More electric vehicles and renewable energy means more mining for resources. Unless industry adopts cleaner habits urgently, the environment faces more damage.
Metiria Turei (here with James Shaw) was the co-leader of the Green party until 2017, but resigned within weeks of her welfare reform speech in which she shared her personal experience with New Zealand’s welfare system.
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A few weeks before New Zealand’s 2017 elections, Metiria Turei’s welfare reform speech triggered a sequence of events that led to her resignation and questions about the conduct of journalists.
Morrison appeared at a forum of seniors in the Victorian seat of Corangamite.
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Both sides have different perceptions about how what the government characterises as a “retirement tax” - the franking credits change – will play out politically.
The grief expressed at the Notre Dame fire is not just because it is a beautiful building – some places become more important to us because of history, culture and our own memories of them.
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Images of Notre Dame on fire have elicited an outpouring of grief around the world and online. This response raises the question of why we feel more connected to some heritage places than others.
The spire collapses while flames are burning the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
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With modern technology, it is entirely possible for the cathedral to be recreated with near-accuracy to the original. We can do this and keep the original building’s spirit and feeling.
Autumnal displays may be dimmed in the future.
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For two decades, a competitive design process pioneered by Sydney City Council has been transforming the city skyline and, new research shows, raising standards as it goes.
Jokowi has maintained a double-digit lead in most recent polls, but some moderate supporters have indicated they may stay away from the polls.
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Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Edith Cowan University and Ella S. Prihatini, The University of Western Australia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been burnishing his religious credentials ahead of this week’s election. Will it be enough to beat an old rival, the firebrand populist Prabowo Subianto?
All sorts of data is collected on Australian farms, such as stock numbers and crop details.
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Many people drink coffee for that extra bit of energy to go about their day. As well as sharpening our minds, there’s evidence caffeine can give us a physical boost, too.
To start with each side offers a “lamington” (Low and Middle Income Tax offset), then the differences get serious.
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After some years the Coalition’s proposals would cost $40 billion per year more than Labor’s, but by then Labor will have probably cut tax further too.
Carlton’s Sarah Hosking in action in the 2019 AFLW grand final.
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The AFLW has come a long way in a short time. But amid calls for even faster expansion, more games and a longer season, it pays to remember that in footy you shouldn’t go too hard, too early.
Mukurtu is a Warumungu word meaning “dilly bag” or a safe keeping place for sacred materials.
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Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe
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Mukurtu - Warumungu word meaning 'dilly bag' or a safe keeping place for sacred materials - is an online system helping Indigenous people conserve photos, songs and other digital archives.
Yolks are a great source of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins packaged up by the female animal for an embryo.
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A yolk allows a developing animal to stay in an egg longer, boosting its chance of survival. The downside is the mother has to work hard finding extra food so her body can create a nutritious yolk.
The Gillard government kept 87% of its promises, though some had to be compromised to navigate a hung parliament.
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As parody goes, this infamous Monty Python film is a pretty gentle, even, respectful sort. It is now more likely to be criticised for breaching the boundaries of ‘political correctness’.
There are three types of flu vaccine available in Australia.
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Great areas of rubbish – known as ‘garbage patches’ – are known to form in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, but not the southern Indian Ocean. Why is that?
Children who are homeschooled spend a lot of time in community environments.
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Whether homeschooled children have enough opportunities for socialisation is one of the most common questions homeschooling parents get asked.
Arthur Caldwell almost defeated Robert Menzies in the poll in 1961, and won the debate about policy.
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The government has set out the tax benefit people in particular occupations would get in the long term under its plan, while Labor has announced funding for pathology from its cancer package.
Screenshot from Labor Party advertisement linking Peter Dutton to Liberal candidates.
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While Peter Dutton is fighting for his political life in his marginal Brisbane seat of Dickson, he is being “weaponised” by Labor in its efforts to defeat two of his strongest Victorian supporters, Greg…
With the election season now under way, Labor has retained its lead over the Coalition in the latest Newspoll, though Bill Shorten’s approval rating has not improved.
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Rosslynd Piggott’s artworks explore an uncanny, dream-like state. A new exhibition of her objects, installations and paintings is a memorable reflection of a major Australian artist.