SA Premier Jay Weatherill has announced a Royal Commission into breaches of the Murray Darling Basin agreement. But will it solve the long running problems with river management?
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‘Volcano forensics’ involves a mixture of modern day monitoring and analysis of past eruptions. Geologists use volcanic rocks as a kind of time capsule to assess what happened previously.
Much of Australia’s energy debate is centred around ‘models’ of various policies. But how do they work? And what can they really tell us?
The world watches and waits to see what will happen next at Bali’s Mt Agung, an active volcano.
The Adani project is already a stranded asset, and definitely not worthy of taxpayer support, or the risks to the Chinese of any involvement.
New modelling suggests that Australia could use renewable energy to hit its 2030 emissions reduction targets, without it costing any more overall than maintaining the status quo.
As foreign Islamic State fighters return home, there needs to be proper prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict.
The paintings in Del Kathryn Barton’s new show at NGV Australia are visually stunning and painstakingly executed. But the women depicted are often de-personalised objects or headless cauldrons of destructive passion.
No human has been to the moon since 1972. But India, China and Russia would like to change that, and soon.
The same-sex marriage postal survey gave Australians a chance to create data for social change. And that’s rare.
Many provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have been suspended after the United States pulled out. But there’s still much to debate about the regional free trade agreement.
Small quantities of drugs are getting past customs and then being used to create much bigger batches of illegal drugs like synthetic heroin.
Packed venues, rock star status. What makes some scientists so damned marketable?
Crested pigeons make a rapid trilling sound when they take flight that can be used to warn others of danger. But what is it that makes the sound?
Negotiators from 11 countries have been racing to resurrect the near-dead Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend.
Australia’s problems with the national broadband network run deeper than what can be solved through an investigation or more monitoring. Maybe we were just too optimistic.
Orang utan Batang Toru memiliki campuran fitur yang aneh. Pejantan dewasa memiliki bantalan pipi yang menyerupai orang utan Borneo, tapi perawakannya mirip orang utan Sumatra.
Memasuki milenium ketiga, dunia perfilman Indonesia mulai memperkenalkan gagasan maskulinitas laki-laki baru. Dari Rangga hingga Khudori, mereka laki-laki yang menantang konsep Bapakisme Orde Baru.
Rare earth elements aren’t actually that rare - but they certainly are useful. Erbium is used right now in the internet’s optical fibre network, and could one day be applied in quantum networks.
A group of fewer than 800 orangutans in northern Sumatra has been recognised as a new species - and they are already under threat from deforestation.
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Student, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
