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Book Review: Trillion Dollar Baby

  • Written by Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
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In the midst of the debate around whether Australia is correctly taxing miners, Paul Cleary provides a well-researched and written account of Norway’s approach to the development of its oil resources since the 1960s in his book Trillion Dollar Baby.

Cleary ties together a number of threads that are surprisingly relevant for many of our...

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How virtual reality technology is changing the way students learn

  • Written by Michael Phillips, Lecturer: Digital Technologies in Education, Monash University
imageEmerging digital technologies are being used in thoughtful ways by teachers.from www.shutterstock.com

For many years, schools and universities have had to change the way they work and teach in order to fit in with technology.

Software like PowerPoint, for example, which has long been used as an education tool, wasn’t designed for education....

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10 years on, the iPhone has revolutionised life and freed us from multiple tyrannies

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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It is 10 years this week since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage and said “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything”. He was referring to the iPhone, launched on January 9th 2007.

Like many products, it could be argued that it wasn’t until version 3 in 2009...

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  1. Stamping out political rorts requires a cultural change, not more bodies to police it
  2. What's behind Timor-Leste terminating its maritime treaty with Australia
  3. A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
  4. Five ways kids can benefit from being outside this summer break
  5. One year on, we should remember David Bowie as both genius and flawed human
  6. Why Centrelink should adopt a light touch when data matching
  7. Wheat, sheep or Elvis Presley? Rural Australia has had to change its tune
  8. Can Facebook help you make your home more sustainable?
  9. Do art and literature cultivate empathy?
  10. Sussan Ley and the Gold Coast apartment: murky rules mean age of entitlement isn't over for MPs
  11. Health check: is it safe to microwave your food?
  12. The off-topic Conversation #115
  13. Why and how do we measure what consumers feel?
  14. Understanding others' feelings: what is empathy and why do we need it?
  15. Five political leaders to watch in 2017
  16. Why do we still make girls wear skirts and dresses as school uniform?
  17. Lion is a well-made melodrama with a rather disturbing message
  18. Make a fresh start with your fridge in 2017: apps to reduce food waste and save money
  19. Food for thought: the rise of Australia's mighty Brahman
  20. Australia’s climate in 2016 – a year of two halves as El Niño unwound
  21. Explainer: we can learn a lot from the changing night sky
  22. Birdbath, food or water? How to attract your favourite birds to your garden
  23. In a world awash with data, is the census still relevant?
  24. The lure of cycling: tips from a middle-aged man in Lycra
  25. The archaeology of polite society
  26. Who will be the winner in the next computing revolution?
  27. Housing the dead: what happens when a city runs out of space?
  28. Two cheers for Barack Obama
  29. The world is getting fatter with technology as part of the problem and not the cure
  30. Enough's enough: buying more stuff isn't always the answer to happiness
  31. Kitchen ink: foodies, chefs and tattoos
  32. Prepare for a healthy holiday with this A-to-E guide
  33. How to quickly spot dodgy science
  34. How and why we are moving beyond GDP as a measure of human progress
  35. Why bad housing design pumps up power prices for everyone
  36. Ten reasons some of us should cut back on alcohol
  37. Cinema opens a dialogue about coming to terms with Balkans' past
  38. Why don't people get it? Seven ways that communicating risk can fail
  39. Explainer: why markets care what businesses are buying
  40. Reinventing heritage buildings isn't new at all – the ancients did it too
  41. Would Marilyn Monroe's career (and life) have been different if she had acted on stage?
  42. Australian climate politics in 2017: a guide for the perplexed
  43. Health Check: does my brain really freeze when I eat ice cream?
  44. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
  45. Things you were taught at school that are wrong
  46. Cabinet papers 1992-93: the rise and fall of enterprise bargaining agreements
  47. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple fronts
  48. Cabinet papers 1992-93: the balance of head and heart
  49. Cabinet papers 1992-93: Australia reluctant while world moves towards first climate treaty
  50. The 1992-93 cabinet papers reveal the chaos behind the government's economic statement

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