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Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin

  • Written by: Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University

The widespread deaths of fish in the Darling River – with more predicted to come – has raised serious questions about the allocation of water between agriculture and the environment. Water-hungry crops like cotton and rice are also raising eyebrows: are they worth growing in the Murray Darling Basin?

The situation is a little more...

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Gillette's corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has come

  • Written by: Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
Gillette's corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has comeGillette’s 'the best a man can get' campaign exemplifies of a new type of corporate political activism.Gillette

For decades Gillette has been selling razors using the slogan “the best a man can get”. This week the Procter & Gamble-owned brand has adopted “the best a man can be” as part of a marketing campaign meant...

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Morrison's Vanuatu trip shows the government's continued focus on militarising the Pacific

  • Written by: Michael O'Keefe, Head of Department, Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University

The foreign policy community met with relief the announcement Morrison’s first overseas trip for 2019 would be to Vanuatu and Fiji. The trip is a long overdue symbol of a priority outlined in the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper: “stepping up our engagement in the Pacific”.

There had been much criticism of the PM’s failure to...

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annoying campaign tricks that are legal

  • Written by: Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
annoying campaign tricks that are legalPoliticians are allowed to spam you with campaign texts.from shutterstock.com

“Make Australia Great.” So began several million text messages, sent last week from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party. Palmer’s bumptious campaign techniques actually predated those of Donald Trump.

But now he is aping Trump’s slogans and...

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  2. We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward
  3. Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture
  4. how do tongues taste food?
  5. 35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't help
  6. More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights
  7. The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought
  8. Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designers
  9. new drug MDPV, or 'monkey dust', found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?
  10. What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon
  11. New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us
  12. Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away
  13. the movement of ocean waters around Australia
  14. The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion
  15. Dancenorth's Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty
  16. Buildings produce 25% of Australia's emissions. What will it take to make them 'green' – and who'll pay?
  17. It's time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin
  18. Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?
  19. It's not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides
  20. How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus
  21. Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs
  22. The Water Margin, China's outlaw novel
  23. what the future of television looks like
  24. why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?
  25. La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil's sufferings to life, but the movements feel static
  26. How is oxygen 'sucked out' of our waterways?
  27. even the world's oldest profession is being uberised
  28. What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?
  29. why we stick with the duds
  30. The Productivity Commission inquiry was just the start. It's time for a broader review of super and how much it is needed
  31. the ancient roots of your backyard garden
  32. Want to breastfeed? These five things will make it easier
  33. Populism's problems can be fixed by getting the public better-informed. And that's actually possible
  34. Fast serves don't make sense – unless you factor in physics and 'cheating'
  35. Graduate employment is up, but finding a job can still take a while
  36. The art of distraction: Sebastian Smee's Quarterly Essay
  37. why the mythos of the Australian farmer is problematic
  38. so far, it's more of a house price blip than a bust in the making
  39. The economics of 'cash for cane toads' – a textbook example of perverse incentives
  40. There's no such thing as a safe tan. Here's what's happening underneath your summer glow
  41. 'Alexa, call my lawyer!' Are you legally liable if someone makes a purchase using your virtual assistant?
  42. what causes algal blooms, and how we can stop them
  43. Sex offender registries don't prevent re-offending (and vigilante justice is real)
  44. Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they've been hacked?
  45. Productivity Commission finds super a bad deal. And yes, it comes out of wages
  46. There are lessons to be drawn from the cracks that appeared in Sydney's Opal Tower, but they extend beyond building certification
  47. Australia's 2018 in weather: drought, heat and fire
  48. National curriculums don't always work for rural and regional schools
  49. how do I tell if I'm dehydrated?
  50. Why celebrity, award-winning chefs are usually white men

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