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Editor's note
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Earlier this month a fire at a Melbourne recycling facility burned for days, causing dozens of nearby residents to evacuate. The blaze was blamed on stockpiles of paper and plastic, and now Victoria is carrying out a state-wide audit of recycling facilities to find other potential problems.
Most people want more recycling, less landfill and less waste – but we don’t know how many recycling facilities are in Australia, where they are or what they can sort.
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Madeleine De Gabriele
Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment
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Top story
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Firefighters at the Coolaroo recycling plant earlier this month.
AAP Image/Mal Fairclough
Trevor Thornton, Deakin University
The Victorian government is auditing every recycling facility in the state after a disastrous fire at Coolaroo. It raises a bigger issue: we don't know how many plants Australia has or where they are.
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Environment + Energy
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Adrian Henry Macey, Victoria University of Wellington
Climate change will have a big impact on the global economy, for better or worse. We explore four issues that bring climate and trade negotiations head to head.
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Politics + Society
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Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
There has been much attention paid to the widespread resurgence of populism. Restorationism in Western democracies is a subset of this.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Even if Canavan survives, his immediate absence from cabinet is a blow to Joyce because, he provides policy heft. If the case goes against Canavan, Joyce faces a dilemma in who to elevate to cabinet.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michael Cooney says becoming a republic would give Australians important new symbols of national unity.
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Chiara De Lazzari, Swinburne University of Technology
Matt Canavan was seemingly able to obtain Italian citizenship without being born or spending any time in Italy.
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Arts + Culture
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Pip Smith, Western Sydney University
An Italian-born-woman-turned-Sydney-dwelling-man, Eugenia Falleni was convicted of murder in 1920. Researching a novel about Falleni left this author literally, and figuratively, at sea.
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Alexander Crooke, University of Melbourne; Raphael Travis Jr., Texas State University
Hip hop often gets a bad rap but for therapists and teachers it can be a transformative tool.
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Aaron Corn, University of Adelaide
The music of Dr G. Yunupiŋu, who has died at just 46, draws strength and inspiration from Manikay, the sacred song tradition performed by the Yolŋu when conducting public ceremonies.
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Business + Economy
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Sigitas Karpavicius, University of Adelaide; Jean Canil, University of Adelaide
Compensating executives with stock options doesn't necessarily lead to more risk taking and higher dividend payouts.
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Science + Technology
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Adam Best, CSIRO
High energy, high power and endless life cycles: not all batteries are created equal.
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Nic Rawlence
New research reveals that New Zealand once had its own species of black swan, the Poūwa.
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Stephen Poropat, Swinburne University of Technology
The location of a dinosaur find on a remote Queensland sheep station was lost for almost 80 years. But the site was rediscovered, and details are now emerging about the make up of the new dinosaur.
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Health + Medicine
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David Griffin, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Thomas Schulz, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Why is it only some viruses are transmissible by blood, and how does the virus actually move from person to person?
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Michael Wheeler, University of Western Australia; Daniel Green, University of Western Australia; David Dunstan, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; Paul Gardiner, The University of Queensland
The brain is a glucose-hungry organ. If this energy supply is disrupted, it can impair and even damage brain cells.
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