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South Australia's experience contradicts Coalition emissions scare campaign

  • Written by: Glyn Wittwer, Professorial Fellow at the Centre of Policy Studies and IMPACT Project, Victoria University
South Australia's experience contradicts Coalition emissions scare campaignThere is a lack of discernment in reporting research results on carbon reduction targets.Shutterstock

Ahead of Saturday’s federal election the Coalition has latched onto economic modelling claiming Labor’s target of a 45% emissions reduction would cost the economy as much as A$187 billion in 2030.

The modelling released by BAEconomics...

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How to end Afghanistan war as longest conflict moves towards fragile peace

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato

The longest-running war appears to be coming to an end.

The Taliban has been running an armed rebellion in Afghanistan since being dislodged from power in a US-led invasion following September 11 2001. Recent high-level negotiations between the two sides in the 18-year war did not produce a breakthrough, but “significant progress”,...

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Why New Zealand's government cannot ignore major welfare reform report

  • Written by: Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Why New Zealand's government cannot ignore major welfare reform reportOne of the recommendations by a welfare advisory group was to raise benefit levels by up top 47%, but the government has rejected it, for now. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The Ardern coalition government’s immediate response to a comprehensive welfare report, released last week, has been widely panned as disappointing, even pathetic.

La...

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Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat polls

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Labor maintains 51-49 Newspoll lead, plus many seat pollsLabor needs a two-party win of 50.2-49.8 on May 18 to form government.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The election will be held in four days, on May 18. There will be 151 House seats in the new parliament, up from 150 now. There are 47 NSW seats, 38 Victorian seats, 30 Queensland seats, 16 WA seats, 10 SA seats, five Tasmanian seats, three ACT seats and two NT...

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