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Editor's note
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The energy policy debate is still heavy on debate and light on policy. There are signs the Turnbull government, having apparently decided against the Finkel Review’s Clean Energy Target, is ready to announce a new plan that is significantly kinder to the coal industry. But as Alan Pears writes, the current talk of baseload generation and clean coal ignores a new reality: that the industry doesn’t want to chase coal’s dwindling profits, and there are much smarter and easier ways to meet peak electricity demand.
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Michael Hopkin
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top story
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Lake Liddell with power stations.
Wikimedia commons
Alan Pears, RMIT University
We need to remember that baseload coal power stations won't help cope with peak demand – the issue that will determine whether people in elevators are trapped by a sudden blackout, per Barnaby Joyce.
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A NASA satellite image of Hurricane Irma.
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Jeffrey David Kepert, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Andrew Dowdy, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Weather forecasters sounded the alarm for the record-breaking Hurricane Irma with several days' notice.
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Politics + Society
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Ryan Goss, Australian National University
Queensland led the way in the 1920s – it's about time for the other states to catch up on reforming local council elections.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Under the government's new rules, a company will be able to have television, radio and print outlets in the same market - at present it is limited to two out of the three.
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Jack Linchuan Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The first ten years of the iPhone has been a bloody decade of labour abuse, especially in Chinese factories such as those run by Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer.
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Health + Medicine
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Siobhan Banks, University of South Australia; Charlotte Gupta, University of South Australia; Stephanie Centofanti, University of South Australia
Taking a power nap on a night shift can leave you feeling groggy. And eating a large meal can reduce your alertness. So, what's a tired shift worker to do to make it through the night?
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Evangeline Mantzioris, University of South Australia
Depending on the overall quality of your diet and intake of saturated fats, you may need to swap your butter for margarine.
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Arts + Culture
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Daniel Elphick, Royal Holloway
On September 29 1941, Nazis murdered more than 30,000 Jews in a ravine outside Kiev. Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, is a damning critique of the Soviet Union's lack of recognition of the massacre, and a condemnation of Stalinism.
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Gene Shill, RMIT University
The Beastie Boys' Ill Communication closed out hip-hop's Golden Age with a kaleidoscope of jazz-infused beats, bratty punk interludes and a deeper appreciation for storytelling.
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Science + Technology
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Trevor Findlay, University of Melbourne
A former member of the Australian delegation to the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva explains how the CTBTO monitoring system detects nuclear tests.
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Jeannie Marie Paterson, University of Melbourne
The guarantees in Australian Consumer Law trump your new phone contract's fine print.
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Courtney Ennis, La Trobe University
The Cassini space probe discovered liquid lakes, poisonous gases and the basic elements of life on Saturn's moon, Titan.
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Business + Economy
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Anita Staneva, University of Sydney
Data shows that the gender wage gap can be partially explained by how different skills and psychological traits are treated in the labour market.
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Peter Whiteford, Australian National University
The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows inequality declining slightly as overall incomes stagnate.
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Environment + Energy
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Darrell Strauss, Griffith University
Pictures of ocean bays emptied of water as Hurricane Irma moved through the Caribbean and Florida show that storm surges can move away from the coast, as well as onto it.
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Featured jobs
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Queensland University of Technology — Brisbane City, Queensland
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Various venues, please see detail information, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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