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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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  2. Full response from Reverend Tim Costello
  3. Some rough sleepers are attracting tourists with their street art
  4. Turnbull news conference an exercise in avoidance and obfuscation
  5. Health Check: what causes bloating?
  6. Who gets to see CCTV footage? The law favours the operators
  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
  13. From Tim Winton to Gail Jones: why writing matters in WA
  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?
  20. What is the Doomsday Clock and why should we keep track of the time?
  21. In Australia, land of the 'fair go', not everyone gets an equal slice of the pie
  22. Can machines really tell us if we're sick?
  23. Sex, death and del kathryn barton
  24. A housing affordability crisis in regional Australia? Yes, and here's why
  25. Calling deep sea species 'monsters' may harm their conservation
  26. “No smoking” in music lyrics? Sorry, count me out
  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
  30. Why are we more likely to get cancer as we age?
  31. Older people still have sex, but it's the intimacy and affection that matters more
  32. How to tell if your child's educational needs are being met at school
  33. Australia needs precision tools in drafting trade agreements, not a sledgehammer
  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
  39. Welcome to Australia, a land of creatures out to kill you... maybe
  40. Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: a long history of celebration and contestation
  41. Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food
  42. 'Australian' enough to be a hero?
  43. Push for a Commonwealth trading bloc further politicises free trade
  44. Heart disease: what happens when the ticker wears and tears
  45. Arthritis isn't just a condition affecting older people, it likely starts much earlier
  46. More lessons on fintech to come for Scott Morrison
  47. Australian cinema for Australia Day
  48. Explainer: the rules for shooting on film sets
  49. Do you need to worry if your baby has a flat head?
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