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Banking inquiry findings – ask the wrong questions get the wrong answers

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University

This week, Australia hit a new low point in the politicisation of banking regulation.

In a report into the four major Australian banks, the members of the House Standing Committee on Economics were hopelessly divided along party lines about the answers given to them by the bank CEOs.

The grilling of the Big Four CEOs was less Stalinist show trial,...

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Changes to Radio National are gutting a cultural treasure trove

  • Written by: Siobhan McHugh, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of Wollongong
imageThe latest RN makeover is largely about talk – a cheap format that costs little to produce.Tracey Nearmy/AAP

“RN is the home of big thinking, big ideas, and the national conversation,” the statement from ABC management said. It seems odd that, in pursuit of that notion, RN intends to halve the output of its documentary program,...

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Why we require real names

  • Written by: Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Our real names policy is one of the defining features of our community. It’s the part of our community standards that I receive the most questions about.

Why require real names

We strive for transparency on The Conversation – from our disclosure statements to our process for retracting articles – and requiring real names in our...

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If Trump pulls America out of the TPP, the question is: what next?

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imageReuters/Lucas Jackson

Donald Trump this week repeated his pledge to abandon America’s commitment to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on “day one” of his presidency.

That means on January 20, Inauguration Day, a regional trading agreement embracing nearly half of global GDP will shed the world’s biggest...

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  3. Trump or NASA – who's really politicising climate science?
  4. A new phonics test is pointless – we shouldn't waste precious money buying it from England
  5. Reinventing density: bridging the live-work divide
  6. Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era
  7. Smash it up, burn it down: should Joe Corré set fire to punk history this weekend?
  8. Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study
  9. Zika 'health emergency' status removed but it's sad news for reproductive health
  10. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation's troubles
  11. The rise and rise of the omniscient ‘I’
  12. Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
  13. Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation
  14. Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl
  15. Friday essay: the loss of music
  16. Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy
  17. Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?
  18. 2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming
  19. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  20. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  21. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  22. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber
  23. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  24. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  25. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  26. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  27. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  28. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  29. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  30. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  31. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  32. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  33. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  34. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  35. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  36. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  37. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  38. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  39. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  40. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  41. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  42. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  43. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  44. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  45. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  46. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  47. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  48. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  49. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  50. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies

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