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Sydney's closer to being a zero-carbon city than you think

  • Written by: Rob Roggema, Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments, University of Technology Sydney
imageThe potential clean energy sources are all around Sydney, just waiting to be harnessed.Author provided

You live in one of the sunniest countries in the world. You might want to use that solar advantage and harvest all this free energy. Knowing that solar panels are rapidly becoming cheaper and have become feasible even in less sunny places like the...

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Grattan on Friday: The 'China factor' is an unknown in Bennelong but a big issue for Australia

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

The stakes in Saturday’s Bennelong byelection could hardly be higher. While both Liberal and Labor camps predict John Alexander will hold on against the ALP’s Kristina Keneally, a government defeat would be calamitous for Malcolm Turnbull, leaving the Coalition with a minority on the floor of the House.

In the event of a very narrow win...

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Greater skills diversity on boards might actually be worse for business

  • Written by: Ali Akyol, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance, University of Melbourne
imageIncreasing the amount of skills on a board from 10 to 13 reduces firm performance by about 2.4%, research finds.www.shutterstock.com

Having directors with diverse skills doesn’t necessarily lead to better firm performance. Using US data, our research found that increasing the amount of skills on a board from 10 to 13 reduces firm performance...

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Explainer: the politics of heavy metal

  • Written by: Catherine Hoad, Sessional academic in Communications, University of Technology Sydney
imageA Black Sabbath fan on stage at a rock concert in Finland.Anssi Koskinen/flickr, CC BY-SA

The popular mythology of heavy metal begins with an amputation. In the mid-1960s, teenage guitarist Frank Anthony Iommi lost the tips of several fingers in an industrial accident. To compensate for this loss, he tuned his guitar lower, slackening the strings...

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  2. Measures to increase cycling in Australia are predicated on failure
  3. Instead of congratulating ICAN on its Nobel Peace Prize, Australia is resisting efforts to ban the bomb
  4. Not just heat: even our spring frosts can bear the fingerprint of climate change
  5. It's official: 2016's Great Barrier Reef bleaching was unlike anything that went before
  6. Australians working in China should expect fallout over questions of political interference
  7. A bubble? We don't even know how to value Bitcoin
  8. Between innocence and experience: the sexualisation of girlhood in 19th century postcards
  9. Structuring thought and imagination brick by brick, Lego is more than child's play
  10. Cutting funding for hospital complications is unlikely to change patient care – here's why
  11. Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate byelection in stunning upset; Bennelong is tied 50-50
  12. Why we removed an article on the My Health Record
  13. The off-topic Conversation #144
  14. Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
  15. Westfield's history tracks the rise of the Australian shopping centre and shows what's to come
  16. What the robots of Star Wars tell us about automation, and the future of human work
  17. What is going rotten in the franchise businesses plagued by scandals
  18. Sexting: technology is changing what young people share online
  19. Reporting a few cases of negative side effects from long-acting contraceptives is alarmist and damaging
  20. NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
  21. Schools are not adequately preparing young Australians to participate in our democracy
  22. Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report
  23. The growing skills gap between jobs in Australian cities and the regions
  24. The government is miscounting greenhouse emissions reductions
  25. New Zealand discovery of fossilised 'monster bird' bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin
  26. Curious Kids: Why do humans not have fur like chimpanzees and gorillas?
  27. Young workers are most likely to use their phones while driving – here's how can we change that
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  30. Surprise! Digital space isn't replacing public space, and might even help make it better
  31. Modern science tackles a biblical secret -- the mystery ingredient in holy incense
  32. Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
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  34. How conservatives use identity politics to shut down debate
  35. Lucky winner: why this beach in WA claims the crown of Australia's whitest sand
  36. Should we eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?
  37. Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links
  38. Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events
  39. As costs mount, the government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card
  40. Older people now less likely to fall into poverty
  41. Three reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs' voices are not being heard
  42. Facebook's new Messenger Kids app could be good for digital literacy
  43. Debauchery on the fatal shore: the sex lives of Australia's convicts
  44. Social media can be bad for youth mental health, but there are ways it can help
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  46. Charity regulators should not assume that donors always know best
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