The first signs that humans were warming the climate appeared much earlier in the northern hemisphere - way back in the 1830s. But now the trend is emerging all over the globe.
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More than 150 Australian experts have demanded greater action on climate change from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Atmospheric, marine, environmental, biological and medical scientists join in calling for more focus on the damage being wrought by climate change.
As the government hints the marriage equality plebiscite may be delayed until 2017, calls intensify for the parliament to legislate on the issue instead. So what is parliament’s role here?
If we accept that 2 degrees warming is dangerous this century, we have to accept it is dangerous beyond.
Well, here we are again. Lazy swipes by lazy blowhards at lazy academics lazing their way through hyper competitive granting procedures.
Words from 100 Indigenous languages are in the new edition of the Australian National Dictionary – reflecting a heightened interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
US involvement in the Paris Agreement depends on the president – so what happens when the president changes?
If the response rate to the 2016 Census is lower than expected, it could compromise our ability to draw meaningful information from the data.
Many households in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria will lose their subsidies for solar power this year.
Reports of abuse on Nauru should provide a flashpoint for the Turnbull government to reassess its asylum-seeker policies before more serious harm is inflicted on Australia’s international standing.
As the changing nature of political participation presents increasing challenges for parties, we are likely to see more experimentation with new forms of participation, not less.
The Chinese government is changing its role in state-owned enterprises and there’s less cause for concern about the investment bids of these firms in Australia.
Leaked incident reports from the Nauru detention centre affirm what has been known for a long time: detention is no place for children, and we need alternatives to offshore processing.
Census data have a real impact on the lives of Australians, from determining political representation through the distribution of electorates, to the allocation of government funding.
Current land-use patterns could see the value of ‘ecosystem services’ – the natural processes that sustain life – plummet by mid-century. But with the right policies we can turn this trend around.
Economists are divided on whether the latest interest rate cut to 1.5% was needed, as the RBA tries to boost inflation and growth.
It’s the plebiscite Australia doesn’t have to have. But if the plebiscite on marriage equality goes ahead, how should it be designed?
Privacy fears over longer retention of names and addresses in Census 2016 are understandable, but are also misinformed and exaggerated.
Woolworths must turn its fortunes around. Does it have the right strategy?
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PhD candidate, English Literature, Australian National University
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, 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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Professor of Information Systems, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
