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Australia has to act fast to help cut emissions and avoid a global climate catastrophe.

After decades of inaction, the Labor Government has brought their proposal forward, adjusting the awkwardly named safeguard mechanism.

But this bets our climate future heavily on emission offsets – or carbon credits. They’re a convoluted way of making up for emissions, by doing good elsewhere.

Are they actually a scam?

Today, contributor to The Monthly Nick Feik, on the dodgy trades for our climate future.

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Today, a tribute to publisher, poet and memoirist Robert Adamson.

Robert died late last year and to mark that moment, The Monthly decided to posthumously republish two of his essays on a subject very dear to him: fishing.

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Australia’s climate future is again hanging in the balance.

And, once more, it could all depend on a Labor government negotiating with the Greens.

As it stands, they’re at loggerheads. The Greens want no new coal and gas developments to be approved; the government is accusing the Greens of being unrealistic.

But should the Greens be expected to pass whatever Labor is proposing? And where’s the science in all of this? 

Today, contributing editor of The Politics, Rachel Withers, on the impossible choice facing the Greens.

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The family court is a place of last resort for spouses and parents, to settle the legal, financial and parenting disputes that can sometimes arise. 

But lawyers and mothers have been warning that when abuse or violence is part of the equation, the court is failing. 

Today, author and contributor to The Saturday Paper Jane Caro on the women who feel silenced by the family court, and the changes the Federal government now wants to make. 

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We now have the clearest insight into the inner workings of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

The mogul was forced, under oath, to answer questions about Fox News in a $1.6 billion dollar lawsuit against the company.

What’s been revealed is that Murdoch and some of his most famous hosts knew they were putting lies to air, and allowed it anyway.

Today, author of a book about the Murdoch media empire ‘The Successor’, Paddy Manning, on the culture at Fox News that put profits before the truth.

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Whether it’s floods or bushfires, climate-related disaster is something Australia will have to contend with more and more.

But so far, Australia isn’t recovering from disaster. It’s one year since the Lismore floods, but the scheme to get people back into homes, and to move those homes away from the floodplain, is taking far too long.

And in the absence of real recovery, what’s happening in Lismore is being described as “disaster capitalism” – houses on the floodplain are being sold to investors looking for a bargain.

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Royce Kurmelovs on what happens when the government doesn’t step up, and the market steps in.

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Our intelligence community used to believe terrorism was the greatest threat to Australians.

But today, Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, says the biggest threat we’re facing is actually from foreign spies.

According to the agency, it’s not just politicians and military officers who are being targeted – it’s everyday people, who might not know they’re giving away information that could cost lives or threaten national security.

Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton, on why ASIO is worried about Australians getting caught up in dangerous spy games.

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A week ago, superannuation reform was just an idea, a national conversation — the prime minister certainly wasn’t proposing anything.

But the conversation was brief, and a decision was swift.

Australia’s wealthiest people will not get tax breaks on wealth being stored in their super accounts.

So what convinced Anthony Albanese that his government had to act? And why was it worth the risk of being accused of breaking a promise?

Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on how Albanese made his decision, and why we could be talking about it for years to come.

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It's being called the most important case for reproductive rights in the United States since Roe vs Wade was overturned.

A judgement in a court case in Texas that could ban access to a non-surgical abortion medication is due any day now.

Closer to home, the exact same medication could become more widely available. The Therapeutic Goods Administration is currently considering appeals to widen its accessibility, with a decision expected in the next few weeks.

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Esther Linder, on the barriers to early non-surgical abortions in Australia, and whether it's time for a change.  

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Australia has seen a series of record corporate profits posted in the last few weeks.

They come as millions of average Australians are being squeezed. Mortgage repayments, rent, and the cost of almost everything is going up – but wages aren’t keeping up.

So, how are corporations posting record profits right now? What’s the impact of profits on the prices we’re paying? And why is it that the only answer to inflation is interest rate hikes?

Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on how corporate profits are driving the cost-of-living crisis.

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