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AEMO's 'cohesive' energy plan falls short because it omits two key economic facts

  • Written by: Martina Linnenluecke, Professor of Environmental Finance; Director of the Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Macquarie University
AEMO's 'cohesive' energy plan falls short because it omits two key economic factsIs the sun setting fast enough on coal-fired power?

The Integrated System Plan, unveiled this week by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), has been billed as a cohesive energy plan for Australia. In reality, it falls seriously short.

Australia needs to accelerate its energy transition and give businesses and investors the support they need...

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Friday essay: why YA gothic fiction is booming

  • Written by: Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
Friday essay: why YA gothic fiction is boomingZoey Deutch in the film Vampire Academy (2014).Angry Films, Kintop Pictures, Preger Entertainment

An 18-year-old girl prepares to die to enable the birth of her half-vampire baby. Her spine is broken in the process, and the fanged baby begins to gnaw its way through her stomach before the girl’s husband performs a vampiric Cesarean section....

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Technology doesn't have to be lonely: encouraging dialogue over diatribe

  • Written by: Michael Cowling, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia
Technology doesn't have to be lonely: encouraging dialogue over diatribeAlmost four in 10 millennials spend more time on their smartphones than they do engaging with people in real life.Mavis Wong/The Conversation, CC BY-SA

Do you ever feel like when you post to Facebook, you’re publishing into a void where nobody is listening? You’re not the only one.

A recent study reported that Australians are lonelier...

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is glucosamine good for joints?

  • Written by: Andrew Lavender, Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University
is glucosamine good for joints?Glucosamine for osteoarthritis is one of the most commonly used complementary medicines in the western world.from www.shutterstock.com

Pharmaceutical companies have been promoting glucosamine supplements as a treatment for osteoarthritis for many years. Taking glucosamine for osteoarthritis is one of the most common forms of complementary medicine i...

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  6. can comedy really change our environmental behaviours?
  7. The winners and losers in the 2018 World Cup broadcast battle
  8. how Tasmania's Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani
  9. Tech innovators start to see old-fashioned benefits of collective bargaining
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  12. The case for introducing rhinos to Australia
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  22. US citizens can now publish models of 3D printed firearms online. What does it mean for us?
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  26. Why Australians' religious freedom is worth protecting
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  28. A new blood test could detect early stage melanoma in more than 80% of patients
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  30. AEMO's new electricity plan is neither a death knell nor a shot in the arm for coal
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  32. Think the dual citizenship saga does not affect state parliamentarians? It might be time to think again
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  36. Russia's World Cup widely hailed as success, but will the good vibes last for Putin?
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