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Celebrity charities just compete with all other charities – so why start one?

  • Written by: Margaret Faulkner, Senior Research Associate, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia
imageA medium-sized Australian charity will share more of its donors with the Salvation Army or the Red Cross than with Parkinson’s Australia.AAP/Joel Carrett

Despite the enormous number of charities in the world, more are established every year – and many also disappear. Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission data shows that,...

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The great Australian plays: A Cheery Soul gave us a supreme theatrical monster

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageRobyn Nevin was horrible – and horribly funny – as Miss Docker in A Cheery Soul.Robyn Nevin and Gillian Jones in A Cheery Soul, 2000, co-produced by STC and Belvoir St Theatre. Photo: Heidrun Löhr ©

In 2004, Melbourne Theatre Company, where I worked at the time, asked me to write a short history for their 50th anniversary....

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We can still keep global warming below 2℃ – but the hard work is about to start

  • Written by: Pep Canadell, CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
imageThe rise of renewable energy is one reason the world is shifting away from coal. Wind turbine image from www.shutterstock.com

Last year we found that the growth in global fossil fuel emissions have stalled over the past three years. But does this mean we are on track to keep global warming below 2℃, as agreed under the 2015 Paris Agreement?

In...

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Shorten's three major economic priorities: 'jobs, jobs and jobs'

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

Bill Shorten will put creating new jobs, sustaining existing ones, and training and retraining Australian jobseekers at the heart of his economic agenda in a major speech on Tuesday.

In what’s seen as a formal opening to the political year, Shorten and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will spell out their priorities in addresses to the...

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  7. CBA's test of government bond using the blockchain, is just that
  8. How to cope with the stress of working alone
  9. Donald Trump's ban will have lasting and damaging impacts on the world's refugees
  10. Destroying research embryos within 14 days limits chance of medical breakthroughs
  11. Senior female bankers don't conform to stereotypes and are just as ready to take risks
  12. America has never been truly isolationist, and Trump isn't either
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  14. When the heat is on, we need city-wide plans to keep cool
  15. Let's face it, first impressions count online
  16. Trump gives Turnbull refugee deal green light but government provides no detail
  17. The future of stem cells: tackling hype versus hope
  18. Facebook's support for USB security keys is a good move and one others should follow
  19. Is it OK to punch Nazis?
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  21. In Australia, land of the 'fair go', not everyone gets an equal slice of the pie
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  25. Calling deep sea species 'monsters' may harm their conservation
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  27. Trump's arrival means it's time for Australia to review our relationship – and perhaps learn to say 'no'
  28. No longer tied to Britain, Australia is still searching for its place in the world
  29. Friday essay: transgenderism in film and literature
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  31. Older people still have sex, but it's the intimacy and affection that matters more
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  34. Grattan on Friday: 2017 will test whether Turnbull can rise above times that do not suit him
  35. What if there was nothing Trump could do to stop the clean energy revolution?
  36. Scientists may have proven women are better at multitasking than men
  37. Six tips to keep you and your devices secure in the gig economy
  38. Throw a veggie pattie on the barbie this Australia Day
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