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Why trackless trams are ready to replace light rail

  • Written by: Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Why trackless trams are ready to replace light railCRRC Zhuzhou Institute developed the rubber-tyred autonomous rail transit (ART) system, or trackless tram, which has already been trialled in Zhuzhou, ChinaWikimedia, CC BY-SA

I began my life as an activist academic in 1979 when the Western Australian government closed the Fremantle railway, saying buses would be better. Patronage immediately fell...

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How did the fish cross the road? Our invention helps them get to the other side of a culvert

  • Written by: Jabin Watson, Postdoctoral researcher, The University of Queensland
How did the fish cross the road? Our invention helps them get to the other side of a culvertWhen a stream enters a culvert, the flow can be concentrated so much that water flows incredibly fast. So fast, in fact, that small and juvenile fish are unable to swim against the flow and are prevented from reaching where they need to go to eat, reproduce or find safety.Shutterstock

Fish need to move to find food, escape predators and reach...

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Mandela My Life is a welcome tribute to a hero, but avoids difficult questions

  • Written by: Andrea Witcomb, Professor, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
Mandela My Life is a welcome tribute to a hero, but avoids difficult questionsDetail from Father of the Innocents, from the series, Mandela A Life's Journey, by John MeyerMelbourne Museum

Review: Mandela My Life, Melbourne Museum.


What is the role of commemorative exhibitions that focus on the life of a single change agent I asked myself, as I viewed Melbourne Museum’s latest blockbuster, Mandela My Life: The Official...

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Battle won. Our budget woes are behind us

  • Written by: Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney

The government’s final budget outcome for 2017-18 is a deficit of A$10.1 billion. That’s an extraordinary A$8.1 lower than the May estimate just months ago, and more than A$19 billion lower than when the 2017-18 budget was originally put together the previous May.

The deficit, a mere 0.6% of gross domestic product, is the smallest in...

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  1. Antarctica's 'moss forests' are drying and dying
  2. Labor drops in Newspoll but still has large lead; NSW ReachTEL poll tied 50-50
  3. Budget deficit comes in at $10.1 billion, in boost for early return to surplus
  4. Economic growth and 'Trump-proofing' – why the latest inter-Korea summit matters
  5. Everything he does, he does it for us. Why Bryan Adams is on to something important about copyright
  6. Aged care failures show how little we value older people – and those who care for them
  7. An open letter on rental housing reform
  8. Despite her good intentions, Michelle Guthrie was never the right fit for the ABC
  9. The NT is putting a minimum floor price on alcohol, because evidence shows this works to reduce harm
  10. When falling home ownership and ageing baby boomers collide
  11. Art and science come together to examine the power and perversions of perfection
  12. Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers
  13. Privatising WestConnex is the biggest waste of public funds for corporate gain in Australian history
  14. ABC boss Michelle Guthrie sacked, but the board won’t say why
  15. Why the increased penalties for strawberry sabotage will do little to prevent the crime
  16. It's better light, not worse behaviour, that explains crimes on a full moon
  17. How to (gently) get your child to brush their teeth
  18. she failed to back the journalists
  19. Australia has the wealth to ensure a sustainable future, but too many people are being left behind
  20. 1980s Berlin comes to life in Welcome the Bright World's quest for 'truth'
  21. Public schools losing out in political power plays
  22. ABC board sacks managing director Michelle Guthrie
  23. one year of phenomenal success for Fortnite
  24. What the stoush between the federal government and the CFMMEU is really about (spoiler: there's an election coming)
  25. Australia's residential aged care facilities are getting bigger and less home-like
  26. Cuts and restructures send alarm through South Australia's arts sector
  27. are SUVs and 4WDs safer than other cars?
  28. Labor leads 54-46% in Newspoll that shows slight improvement for government
  29. Influence in Australian politics needs an urgent overhaul – here's how to do it
  30. Grass trees aren't a grass (and they're not trees)
  31. Peter Grimes is a thrilling and moving staging of the great English opera
  32. Michelle Grattan on strawberries, Sudmalis, schools, and the au pair affair
  33. Super. If Labor really wanted to help women in retirement, it would do something else
  34. Is it time for Australia to be more open about research involving animals?
  35. If privacy is increasing for My Health Record data, it should apply to all medical records
  36. New laws help juries understand why victims of sexual violence struggle to recall their assaults
  37. why Catholic primary school parents can afford to pay more
  38. Quotas are not pretty but they work – Liberal women should insist on them
  39. Why does English have so many different spelling rules?
  40. the GFC and me. Ten years on, what have we learned?
  41. what do we want to be when we grow up?
  42. What makes you a man or a woman? Geneticist Jenny Graves explains
  43. The backflip over Sydney's marine park is a defiance of science
  44. Can e-scooters solve the 'last mile' problem? They'll need to avoid the fate of dockless bikes
  45. Planned trade deal with Europe could keep medicine prices too high
  46. Morrison aims to make agility his prime ministerial trademark
  47. Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50,000 years ago, earlier than first thought
  48. Desal plants might do less damage to marine environments than we thought
  49. En Masse is an arresting fusion of circus, dance and classical music
  50. 160 years of Māori monarchy

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