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Why predicting the weather and climate is even harder for Australia’s rainy northern neighbours

  • Written by: Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne
Why predicting the weather and climate is even harder for Australia’s rainy northern neighboursClouds roll across Samosir in northern Sumatra.Shutterstock.com

Australians love to complain about weather forecasts, but compared with some other parts of the world ours are impressively accurate. Our large, mostly flat continent surrounded by oceans makes modelling Australia’s weather and climate relatively straightforward.

The same cannot...

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The royal commission is about to grill the chiefs of the big four banks. Here's why soon they mightn't exist

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
The royal commission is about to grill the chiefs of the big four banks. Here's why soon they mightn't existFirst up before the Royal Commission on Monday will be the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank. The era of the big four banks might be ending.Shutterstock

It will be worth watching the final round of hearings at the banking royal commission, which begin on Monday. The chief executives of each of the big four will be recalled for reexaminations....

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Confiscate their super. If it works for sports stars, it could work for bankers

  • Written by: Liam Lenten, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University

The interim report of the Financial Services Royal Commission pulled no punches, reminding us all of just how aghast the public is over (among other things) the non-provision of paid financial advice, invalid farm repossessions, wrongful evictions of elderly home owners, and falsified “Dollarmite” children’s bank accounts.

As...

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Shorten would need non-Green crossbench to pass bills in Senate: Australia Institute

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A Labor government would likely have to rely on at least one Senate crossbencher besides the Greens to pass contested legislation, according to an analysis from The Australia Institute, a progressive think tank.

The analysis, based in part on polling but also on historical data, suggests that, at best, after next year’s half-Senate election...

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  3. It's the right time to review the world's chemical weapons convention
  4. Logging must stop in Melbourne's biggest water supply catchment
  5. How digital media blur the border between Australia and China
  6. do hangover cures actually work?
  7. Evidence of aliens? What to make of research and reporting on 'Oumuamua, our visitor from space
  8. Frydenberg lashes out at Malaysia's prime minister for anti-Semitism
  9. Labor's two-step plan for a vote on becoming a republic has some precedents
  10. Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?
  11. Man who burnt his wife alive gets at least 27 years' jail, but not life
  12. Government to provide more funds for prosecuting bank crime
  13. Omega-3 supplements in pregnancy reduce the risk of premature birth
  14. Why you like coffee, and I choose tea – it's in the genes
  15. bad for them and the planet
  16. turning up the level of civilisation
  17. How Australia's NRA-inspired gun lobby is trying to chip away at gun control laws, state by state
  18. A tip for bankers ahead of the royal commission: be more like doctors
  19. why the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is so important for keeping Antarctica frozen
  20. Morrison government brings back memories of McMahon days
  21. Why early diagnosis of autism should lead to early intervention
  22. Derryn Hinch on a national ICAC and the Victorian election
  23. There's no need for the 'Chicago principles' in Australian universities to protect freedom of speech
  24. Yes, a WhatsApp message could be subject to FOI – but you'd have to find it first
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  26. Toilets of the future must be designed with people in mind, not technology
  27. Cambodians await crucial tribunal finding into 1970s brutal Khmer Rouge regime
  28. Rainbow pride flag's still flying, taking on new forms and meanings in our cities
  29. Australia needs to triple its social housing by 2036. This is the best way to do it
  30. there's more to regulation than prosecution
  31. How anti-Semitic stereotypes from a century ago echo today
  32. A super-Earth found in our stellar back yard
  33. what we can learn from anti-fossil fuel campaigns
  34. Despite new findings, the jury is still out on whether omega-3 supplements reduce heart attacks
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  36. Opt-out period for My Health Record extended
  37. Death doulas can fill care gaps at the end of life
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  39. Behind the judgement. Why the Federal Court tore up a $35m settlement between ASIC and Westpac over lending standards
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  43. There are many good ideas to tackle inequality – it's time we acted on them
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