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High cost iron ore producers should either reduce their costs or leave the market if they cannot compete.
Asylum seekers on a vessel off the coast of Indonesia that later sank with the loss of nearly 60 lives in 2013.
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Being responsible for asylum seeker policy would be personally and practically challenging at the best of times. At the moment it is frankly nightmarish. No amount of money or career advancement could…
Norfolk Island has always had a strained relationship with mainland Australia – and the repeal of self-governance may intensify that strain.
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Federal parliament has passed legislation that removes Norfolk Island’s self-government but strong local views about the tiny island’s independence have deep historical roots.
New icons of travel: A selfie stick vendor in Florence.
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It might seem easy to claim that digital technology has disrupted the way we plan, prepare and experience, travel. Online travel agencies have experienced massive growth and online is now responsible for…
Bjorn Lomborg’s cost-benefit approach isn’t necessarily the best way to look at problems with a global scope.
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Bjorn Lomborg’s “consensus” approach involves ranking global development policies by their ratio of benefit to cost. But this hard-headed economic rationale can actually end up entrenching inequality.
Pablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers (Version O) is sold for US$179 million.
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Rather appropriately, I discovered the art world’s big news in the pages of the Financial Times. Pablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers (Version O) sold for US$179.4 million at auction – the highest price ever…
Ultimately, whether or not you consider Australia to be secular depends on the definition of secularism used.
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Australia has a form of secularism where religion is allowed in the public sphere. As long as religion remains one voice and one option among many, the nation will still be secular.
Tony Abbott and Greg Hunt at last year’s Green Army launch. Funding for the initiative has been slimmed down but is still more than A$700 million.
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The Federal Budget 2015 makes little mention of emissions reductions or renewable energy, but does feature funding boosts for drought assistance and the Great Barrier Reef. What else is in?
Australians will have to opt out of the new system.
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Despite A$485 million of rescue funding, there is no guarantee health professionals will participate in the e-health scheme, nor that the information supplied will be complete.
The Lost Battalion, 2015. Acrylic, soil, charcoal and shellac on paper. Lev Vykopal.
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Tackling Gallipoli is an onerous challenge: it carries baggage that must be accommodated or unpacked with extreme care. Western Australian artist Lev Vykopal’s two exhibitions offer a mix of reverence, analysis, critique and poetry.
Europe has launched its strategy for a Digital Single Market throughout its member countries. The success of this strategy relies on the ability of European lawmakers and politicians removing barriers…
There aren’t too many topics about pregnancy more controversial than what a mother-to-be can and can’t eat. No sooner does a couple announce the news of an impending arrival than a woman is bombarded with…
Having a platform, albeit a modest one, from which to try and catch the world’s attention is a great privilege. The number of competing voices in the blogosphere means that the size of the audience is…
When Vladimir Putin reviews the troops marking the 70th anniversary of Russia’s victory of Nazism, he won’t have many leaders of democratic nations to accompany him.
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Victory over Nazi Germany is one unambiguously positive accomplishment of the 20th century; and yet, constructing a positive narrative about the Soviet second world war has proven hard – largely because there are some stubborn facts to contend with.
Most states already allow religious schools to discriminate based on faith.
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The proposed changes to the anti-discrimination act caused a stir in Tasmania. However they’re in line with the rest of the country.
When public figures such as Cate McGregor and Caitlyn Jenner speak about trans experience, how does it serve the development of trans rights?
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A number of high-profile trans people have come out in recent months, such as Cate McGregor and Caitlyn Jenner. Do these big media moments help advance trans rights across society?
Of the many things Kevin Mitnick is famous for, the part that stands out is his journey from being on the wrong side of the law, to his current-day role as a protector of it. Unfortunately for him, the…
Research has found when super funds share the same directors, fund performance can suffer.
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Rammed earth has been used for centuries, for buildings that have stood the test of time, including China’s Great Wall. It’s also cheap and environmentally friendly, so why aren’t modern architects embracing it?
Coinbase, one of the largest companies involved with Bitcoin, has expanded its operations to launch in the United Kingdom. Coinbase is adding the pound alongside the US dollar as a currency for buying…