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It takes a community to raise a startup

  • Written by: Jana Matthews, ANZ Chair in Business Growth, Director, Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia
imageAustralia is getting better at encouraging people to consider a startup.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

There’s an old saying that it takes a whole community to raise a child. Likewise, it takes a whole community to raise a successful startup company that can grow, scale and contribute to a healthy economy.

This was the message from Brad...

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Turnbull to UN: Climate change threatens 'the future of generations'

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

Malcolm Turnbull will tell the United Nations General Assembly climate change threatens “the future of generations around the globe”, in an address also promoting Australia’s case for election to the UN Human Rights Council.

In his wide-ranging speech, Turnbull will say the scale of the international refugee and displaced persons...

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No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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The headlines say it all. From “Fitness trackers ‘don’t help weight loss’” through to claims that fitness trackers can “make users fatter” and that“That Fitness Tracker Might Actually Make Losing Weight Harder”.

These conclusions by the media came from the reporting of a s...

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Business Briefing: we're overusing and underestimating 'disruption'

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Melbourne Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageBusiness leaders don't have a crystal ball to predict future disruption but they can have a stake in it.www.shutterstock.com

“Disruption” and “disrupters” have become buzz words in the business community and are often used to describe any change or evolution in a sector.

However businesses shouldn’t dismiss it as a fad...

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  2. Weekly Dose: LSD – dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
  3. Resettlement is the test for Malcolm Turnbull on refugees
  4. In an age of rhetoric, Australian politics is missing the American flair
  5. The view from inside the Beltway
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  7. Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?
  8. Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?
  9. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
  10. How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
  11. Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?
  12. Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
  13. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  14. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  15. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  16. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  17. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  18. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal
  19. Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success?
  20. If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
  21. Common Australian mosquitoes can't spread Zika
  22. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged?
  23. Could Clinton win Utah?
  24. 'Not fit to be president': Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
  25. If you love me, don’t feed me bacon
  26. The future of the US Supreme Court is at stake no matter who wins in November
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  28. Perspectives on migrants distorted by politics of prejudice
  29. From placeholder to pathfinder: innovative temporary site uses help us reimagine city spaces
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  31. Invasive predators are eating the world's animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home
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  37. The OzAsia Festival is young and confident – here are the shows to watch
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  39. FactCheck Q A: Is Australia one of the few countries worldwide to accept foreign political donations?
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  41. FactCheck Q A: would the Constitution need to be changed to ban political donations from unions?
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