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35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't help

  • Written by: Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't helpWhether your energy comes from coal or renewable sources isn't likely to make a difference to your risk of a blackout this summer.yellowbkpk/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Summer is here with a vengeance. On hot days it’s very likely something in the power system will break and cause someone to lose power. And the weather bureau expects this summer to be ho...

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More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights

  • Written by: Beth Goldblatt, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rightsUnder the ParentsNext that was delivered, some parents lose payments for failing to attend appointments and others don't.Shutterstock/Department of Jobs and Small Business

ParentsNext is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry, with submissions closing on February 1.

The program has been widely criticised for making parents’ lives more difficult...

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The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought

  • Written by: Fran Sheldon, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith University
The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in droughtPuddles in the bed of the Darling River are a sign of an ecosystem in crisis.Jeremy Buckingham/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The deaths of millions of fish in the lower Darling River system over the past few weeks should come as no surprise. Quite apart from specific warnings given to the NSW government by their own specialists in 2013, scientists have been...

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Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designers

  • Written by: Jane Connory, PhD candidate, assistant researcher and teaching associate, Monash University
Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designersPortrait of Ruby Lindsay, published in The drawings of Ruby Lind, 1920.

In this series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages.

Ruby Lindsay was among the first women in Australian graphic design. In the early-20th century she pursued a full-time career in magazine and book illustration, likely the first woman in Australia to...

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  2. What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon
  3. 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
  4. Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away
  5. the movement of ocean waters around Australia
  6. The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion
  7. Dancenorth's Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty
  8. Buildings produce 25% of Australia's emissions. What will it take to make them 'green' – and who'll pay?
  9. It's time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin
  10. Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?
  11. It's not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides
  12. How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus
  13. Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs
  14. The Water Margin, China's outlaw novel
  15. what the future of television looks like
  16. why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?
  17. La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil's sufferings to life, but the movements feel static
  18. How is oxygen 'sucked out' of our waterways?
  19. even the world's oldest profession is being uberised
  20. What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?
  21. why we stick with the duds
  22. The Productivity Commission inquiry was just the start. It's time for a broader review of super and how much it is needed
  23. the ancient roots of your backyard garden
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  25. Populism's problems can be fixed by getting the public better-informed. And that's actually possible
  26. Fast serves don't make sense – unless you factor in physics and 'cheating'
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  28. The art of distraction: Sebastian Smee's Quarterly Essay
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  32. There's no such thing as a safe tan. Here's what's happening underneath your summer glow
  33. 'Alexa, call my lawyer!' Are you legally liable if someone makes a purchase using your virtual assistant?
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  36. Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they've been hacked?
  37. Productivity Commission finds super a bad deal. And yes, it comes out of wages
  38. There are lessons to be drawn from the cracks that appeared in Sydney's Opal Tower, but they extend beyond building certification
  39. Australia's 2018 in weather: drought, heat and fire
  40. National curriculums don't always work for rural and regional schools
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  42. Why celebrity, award-winning chefs are usually white men
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  46. Tracking the rise of room sharing and overcrowding, and what it means for housing in Australia
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