonial past
  24. Drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight would be disastrous for marine life and the local community
  25. should we be worried that the chemicals from sunscreen can get into our blood?
  26. Australia's in the Fungus Olympics, the race to find new ways to tackle disease
  27. Facebook's Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media
  28. That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautious
  29. Stakes are high as US ups the ante on trade dispute with China
  30. Curious Kids: can snails fart?
  31. Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?
  32. After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the 'drover's dog' have its day?
  33. Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner
  34. A referendum won't save the Murray-Darling Basin
  35. Australia’s major parties' climate policies side-by-side
  36. who's the better economic manager?
  37. writing trauma in Cynthia Banham's A Certain Light
  38. Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren't native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential
  39. Avoid the politics and let artificial intelligence decide your vote in the next election
  40. Crowded trains? Planning focus on cars misses new apartment impacts
  41. Shorten's ratings rise as Labor holds its lead in Newspoll
  42. View from The Hill: Quick on the draw
  43. Labor's costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully
  44. Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize
  45. New laws in Western Australia will help victims of family violence end their tenancies
  46. How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica
  47. Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon
  48. can your employer sack you for what you say or do in your own time?
  49. do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?
  50. Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor

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