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US makes moves to prevent flash fires on jets like MH370

The news has broken the day after an apparently burned potential piece of wreckage from MH370 was handed to Australia’s air safety investigator.

We could win gold in renewable energy, but the government cripples our chances

New research shows that Australians want the Senate to block cuts to renewable energy research and development. Researcher at The Australia Institute Tom Swann writes that the government is backing a loser in R&D funding.

Rundle: disorder and heaven -- Mao, China and the legacy of communism

Forty years after the death of Chairman Mao, the Chinese Communist Party could yet prove to be the saviour of the world.

Islamic State's next target is not Bondi, it's Muslims living in the West. They just said so.

An article called "The Extinction of the Grayzone" in Islamic State's magazine repeats George W. Bush's rhetoric: "You're either with us or against us".

Can you sue pokie manufacturers for your losses? Maurice Blackburn's big gamble

Yes, pokies are destructive and addictive. But are they actually deceptive? And are they liable for punters' losses? Lawyer and freelance writer Michael Bradley looks at the legal case.

Rundle: the end of two-party politics

Whoever can reformulate their party in a way that promises some new synthesis of global vs communal, open vs closed systems, becomes the legitimate representative of modernity

The Coles-Shoppies deal exposes the worst thing about the union movement -- and how a union for the workers has become an instrument of the bosses.

Rundle: SDA has betrayed workers, union movement, Australia

The Coles-Shoppies deal exposes the worst thing about the union movement -- and how a union for the workers has become an instrument of the bosses.

The current infatuation with free speech has very little to do with political belief, and everything to do with protecting the interests of the knowledge class.

Media elite’s free speech obsession a self-serving wank fest

The current infatuation with free speech has very little to do with political belief, and everything to do with protecting the interests of the knowledge class.

Isentia index: asylum seekers and marriage equality get people talking

Media interest turned closer to home as the Olympics wrapped up.

‘Study’ claims Aussies rorted on car costs. If anything, we should be paying more

What’s the appropriate and reasonable amount to spend on transport?