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Energy Minister Simeon Brown wants to explore importing gas to prop up electricity generation – but subsidising the expansion of rooftop solar would be quicker, cheaper and more popular.
Cities have a large and mostly untapped power source: the rooftops of commercial buildings.
Modelling finds the economic impacts of current emissions reduction commitments are limited for countries not heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports.
We have a formula that would direct international students to institutions that also enrol large proportions of domestic students.
For the first time in a decade, the terror threat has been elevated. But what does that really mean?
Athletes can spend four years preparing for an Olympic or Paralympic games. For those who don’t achieve their goals, the disappointment can be crushing.
With Channel Nine holding the broadcast rights to the Paris games, other networks are hamstrung. Here’s how the system works.
Recently there have been three worrying reviews into Australian Olympic sports but much more needs to be done to protect vulnerable athletes.
The federal government wants to boost the number of Australians from equity groups at university. But its new funding plans lack some important details.
By exploiting their victim’s disability, perpetrators increase their power and coercive control, thereby intensifying the abuse.
As world sports fans zero in on Paris ahead of the Olympics, what should Brisbane’s games organisers look to learn ahead of the 2032 event?
Lack of time was a major barrier to cooking and eating healthier foods.
In the first research of its kind in Australia, our new study tracked almost 3,000 young people from age 15 to 25 to see if there are longer-term benefits to attending a selective school.
The cost to apply for a visa to study in Australia just more than doubled. This fee is non-refundable.
For Preeti Maharaj, growing up Fiji-Indian in Australia has meant living with threats of violence.
Aunque en los últimos meses se ha producido un aumento de los complots terroristas en Europa, un atentado contra los Juegos Olímpicos requeriría que un grupo tuviera la intención, la capacidad y la oportunidad de cometerlo.
While there has been a surge of terror plots in Europe in recent months, an attack on the Olympics would require a group to have the intent, capability and opportunity.
Costing new sources of electricity sounds simple. But it’s enormously complicated – and CSIRO’s GenCost report promises certainty it cannot deliver
A major unanswered question is what the caps will be and how they will be calculated.
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Principal Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer - Sport and Exercise Psychology, Research Fellow - Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise and Research Fellow, Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University, Victoria University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Research fellow, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Associate Professor and Associate Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Criminology and Senior Policy Officer (Office for the Commissioner for Victims of Crime), Victoria University
