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Barnaby Joyce criticises lack of results on power prices as winter approaches

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

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says he would be “100%” behind the government constructing coal-fired power stations if that would lower the price of electricity.

“My exasperation is that we have been talking about cheaper power and nothing is happening. No government has dealt with the power issue in a form that has...

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The off-topic Conversation #158

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Gene-based tests may improve treatment for people with bipolar disorder

  • Written by: Klaus Oliver Schubert, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide
Gene-based tests may improve treatment for people with bipolar disorderResponsiveness to lithium – the gold standard of bipolar treatment – runs in families. Francisco Gonzalez/unsplash

Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) affects around 2% of the world’s population, leaving them with bouts of severe depression and episodes of what is commonly referred to as “mania”.

A range of drug...

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Defamation in the digital age has morphed into litigation between private individuals

  • Written by: Derek Wilding, Co-Director, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney

New South Wales District Court judge Judith Gibson recently identified a worrying social trend she sees in running the court’s defamation list – “ordinary people” suing over social media posts. In turn, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman committed to a review of defamation laws, in light of “the developing...

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  4. Why the business model of social media giants like Facebook is incompatible with human rights
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  6. Babylon Berlin and why our fascination with 1920s Germany reveals the anxieties of our times
  7. Public housing ban on people with drug records likely to do more harm than good, research tell us
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  10. what will New Zealand's new government bring for towns and cities?
  11. How last night's fight affects the way couples divide housework
  12. Island-hopping study shows the most likely route the first people took to Australia
  13. Five tips to help you make the most of reading to your children
  14. Drug use can have social benefits, and acknowledging this could improve rehabilitation
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  17. Victoria's sperm donor laws yield some surprises, but mostly happy ones
  18. In Open Cut exhibition, protest art challenges visitors to take action
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  23. a bold experiment exploring female voices constricted by trauma
  24. Art Gallery SA goes back to Impressionism's colourful roots with masterpieces from Musee d'Orsay
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  27. Monsters in my closet – how a geographer began mining myths
  28. Can the cricketers banned for ball tampering ever regain their hero status? It's happened before
  29. views from NSW and SA
  30. Is Truvada (PrEP) the game-changer that will end new HIV transmissions in Australia?
  31. he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here's why that matters
  32. Islamic State schooled children as soldiers – how can their 'education' be undone?
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  35. Daylight saving can boost the economy but Australia needs to make it uniform
  36. With China's space station about to crash land, who's responsible if you get hit by space junk?
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  38. How the internet is reshaping World Heritage and our experience of it
  39. land degradation is turning soils into deserts
  40. Senate newcomer Tim Storer plays hardball on company tax
  41. John Blaxland on Australia's expulsion of Russian spies
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  43. Queensland has saved a Hollywood blockbuster, but the local film industry is still missing out
  44. Victorian drug law reform recommendations are welcome – but must include prisoners
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