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Bank inquiry won't take royal commission off the political agenda

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

The initial day of the parliamentary interrogation of the big banks’ chiefs has probably only strengthened the hand of those urging a royal commission.

Malcolm Turnbull proposed bank executives should be called before the House of Representatives economics committee as a way of heading off pressure for a comprehensive inquiry, which Labor has...

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AFL and NRL grand final TV ratings show codes still rely on their traditional heartlands

  • Written by: Hunter Fujak, PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney

With the AFL and NRL grand finals now played over the same weekend, there’s never been greater scrutiny in comparing the television ratings of these two sport spectacles. While the on-field football contests were both highly combative, the off-field battle between these two winter football codes is arguably just as competitive.

These...

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The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale

  • Written by: Andrew Frost, Lecturer in Media, Macquarie University
imageThe South Korean sculpture biennale ranges from airy and lofty metal structures to strange and dark creations.Supplied

In the week prior to my visit to South Korea there had been some ominous events. North Korea had just exploded a nuclear device in an underground test, and shortly after there was an unusually powerful 3.5 earthquake in the South....

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  1. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  2. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  3. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  4. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  5. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  6. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  7. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  8. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  9. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  10. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  11. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  12. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  13. Why health implants should have open source code
  14. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  15. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
  16. Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
  17. How to Think About 1.5 Degrees
  18. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  19. The Conversation working with The ABC
  20. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  21. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
  22. Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why
  23. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
  24. Volatility, thy name is Trump
  25. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  26. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  27. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  28. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
  29. The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity
  30. The story behind Australia's marine reserves, and how we should change them
  31. The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings
  32. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
  33. Cities in the sky: how do we decide where this urban journey is taking us?
  34. It's never been more important to keep an eye on space weather
  35. Trump, the media, and the populist politics of the pogrom
  36. The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the South Australia blackout
  38. SA blackout politics overshadow the real issues on power generation
  39. What's happening when our joints crack and is it bad?
  40. Why do we need 'Pokie-Leaks'? We already know how pokies work
  41. Friday essay: talking, writing and fighting like girls
  42. Everyone's different: what parts of the brain make our personalities so unique?
  43. Suspending welfare payments won’t help young people get jobs
  44. The big picture of the universe reveals the family tree of galaxies
  45. Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it
  46. Vital Signs: President Trump would cause financial Armageddon
  47. Australia can't afford to turn inwards, Morrison says
  48. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's challenge is to avoid the Gillard trap
  49. Turnbull turns South Australia crisis into row over renewables
  50. Whether China is dumping steel in Australia under the 'market economy' label is very subjective

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