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Paid parental leave plan ignores economics of well-functioning families

  • Written by: Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
imageFamily policies are about ensuring children get a good start in life.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

The federal government’s proposal to amend paid parental leave may result in short term fiscal gains, but overlooks the fact that well-functioning families provide long-term economic and social benefits to the community.

The paid parental...

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Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel

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

Apparently, the world is holding its breath on the unloading of a few bales of cotton, which “could change trade forever”.

In Qingdao sometime in early November, 88 bales of cotton will be unloaded and ownership of the bales will be transferred and payments made. With the magic of distributed ledgers (the most well known is...

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Women's alcohol consumption catching up to men: why this matters

  • Written by: Tim Slade, Associate Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAlcohol use is traditionally higher among men than women but new evidence suggests this is changing.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Women are catching up to men in rates of alcohol consumption and this has important implications for how we think about our community response to harmful alcohol use.

Historically, men have been more likely to drink...

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Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it

  • Written by: Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Australia
imageFormer Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has resigned his post.AAP/Lukas Coch

On Monday night, over 250 people gathered to celebrate 100 years since the appointment of the first Commonwealth Solicitor-General, Sir Robert Garran. The event marked a century of an office that is widely accepted as being integral to government under the rule of law.

But...

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