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OPINION

North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change

Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.
OPINION

An austere Christmas is on the cards – but don’t say recession

Economists have a terrible track record when it comes to predicting recessions.
INNOVATION

Eggs from men, sperm from women: how stem cell science may change how we reproduce

In vitro gametogenesis begins with “pluripotent stem cells”, a kind of cell that can develop into many different cell types.
OPINION

Do readers dream of running a bookshop? Books about booksellers are having a moment – the reality can be less romantic

If bookshops are to survive and thrive, perhaps they do well to “sell” the idea theirs is a different kind of career.
HEALTH

Strengthening communication between Pacific health professionals and the media

Social media platforms serve as a vital tool for the dissemination of information in the Public Health Division.
OPINION

Senate report recommends shake-up of the way freedom of information is handled

The report is surprisingly frank and far-reaching.
OPINION

Do you think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids?

Physical punishment is the most common type of violence against children.
OPINION

Stability is the pathway to our prosperity

My message to you as a community of development experts and professionals, your work matters to this region like never before.
POLITICS

With Annastacia Palaszczuk gone, can Labor achieve the unachievable in Queensland?

When Palaszczuk departs on Friday, she will have served eight years and 305 days, becoming Queensland’s fifth-longest – and Labor’s third-longest – serving premier.
OPINION

Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations – the Stage 3 tax cuts will make it worse

It’s not that Australia’s systems don’t reduce inequality, it’s that other country’s systems do it more.
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