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Workers of a certain age

Plans to keep older Australians in the workforce well into their 60s requires a similar overhaul of attitudes towards hiring and promoting mature workers. more
All the way with SBY
President Yudhoyono's address to the Australian parliament yesterday marked a very real change in Australia-Indonesia bilateral relations.
The simple mathematics of decarbonisation in Australia
While some are engaged in fighting battles over climate science, the real weakness of climate policies lies in the realm of politics.
Climate debate: opinion vs evidence
The climate debate has descended into a cauldron of misrepresentations which are at odds with the scientific reality.
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C'mon Tony, spit it out
Tony Abbott needs to get himself some, tcha, intensive speech therapy. Pronto. more

Equal pay for equal work
Bridging Australia's gender pay gap will make us a more productive nation, but more importantly it's just the right thing to do. more

Panel beater
It's a great idea, a unique show, and has a loyal fanbase that tune in every week - so why does Q&A fall down so badly? more
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So, the CO2 molecule emits the energy almost instantaneously. You are claiming that the velocity of the same CO2 molecules is sufficient enough to reach ...
Heath
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That's quite enough, K9. Clearly the infra-ether Stefan-Boltzmann W-class radiation has done considerably more damage to your neural circuits than I'd thought.
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John, some of the evidence you cite is mostly a repetition of Arrhenius' experiment. It would be staggering for example if an increase in GHGs ...
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You don't believe in the AGW views then read the works by Dr James E Hansen. His fields are planetary atmospheres,atmospheric physics, radioactive transfer and ...
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We must set a new course
Only a carbon tax and nuclear power can save us, writes James Hansen in the The Australian.
"What the world needs is a nation that will set an example, stop pandering to special interests, do what is necessary for the people and the rest of the life on the planet."
War without thought
Afghanistan is shaping up as a passable re-creation of the Vietnam war, writes Kellie Tranter and Bruce Haigh in On Line Opinion.
"Denial was a feature of the war in Vietnam and it's exactly the same in Afghanistan."
A beautiful friendship...not
The Washington Monthly's Steve Benen on Glenn Beck's interview with Eric Massa.
"As for Massa, it didn't seem possible for his reputation to deteriorate further. And yet somehow, he managed to find a way."
Don't write off the US economy
China and India may be growing faster but in technical innovation there's no contest, writes Hamish McRae in The Independent.
"Whatever happens to American politics, the business community is picking itself up off the floor and is emerging stronger as a result of the battering it has taken."








