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Editor's note
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The board of Indian mining firm Adani has given the go-ahead to its controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. But as Samantha Hepburn writes, this doesn’t change the economics of the declining global coal market, and arguably represents a dereliction of the state government’s duty to act in the public interest.
And, in a new series, we look at whether progress is being made on Indigenous education in Australia. Our first piece presents a comprehensive infographic showing some positive improvements in a few areas. For example, Indigenous students who graduate from university have slightly higher full-time employment prospects than their non-Indigenous peers.
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Michael Hopkin
Environment + Energy Editor
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Top story
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Is it nearly the end of the road for coal?
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Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
The board of Indian mining firm Adani has approved its A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine. But has the Queensland government failed in its duty to be responsible with publicly owned resources such as coal?
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne
Australia is looking at another mild winter – but while it sounds pleasant, it can increase bushfire risk and worsen drought. Winter heatwaves are actually (enjoyable) extreme weather events.
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Clive Phillips, The University of Queensland
A bill has been proposed to ban testing cosmetics on animals in Australia. It will only affect a small number of animals, but it's an important step towards a global ban.
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Education
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Claire Shaw, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation; Jamal Ben Haddou, The Conversation
Indigenous students who graduate from university have slightly higher full-time employment prospects than their non-Indigenous peers.
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Business + Economy
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Ken Tann, The University of Queensland
As a part of human interaction, emails are as nuanced and complex as the social world we find them, and it is unlikely that we can rely on a checklist of quick-fix rules.
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Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
We shouldn’t be in the business of awarding ourselves prizes to which we’re not entitled.
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Caroline Nowacki, Stanford University; Ashby Monk, Stanford University; Raymond Levitt, Stanford University
Good governance made infrastructure asset recycling a success in New South Wales. What would it take to make it work in the United States?
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Politics + Society
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Kate Burridge, Monash University
From cussing McDonald's Minions to wrongful conviction, mishearing what is said can be funny but also very serious.
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Kathleen McPhillips, University of Newcastle
Anthony Foster's attention to detail and his clarity about the evil perpetrated in the systematic institutional abuse of children was often the object of media analysis.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Events in Britain, the New South Wales coroner's report on the Lindt Cafe siege, and a new attack in Australia have given a much sharper edge to the debate about how to handle Islamist terrorism.
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Clare Wright, La Trobe University
This year is the 120th anniversary of the Australasian Federal Convention through which, with rancour, prejudices and vested interests, the Australian nation was eventually born.
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Alan Greene, Durham University
The way we talk about attacks is actually helping the extremists' monstrous cause.
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Cities
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Deborah Ascher Barnstone, University of Technology Sydney; Fiona Brooks, University of Technology Sydney; Job Fransen, University of Technology Sydney
The first step in reviving a lost sporting culture is to involve young Australians in working out why sport has lost its appeal and how to reverse the decline in youth participation.
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Science + Technology
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Siobhan Lyons, Macquarie University
Robots, replicants, Time Lords and other "non-humans" fear death, so what does that say about us?
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Liz Reed, University of Adelaide; Lee Arnold, University of Adelaide
Layers and layers of sand and sediment collected in Naracoorte Caves create windows into what Australia was like in our recent past.
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Health + Medicine
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Christopher Maher, The University of Queensland
Regulatory bodies approved some medical devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence before having data to prove their safety and efficacy.
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Travis Wearne, UNSW; Emily Trimmer, UNSW
Survivors of traumatic brain injuries might have behavioural issues or have problems holding down a job for years after a blow to the head or a bad fall.
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Arts + Culture
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Andrew Yip, UNSW
EuroVisions: Contemporary Art from the Goldberg Collection presents 64 works by European artists. Its best moments are both intimate and inquisitive.
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Natali Pearson, University of Sydney
Archaeologists this week found that more than half of of HMAS Perth, a WWII wreck in Indonesia, has disappeared. It's now a race to protect the millions of other wrecks and sunken cities lying under the oceans.
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FactCheck
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Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney
Cape York Partnership founder Noel Pearson told Q&A that Indigenous Australians were 'the most incarcerated people on the planet Earth'. Is that right?
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Columnists
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Featured jobs
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RMIT University — Melbourne, Victoria
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Deakin University — Newtown, Victoria
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University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria
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Curtin University — Perth, Western Australia
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Featured events
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226 Seminar Room, Department of Media and Communications, John Woolley Building (A20) level 2, University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia — Charles Darwin University
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The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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UTS Business School, Dr Chau Chak Wing Bldg. Level 8, 14-28 Ultimo Rd, Ultimo,, New South Wales, 2007, Australia — University of Technology Sydney
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