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State of NSW: Labor reaps what it sows after attacking the working class

Rick Kuhn, Australian National University

NSW Labor is so detested that many inside and outside the party look back nostalgically to the leadership of that erudite policy thug Bob Carr. As Premier, he stirred-up anti-Muslim racism for electoral…

Universities need to participate in a wider dialogue. Tulane Public Relations

Better connecting the university to the public debate

Glyn Davis, The University of Melbourne

Foundation Essay – A democracy needs conversations that range broadly, find space for many voices, accept new information, explore unexpected ideas, allow people to reach a judgement about the issues that…

The most obvious health impacts due to climate change are from extreme weather conditions. AAP

Heatwaves, mozzies, dengue and droughts - how climate change threatens our health

Tony McMichael, Australian National University

Climate change is affecting rates of illness, disease, injury and death in Australia and elsewhere, and the risk it poses will only escalate in future. As Australians argue about carbon pricing and its…