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Comment: Saving Australian manufacturing

Comment: Saving Australian manufacturing

30 April 2013, 18:28 PM

Australia | Dr Phillip Toner from the University of Sydney says the government is actively allowing the resource industry to flourish to the detriment of other sectors, including manufacturing. Read more

WA election: Barnett and the Liberals do it easy

10 March 2013, 14:45 PM

Australia | Nobody thought that Labor would form government in Western Australia after the 2013 election. And with the current seat count at 30 for Colin Barnett’s Liberals, 18 for Labor and 6 for the Nationals, it is very clear they have not. Read more

Why Venezuela's neighbours are hoping for a Chavez win

Why Venezuela's neighbours are hoping for a Chavez win

07 October 2012, 14:20 PM

South America | Most of Latin America is hoping for Hugo Chávez to stay in power.
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Meet Henrique Capriles, the man who may end Chavez's reign

Meet Henrique Capriles, the man who may end Chavez's reign

07 October 2012, 14:05 PM

South America | Venezuela’s opposition selected Capriles as its candidate to face Hugo Chávez in the elections set to take place October 7. Read more

Feels like an election year? Here's why

Feels like an election year? Here's why

02 September 2012, 14:00 PM

Australia | It’s timely to consider the election strategies of the major parties and speculate on what might get them into government.
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Saving Privat(izing) Ryan: Mitt Romney selects a running mate

Saving Privat(izing) Ryan: Mitt Romney selects a running mate

12 August 2012, 9:00 AM

North America | Mitt Romney has, uncharacteristically, rolled the dice by selecting Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican candidate for vice president. Read more

Pain really is in the mind, but not in the way you think

Pain really is in the mind, but not in the way you think

07 August 2012, 12:15 PM

Australia | We don’t know why some people don’t recover from acute pain but we do know it’s not because their injury was worse in the first place, explains Lorimer Moseley from the University of South Australia. Read more

Running backward into the Olympic Games?

Running backward into the Olympic Games?

07 August 2012, 11:13 AM

Australia | Backward running is the latest craze to hit the health and fitness world. Kate Murphy from the University of Melbourne explains why.
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Possible consequences of Abbott's racial vilification changes

Possible consequences of Abbott's racial vilification changes

07 August 2012, 10:00 AM

Australia | Tony Abbott's commitment to change the Race Discrimination Act will open Australia to more critique by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, argues Andrew Jakubowicz from the University of Technology, Sydney. Read more

Banks must improve their sustainability reporting

Banks must improve their sustainability reporting

07 August 2012, 7:00 AM

Australia | Sustainability reporting by corporations must be improved but don't lose faith in the practice, writes Sara Bice from La Trobe University.
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Can Tasmania legalise same-sex marriage?

Can Tasmania legalise same-sex marriage?

07 August 2012, 7:00 AM

Australia | Does the Tasmanian Parliament have the power to pass a law permitting same-sex marriage, asks Anne Twomey from the University of Sydney.
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Who pays for conservation in the world's biggest tuna fishery?

Who pays for conservation in the world's biggest tuna fishery?

07 August 2012, 7:00 AM

Australia | Everyone agrees tuna fishing needs to be reduced but no one can decide who should bear the burden, writes Quentin Hanich from the University of Wollongong.
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Why the Men's 100m is the greatest show on Earth

Why the Men's 100m is the greatest show on Earth

05 August 2012, 14:45 PM

Sport | The race that determines the fastest human on Earth is the blue ribbon event of not only athletics but also of the Olympic Games. Read more

After Higgs boson, the spotlight turns to dark matter

After Higgs boson, the spotlight turns to dark matter

05 August 2012, 14:27 PM

Europe | Now that light has been cast on a new particle that looks pretty darn like the Higgs boson, it’s time for Geneva’s European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to start looking for dark matter. Read more

ALP claims victory in Melbourne, is it time to make nice with the Greens?

22 July 2012, 15:00 PM

Australia | The outcome of the Melbourne by-election, in which Labor has claimed a narrow victory, reflected a disappointing performance from the Greens. Read more

After veto, what can China do to ease Assad out?

After veto, what can China do to ease Assad out?

20 July 2012, 16:00 PM

Asia-Pacific | ANALYSIS: China's Syria veto at the Security Council was no surprise. Richard Weitz looks at what Beijing might still be willing to do. Read more

Rinehart 'closes on Fairfax seats as ally joins board'

19 July 2012, 17:00 PM

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Death in Damascus: bomb attack 'rattles regime in decline'

19 July 2012, 15:00 PM

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Storm in a teacup: China's Lipton 'contamination' scare

19 July 2012, 13:00 PM

Asia-Pacific | A recent investigation by Greenpeace East Asia has uncovered a catalog of banned and highly dangerous pesticides in Lipton tea products sold on Beijing supermarket shelves.
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Power prices and the carbon tax: when will the sky fall in?

18 July 2012, 18:00 PM

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