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Deposit schemes reduce drink containers in the ocean by 40%

BUSINESS
Deposit schemes reduce drink containers in the ocean by 40% Uncountable numbers of drink containers end up in the ocean every year. Shutterstock Qamar Schuyler, CSIRO; Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO, and Chris Wilcox, CSIRO Plastic waste in the ocean is a global problem; some eight million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in...
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Self interest tramples public good – Joyce again

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SAFEGUARDS FOR THE WATER and environmental values of the Pilliga have been compromised by politicians acting in their own interests. I’m now an old man following the ancient Chinese tradition of seeking refinement and reclusion in the mountains after a busy working life. My mountains of choice are the Warrumbungles...
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The Barnaby Joyce affair highlights Australia’s weak regulation of ministerial staffers

POLITICS
The Barnaby Joyce affair highlights Australia's weak regulation of ministerial staffers Barnaby Joyce has denied he breached ministerial standards with the employment of his partner, Vikki Campion. AAP/Mick Tsikas Yee-Fui Ng, RMIT University Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce continues to face questions about the employment of his former media adviser – now current...
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TGA under fire for health claim list that critics say endorses pseudoscience

POLITICS
'Softens hardness': TGA under fire for health claim list that critics say endorses pseudoscience Hundreds of bizarre health claims such as "tonifies kidney essence" and "opens body orifices" will be approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and appear on complementary medicine labels under new laws being pushed by the federal...
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Is Barnaby’s baby a matter of “public interest” or just of interest to the public?

POLITICS
Grattan on Friday: Is Barnaby's baby a matter of "public interest" or just of interest to the public? Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra A few decades ago, then deputy prime minister Jim Cairns’ affair with staffer Juni Morosi rocked an already embattled Whitlam government. Debate occurred about the reporting of that relationship...
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How Tesla’s big battery is bringing Australia’s gas cartel to heel

POLITICS
South Australia’s big gamble on grid-scale battery storage may pay for itself in just a year if it continues to prevent massive price spikes On Sunday 14 January something very unusual happened. The Australian Energy Market Operator called – as it often does – for generators in South Australia to provide...
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The minister the money and the mine. How a rotten deal was hatched

POLITICS
As waiters took orders for toasties and coffee at the Little Teapot Café in the sleepy coastal hamlet of Davistown, NSW, four men were discussing a deal as big as it was potentially rotten. A businessman was seeking political backing from the NSW Liberal Party for a Chinese state-owned company...
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The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there’s no more time to waste

POLITICS
The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there's no more time to waste Despite billions spent on trying to save water in the Murray Darling Basin, results have been disappointing. John Williams, Author provided Quentin Grafton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Darla Hatton MacDonald, University of Tasmania;...
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No risk: The family who own Tasmania’s gambling industry

POLITICS
Every single gaming machine in the state is theirs. The Keno is theirs. They own one of the two casinos and a controlling stake in the other. By one calculation, 70¢ of every dollar lost by a Tasmanian in a pokie machine finds its way straight into the Farrell...
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The truth about political donations: there is so much we don’t know

POLITICS
The truth about political donations: there is so much we don't know AEC disclosures revealed Malcolm Turnbull to be the single biggest donor to a political party in 2016-17. AAP/Dan Peled Lindy Edwards, UNSW The big story about the Australian Electoral Commission’s annual release of political donations disclosures is how little they really...
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