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Galloping gargoyles! Is Harry Potter losing his (earning) power?

  • Written by: Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania

By the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in 2017, over 400 million Harry Potter books had been sold worldwide and translated into 68 languages. In spite of J. K. Rowling’s rejection by a dozen publishers before her success with Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone became one of the best selling books of all time.

The film...

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Morrison government will use purchasing power to encourage plastics recycling

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Morrison government will use its procurement policy to encourage the recycling of plastics, as well as committing financial assistance for upgrading infrastructure to boost the capacity for this waste to be reused.

Scott Morrison will announce the initiatives to a national conference in Canberra on Monday that is looking at the challenge of...

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Sun Yang ban shows world swimming body must establish an integrity commission

  • Written by: Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Sun Yang ban shows world swimming body must establish an integrity commissionAAP/EPA/Patrick B. Kraemer

With the announcement that China’s Sun Yang has been banned from swimming for eight years, FINA, the world governing swimming body, must take stock of how it oversees one of the most popular and high-profile of the Olympic sports ahead of this year’s Tokyo games.

It would now seem obvious that, taking the lead...

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How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years

  • Written by: Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap yearsshutterstock

Happy February 29! It doesn’t come round very often, so make sure you enjoy it.

But why do we have these extra days? Well, if we didn’t, the seasons would gradually move around the calendar. Rather than midsummer in the southern hemisphere falling around December 21, it would arrive in January, then February, and so on....

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  5. Michelle Grattan on the government's emergency plan, climate change, and Bettina Arndt
  6. Last summer's fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here's what has happened since
  7. It's now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we're preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases
  8. Many Scots want independence from the United Kingdom. How might that play out in a post-Brexit world?
  9. a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
  10. Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough
  11. a real life experiment illuminates the future of books and reading
  12. Angus Taylor sets down 'markers' to measure success of government's technology roadmap
  13. Morrison looks to his messaging on coronavirus and climate
  14. Government triggers emergency plan for COVID-19 pandemic, and considers economic assistance
  15. Let’s 'declare war on type 2 diabetes' – Australian of the year James Muecke on why we need to cut back on sugar
  16. Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?
  17. Sanctions, a failing economy and coronavirus may cause Iran to change its involvement in Syria
  18. Equinor has abandoned oil-drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight
  19. A year from the Christchurch terror attacks, NZ intelligence records a surge in reports
  20. Is cruising still safe? Will I be insured? What you need to know about travelling during the coronavirus crisis
  21. Stocking up to prepare for a crisis isn't 'panic buying'. It's actually a pretty rational choice
  22. Albanese says we can't replace steelmaking coal. But we already have green alternatives
  23. the cuter they are, the harder we fall
  24. Thousands of city trees have been lost to development, when we need them more than ever
  25. 4 myths about polycystic ovary syndrome – and why they're wrong
  26. Natural disasters increase inequality. Recovery funding may make things worse
  27. Coercive control is a key part of domestic violence. So why isn't it a crime across Australia?
  28. Gender diversity in science media still has a long way to go. Here's a 5-step plan to move it along
  29. It might sound 'batshit insane' but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable
  30. Mark Butler on Labor's 2050 carbon neutral target
  31. Diversity quotas will only lead to token appointments, doing more harm than good
  32. What is a rare disease? It's not as simple as it sounds
  33. ASIO chief's assessment shows the need to do more, and better, to prevent terrorism
  34. New modelling shows the importance of university research to business
  35. Young women won't be told how to behave, but is #girlboss just deportment by another name?
  36. it's a proven way to reduce emissions but everyone's too scared to mention it
  37. cashless welfare cards do more harm than good
  38. women in mental health wards need better protection from sexual assault
  39. Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago
  40. Five Australian universities get the bulk of philanthropic donations
  41. Retirement Income Review can't ignore the changing role of home
  42. The jobs market is nowhere near as good as you've heard, and it's changing us
  43. the film that inspired Virginia Woolf, David Bowie and Tim Burton
  44. Inquiry probing 55 matters relating to special forces' alleged misconduct in Afghanistan
  45. If you're ageing and on medication, it might be time to re-assess your alcohol intake
  46. Government backs Labor call for Bettina Arndt to lose Order of Australia award
  47. Weinstein conviction a partial victory for #MeToo, but must not overshadow work still to be done
  48. After damning report into Dreamworld tragedy, who can be held accountable under the law?
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