Most people accept our energy system must move from fossil fuels, especially coal, to renewables as soon as practicable. But there are serious obstacles on the ground – literally.
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Knowing the ‘next drought is just around the corner’, Australia’s Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is striking a new agreement to return water and health to the Murray-Darling Basin.
Having a small backyard in outer suburban developments doesn’t make up for everything else that’s missing in these new neighbourhoods.
Peter Dutton has been open since the election about nuclear energy being on the Coalition’s agenda - but that has allowed the government, especially Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, to attack the idea
The latest revised data challenge the popular narrative about a population renaissance for regional Australia and for states and territories that were losing residents to other parts of the country.
The continued reductions in arts funding seem counter intuitive given the negative impact of COVID on the arts and cultural sector.
This year sees three more states introduce voluntary assisted dying. But there are still several barriers to overcome.
In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
The British atomic tests at Emu Field in South Australia pre-dated Maralinga by three years. Largely forgotten, they remind us the costs of harmful political decisions are borne by the most powerless.
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
Labor’s strong win was a result of a clever campaign, but also, more broadly, the fracturing of centre-right politics in Australia.
Latest results show Labor ahead of the Coalition federally as well as in South Australia, Queensland and possibly NSW.
South Australia’s Riverland adopted a Swedish system to control the dissemination of alcohol, even as it began the journey to becoming Australia’s biggest wine producer.
Genyornis newtoni was one of the biggest birds ever to walk the earth. And new research shows its mysterious extinction may have come amid a bout of widespread bone disease as its lake home dried out.
Almost one in three Australian homes now have solar panels – but as even more solar systems are installed, we face a growing challenge of managing temporary solar shutdowns.
Radioactive waste from nuclear medicine facilities will be trucked to and buried near the South Australian town of Kimba. But this decision still faces a range of hurdles.
Reaching net-zero emissions will require intense policy focus, private investment and clear accountability – conditions only a firm numerical target can provide.
South Australia has shown other Australian jurisdictions what not to do with their anti-corruption bodies, especially the proposed federal integrity commission.
Archaehierax sylvestris, whose remains have been unearthed in the arid South Australian outback, was the apex predator in a lush prehistoric forest filled with marsupials and waterfowl.
You only have to prevent one case, which could have otherwise led to community spread and lockdown, for such a scheme to pay for itself many times over.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Doctoral student, University of Adelaide
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Senior lecturer & Deputy Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Politics, Policy and Global Affairs, Flinders University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Head of the School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer in Population Geography, University of Adelaide
