Can two clean energy targets break the deadlock of energy and climate policy?
Will decarbonising energy make it more expensive? Probably not, but we could assuage doubts by linking emission reduction targets to price.
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Health Check: what’s better for you, fresh, dried or frozen fruit?
Dried and frozen fruit contain more sugar than their fresh equivalents. So, why do we think they're healthy?
Australians pay more for education than the OECD average – but is it worth it?
Australia has the third most expensive education system in the OECD, but we might not be getting what we pay for.
Early learning report card: Australia is improving rapidly, but there’s more work to do
Despite good progress in recent years, there is still more to do, including improving access to early childhood education for three-year-olds.
There is no apprenticeships ‘crisis’ in Australia
The so-called 'crisis' has united both sides of politics, employers and trade unions, but wrongly conflates apprenticeships and traineeships to skew the picture.
The impact of CBS’s takeover of Ten is much larger than just one network
CBS is not only the likely new owner of Ten Network but a major supplier of content to every television network and streaming service.
Finkel’s Clean Energy Target plan ‘better than nothing’: economists poll
A panel of leading economists has given its majority verdict on Alan Finkel's proposed Clean Energy Target: it may not be the best possible emissions policy, but we should get on with it anyway.
A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
The cost and confusion of having content tied to so many different streaming platforms could ultimately provoke a return to bundling and a pay TV model.
Shame! The ‘technical glitches’ that hit Game of Thrones could limit other popular live-streamed events
The problems some people had trying to watch Game of Thrones via the internet shows we still have a long way to go before we can live-stream major events to a mass online audience.
From The Secret Garden to Thirteen Reasons Why, death is getting darker in children’s books
Death used to happen off the page in kids' books, but not anymore. They kill each other in The Hunger Games, and 13 Reasons Why graphically describes the impact of teen suicide.
Australia is still lagging on some aspects of early childhood education
The latest OECD report on early learning education and care gives Australia a mixed report card.
With the rise of subscription and online TV, we need to rethink local content rules
New ABS figures on film, TV and digital gaming show that subscription broadcasters and online content creators are booming. Yet local content quotas only apply to free-to-air broadcasters.
Leaving school early means you’re likely never to return to study and training in adult life
Achievement is largely locked in by the age of 25, so those who do not have a Year 12 qualification by then are unlikely ever to have one.
Ten Network’s problems are history repeating
Ten Network has been placed in voluntary administration, after major shareholders refused to guarantee another loan.
Why women’s tennis rankings need an overhaul
The unpredictability of women's tennis in 2017 should make us strongly question the performance of the official rankings – and not simply the players’ performance.
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 budget speech, annotated by experts
The Conversation's experts annotate Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 budget speech.
Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
Here’s how superannuation is already financing homes
What critics of the plan to use superannuation for housing miss is that Australia’s super system already channels a significant proportion of retirement savings into housing.
Australia does Paris-Roubaix: by the numbers
It’s a big day in Australia for cycling fans. The 115th edition of the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic starts from Compiègne just after 11.00am local French time today (around 7:15pm AEST). Paris-Roubaix…
Whole body vibration: a genuine therapy or just another ‘weight loss’ fad?
Whole body vibration therapy is undertaken by standing, sitting, lying or doing exercises on specifically designed equipment that oscillates at relatively high frequencies.
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Director, Carbon and Energy Markets., Victoria University
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PhD Candidate and Academic Sessional, Victoria University
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Mitchell Professorial Fellow, Victoria University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Early Career Research Fellow, Advanced Food Systems Research Unit, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
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Research Chair in Education and Director of the Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, College of Arts, Victoria University
