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Business Briefing: following the money in cricket

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageCricket Australia has been unable to broker a new pay deal with the Australian Cricketer's Association. EPA/DAVID JONES

Rather than just admiring a good hit or delivery, there’s another way to analyse what’s happening on a cricket pitch. Cricket players are actually business people, in the sense that they’re weighing up how many...

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Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health

  • Written by: Susan Thompson, Professor of Planning and Head, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
imageThe Airds Bradbury residential development has open spaces but these lack the amenities of public parks.Author provided

We have lots of open space, but no real parks. – participant in Airds Bradbury study

When you build a park, put a cafe there and a newsagent, or something, people will buy coffee and a newspaper and sit and read and...

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Where are the new Australian musicals? Waiting in the wings

  • Written by: Trevor Jones, Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Griffith University

This week’s nominations for the Helpmann Awards, which recognise the performing arts in Australia, have caused a storm of discussion, particularly about the state of Australian musical theatre. The winners will be announced on July 26.

There are exciting new Australian works nominated in dance, theatre and cabaret. But it is undeniable that...

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Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug

  • Written by: Andrew Brown, Professor and Head, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW
imageA very low-carb diet can prompt changes in your brain similar to that caused by the illicit drug GHB.from www.shutterstock.com

Some people on very low-carb diets say they feel euphoric, have clear minds and lose their appetite.

Going low-carb might even mimic the effects of GHB – the recreational drug better known as fantasy, liquid ecstasy or...

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  1. Hey, sexy: objectifying catcalls occur more frequently than you might think
  2. A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?
  3. A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?
  4. Republicans hold seats at US House by-elections
  5. Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom
  6. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
  7. Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics
  8. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  9. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  10. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  11. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  12. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  13. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  14. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
  15. As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit
  16. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  17. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  18. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  19. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  20. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  21. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  22. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  23. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  24. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  25. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  26. Are China and the US destined for war?
  27. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  28. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  29. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  30. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  31. We need our country; our country needs us
  32. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  33. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  34. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  35. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  36. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  37. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  38. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  39. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  40. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  41. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  42. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
  43. Science can be beautiful, but please don't call it basic
  44. Monitoring Build Times: Maintaining our Fast feedback Loop
  45. Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be
  46. Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it
  47. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Macron's party wins French lower house elections
  48. Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers
  49. Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence
  50. A national amnesty will not rid Australia of violent gun crime

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The Business Case for Choosing Australian Fabricators Over Imported Alternatives

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