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  1. Australia passports grant three gender options

    15 September 2011 17:33 BST | Comments (0)

    astrid-zweynert | TrustLaw Scrapbook

    New passport rules allow for indeterminate gender option

  2. Australian High Court 'upholds refugee rights' - HRW

    02 September 2011 10:46 BST | Comments (1)

    thin-lei-win | AlertNet Scrapbook

    Human Rights Watch welcomes Australian court ruling on controversial plan for refugee swap with Malaysia

  3. A man takes part in a protest against an Australian carbon tax, central Sydney, July 1, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

    What economics can (and can't) tell us - Part 1: carbon taxes

    18 July 2011 16:14 BST | Comments (0)

    Hannah Ryder, DFID | Climate Conversations

    Economic modelling is often the basis for policy change, but we need to monitor real-world outcomes too

  4. A villager uses a boat in a flooded street after heavy rains in Atibaia, Brazil, on  January 15, 2011. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

    Can developing countries prepare for a hotter tomorrow?

    11 February 2011 17:37 GMT | Comments (1)

    Manish Bapna and Kelly Levin | Climate Conversations

    With more extreme weather cropping up everywhere, the message for governments is clear: As well as urgently cutting emissions...

  5. A farmer throws rice seedlings near Indramayu town in Indonesia's West Java province on February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta

    Another food crisis? Not if we think this through

    02 February 2011 18:00 GMT | Comments (0)

    IFPRI | Climate Conversations

    With all the news of floods in Australia decimating the country’s wheat crop and adverse weather in the United States cutting...

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