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In defence of serendipity: the Silicon Emperor is wearing no clothes

  • Written by: Sebastian Olma, Professor of Autonomy in Art, Design and Technology, St Joost Art Academy, Avans University of Applied Sciences

Serendipity is the process of finding something useful, valuable or just generally “good” without actually looking for it. Throughout the history of invention and discovery serendipity has functioned as a sort of Freudian unconscious, leading – or, perhaps better, tricking – the curious human mind onto unexpected novelty.

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Critical backbenchers push back on Finkel clean energy target plan

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageEnergy Minister Josh Frydenberg's task of garnering broad support for the Finkel scheme is proving to be more difficult than expected.Lukas Coch/AAP

A sizeable slice of his backbench has sent Malcolm Turnbull a forceful message that his road to implementing the clean energy target (CET) proposed by the Finkel inquiry will be rocky even within his...

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New tax treaty will close loopholes that allow multinationals to avoid tax

  • Written by: Miranda Stewart, Professor and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Australia, with another 70 countries, has signed a multilateral treaty to create more coherence in fighting tax avoidance by large multinational corporations. The Multilateral Convention to Implement Treaty Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, or BEPS Convention, aims to close loopholes in the international tax system that result...

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  2. Should Australia have a Modern Slavery Act?
  3. An extra organ or body part is more common than you think
  4. Could you pass the proposed English test for Australian citizenship?
  5. A better alternative to levying the bank tax
  6. Report sparks concern about how schools support students with disabilities
  7. The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
  8. Regulator failing to resolve complaints on alleged human rights abuses by Australian companies
  9. Sydney public housing evictions a policy success? Only if you ignore the high human cost
  10. Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
  11. Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence
  12. Guide to the classics: Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
  13. How to backup life on Earth ahead of any doomsday event
  14. We need to know the true cost of Indigenous boarding school scholarships on communities
  15. Why you should care about the world's largest video games expo E3
  16. How hard will Tony Abbott run against the Finkel plan?
  17. Turnbull and Shorten urge need to curb terrorists' opportunities on the internet
  18. Not merely costume: the power and seduction of the Queen's hats
  19. FactCheck Q A: are rates of drug use 2.5 times higher among unemployed people than employed people?
  20. Here's one to gymnologize over: the case for bringing back snollygostery, trumpery and humbuggery
  21. The economics of self-service checkouts
  22. Creative city, smart city ... whose city is it?
  23. History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
  24. Dear diary: another day in the life on Mars
  25. Choosing healthy food: your surroundings can help or hinder your dining choices
  26. Conservatives suffer shock loss of majority at UK general election
  27. Rise of 'anti-politics' produces surprise result in the UK election – and it's playing a role in Australia, too
  28. COAG agrees to new push on security after Melbourne attack
  29. Energy solutions but weak on climate – experts react to the Finkel Review
  30. Weekly Quiz: what is the most consumed meat in Australia?
  31. The Finkel Review: finally, a sensible and solid footing for the electricity sector
  32. We know too much sugar is bad for us, but do different sugars have different health effects?
  33. The Finkel Review at a glance
  34. Arts in the West of Sydney: the Great Divide?
  35. Busting the myth that roll-your-own tobacco has fewer additives
  36. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national security
  37. Our study found after-hours GPs actually do reduce visits to emergency rooms
  38. The Mummy struggles with the chemistry but gets the physics right with a crash
  39. Three charts on: Australia's declining taste for beef and growing appetite for chicken
  40. Australia has stalled on car efficiency
  41. Australian authorities are doing all they can to combat terrorism
  42. Vital Signs: what does Treasurer Morrison mean when he says we're 'growing into the growth'?
  43. There’s a city in my mind ...
  44. Friday essay: the 90s - why you had to be there
  45. To lift literacy levels among Indigenous children, their parents' literacy skills must be improved first
  46. Research in autism-friendly technology needs to improve to make a real difference for people
  47. Why we don't know what causes most birth defects
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