King coal dethroned
“King coal still reigns” was the headline emblazoned across a full page article in The Weekend Australian on the 28-29 April 2012, by Environment Editor Graham Lloyd. The article’s subtitle was, “The world…
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Analysis and Comment
Natural gas: expect price to rise as market expands
Many are concerned with the price of natural gas. Natural gas is an important part of Australia’s overall energy mix; it represents roughly a quarter of all primary energy sources consumed. And, as we…
Animation: explaining things better or just helping us miss the point?
We increasingly use animation to inform, explain and instruct. It is used to present evidence in courtrooms, teach about scientific phenomena and provide dynamic assembly or operation manuals.
But do…
Why Argentina’s oil grab is a massive economic gamble
Everyone loves sustainable development, but does anyone know what it is?
How Australia can become Asia’s food bowl
Ashley’s treatment: the arrested development of a disabled child
The internet poses unique challenges for drug prohibition
What if Indigenous Australians didn’t play footy?
Finkelstein inquiry too flawed to lead to real reform
Research
Chandra X-ray finds old black holes
A population of old black holes, 15 million light years from Earth, has been discovered by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra…
Black holes shoot bullets of gas into space
Double-star systems called X-ray binaries may give insight into the physics of black holes.
X-ray binaries are double-star…
Super mildew threatens WA barley
Baudin barley, one of Western Australia’s key crops, is threatened by powerdery mildew disease as fungicides lose effictivess…
Population may help, not harm, the environment
Population growth in Australian cities is not the environmental bogeyman many people believe but may in fact hold the key…
Barley powdery disease: it really is bad
Reports that barley powdery disease and fungicide resistance are running rampant through Western Australia have been given…
Fighting fire with findings: the road to better regrowth
Rapidly evolving fungus threatens Australian crops
Green tea may prevent urinary incontinence
Building planets from candy floss
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Aaron Gove
Research Associate, Environment and Agric.
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Caroline Fleay
Lecturer in Human Rights
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Jack Carlsen
Professor & Co-Director, Sustainable Tourism
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Jack Carlsen
Professor of Sustainable Tourism
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Jon Stratton
Professor of Cultural Studies
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Joseph Fernandez
Head of Department, Journalism
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Karen Soldatic
Lecturer in Disability Rights
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Mike Daube
Professor of Public Health
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Monica Barratt
Research Fellow
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Peter Batt
Professor, School of Management
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Peter Kenyon
Professor of Economic Policy, Graduate School of Business
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Peter Newman
Professor of Sustainability
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Ronald Ripple
Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics
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Sean Gorman
Research fellow
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Simon Forrest
Director - Centre for Aboriginal Studies