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Why it’s sometimes ok to manipulate science images.
The US and the UK realise the urgent need for serious investment in cybersecurity. So why is the Australian government taking the issue so lightly?
Le budget de l’État est un domaine complexe, mais essentiel pour la vie politique. Dans les pays du sud, l’initiative des « budgets citoyens » vise à mieux informer – et associer – les citoyens.
Our political donations disclosure regime is so opaque, we don’t really know who’s paying how much and what they get in return. But the lengths players go to hide donations gives cause for suspicion.
Already popular in Australia, litigation funding is gaining traction in the US, but with a problematic twist.
Smaller super funds are just as efficient as some of the very largest, bucking industry belief that biggest is best.
Many people aren’t interested in having sex or don’t feel sexual attraction to other people. Is it normal to be like this?
The city of Phalodi has set a temperature record for India, hitting 51°C. Until now, India’s smog problem has curbed extreme temperatures. But that could be about to change.
Flying-foxes can cause conflict - just ask the people of Batemans Bay, NSW. But plans to disperse them won’t necessarily work without understanding these highly mobile animals’ behaviour.
Worse than expected business investment in both manufacturing and mining provides another nod towards secular stagnation.
What gaps have the CSIRO cuts left in climate research?
We are hearing dire warnings from property interests fighting against changes to negative gearing. But what if Labor’s proposed changes actually support demand for the flood of new properties?
Australians have become oddly obsessed with our ancestry. Something in our collective psyche as a nation seems to be turning a healthy curiosity about the past into a deep yearning to belong. What’s fuelling…
Australia had the first government body dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Eating cows and sheep is unsustainable. Here are some better alternatives.
Backpackers always were treated as non-residents for tax purposes, that’s why changes aren’t necessary.
A leading NASA scientist has asked CSIRO to stay in its global network that monitors atmospheric dust and pollution. The data are vital to understand the effects on weather and climate.
In democracies, it’s pretty difficult to bring about any agreement on anything. So when there is general consensus that something is a problem, I think it’s a good idea for us to sit up and pay attention…
Successful responses to the global refugee crisis will be those that recognise and build upon displaced people’s skills, capacities and aspirations.
Les Norvégiens rendent publics les revenus et les impôts de chaque citoyen. Une tradition qui date de l’indépendance du pays. Une pratique moderne qui mérite d’être étudiée.



















