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Companies may be misleading investors by not openly assessing the true value of assets

  • Written by Peter Wells, Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney

Some companies are taking years to recognise asset impairments, and may be misleading investors who are not privy to the valuation decisions. Research shows this is because managers of many firms think or hope that assets are not overvalued.

This occurs when companies either don’t recognise, or delay the recognition of asset impairments....

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Playing politics with your future: what a hung parliament could mean for super

  • Written by Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University

The Australian superannuation system is already complex to navigate without the added uncertainty of looming changes. These changes may not even eventuate if the Coalition fails to gain the support it needs in parliament.

Superannuation reform was a key feature of the 2016-17 Budget handed down the week before the election was called. The Coalition,...

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A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home

  • Written by Cameron Shearer, Research Associate in Physical Sciences, Flinders University
imageYou'll be amazed how much nanotechnology is found in the average house.Pexels/Binyamin Mellish

As a researcher of nanomaterials, I am often asked: “When are we finally going to start seeing nanotechnology products on the market?”

This is a simple question to answer because the average home is already filled with products enhanced or...

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  1. Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging
  2. Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length
  3. Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting
  4. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  5. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  6. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  7. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  8. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  9. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  10. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  11. The off-topic Conversation #100
  12. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  13. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  14. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  15. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
  16. Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registered
  17. Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
  18. Labor leadership talk a bit of mischievous arson
  19. Turnbull stands solid against returning Abbott to frontbench
  20. Enigmatic Turnbull creates his own misfortune and will be forever diminished by it
  21. An uncertain election result may lead to stagnant financial markets
  22. Economic policy challenges will swamp our election outcome, no matter who ends up winning
  23. The myth of public opinion
  24. Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
  25. Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?
  26. After messy night, Coalition more likely to form government – but Pauline Hanson is in the Senate
  27. Malcolm Turnbull sounded tone deaf to election message
  28. Major rebuff to Malcolm Turnbull as poll result hovers on knife edge
  29. Infographic: what we know so far about the results of Election 2016
  30. Final polls have Coalition favoured
  31. Gina Rinehart, Weight Loss and Women Under the Microscope
  32. #ausvotes: a final update from the social media hustings
  33. Overcharged for hearing aids? Australia's audiology industry isn't rogue, but needs improvement
  34. Brexit is done, now what about accounting?
  35. Just how safe are Australia's airports?
  36. Brexit harms startups but it may not be fatal
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the campaign's final week
  38. Higher education pays for itself many times over
  39. Crossing the line: why the royal commission examined initiation rituals and defence abuse
  40. Malcolm Turnbull: a prime minister on probation in search of a mandate
  41. Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory
  42. Black market jobs cost Australia billions and youth are at the coalface
  43. Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief
  44. Explainer: what are women's options for giving birth?
  45. Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN
  46. Grattan on Friday: Shorten struggles as campaign winds down
  47. WA-xit: history beckons
  48. Brexit could leave the European Union struggling with its climate targets
  49. Britain’s 'Bregret' offers timely lessons for Australian voters this weekend
  50. Election explainer: why do I have to vote, anyway?
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