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Adani’s key water management plan is flawed and used some unverified data, CSIRO says

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Report finds more than 95% chance of hydrological changes to Belyando River Basin from mines including Carmichael The CSIRO has found serious flaws in Adani's key water management plan to protect an ancient springs complex near its proposed Carmichael coal mine, threatening to further delay the controversial project. Key points: Conservationists...
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Faith and trust? Prime Ministers? Politicians? The budget will restore trust?

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"We've soundly established that this was a crappy, crappy year, even by Canberra's standards" Annabell Crab ABC News When Scott Morrison first became Prime Minister — 12 long weeks ago, when Wentworth was still the jewel in the crown of the Liberal Party, Julia Banks was still a Liberal MP and...
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MYEFO reveals billions more in revenue, $9 billion in fresh election tax cuts

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They are the two rules that have defined the Coalition's economic management - budget repair and a "speed limit on taxes". On Monday, they found themselves on the final stretch of the collision course they have been hurtling down for years. We now know how this crash will turn out. The...
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Unions likely to be more challenging for a Shorten government than boats

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On Thursday he had a double-header news conference, with two major, unrelated, announcements – a proposed new federal integrity body, and a plan for a Religious Discrimination Act. In normal times, each would have had its own day in the spotlight. Grattan on Friday: Unions likely to be more challenging...
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Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits

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Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits While the announcement of the Commonwealth Integrity Commission is welcome and overdue, the decision to restrict its powers to ensure MPs and their staff will not face public hearings or be placed under arrest is bewildering and unnecessary. Government agrees to national anti-corruption body...
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Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics

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Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics) The funding proposal is no fix for Australia’s health system but it could take some political pressure off the Coalition in the lead up to the 2019 federal election. OnE studio/Shutterstock Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute The A$1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals...
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Forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)

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Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?) Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation and Wes Mountain, The Conversation Giant eucalypts play an irreplaceable part in many of Australia’s ecosystems. These towering elders develop hollows, which make them nature’s high-rises, housing everything from endangered...
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Vital Signs: why now is the right time to clamp down on negative gearing

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Vital Signs: why now is the right time to clamp down on negative gearing Negative gearing makes it hard for renters to become home owners. Now would be a pain-free time to wind it back. Shutterstock Richard Holden, UNSW When I wrote a report for the McKell Institute about negative gearing, Switching Gears,...
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Why Tony Abbott’s appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure

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Beyond lacking all merit, Abbott’s previous policies on Indigenous issues had been characterised by funding cuts, exclusions and silencing. His Indigenous Advancement Strategy was criticised for its destructive consequences to governance within Indigenous communities Why Tony Abbott's appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure Abbott’s previous policies on Indigenous issues were...
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What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand

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What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand In the commission’s interim report released in September, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said the regulators had sufficient powers to police their beats, but were not making sufficient use of them. The royal commission tried to cut through...
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