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How to tell if your boss is a psychopath – and what to do about it

  • Written by: David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies., Griffith University
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Being in business calls for a determined if not ruthless mindset, the ability to be confident and in control, and to be forceful, calculating, and a meticulous planner. Attributes that few possess. But there is one category of person that has them in abundance...

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Disunity is death? The demise of the CLP government in the Northern Territory

  • Written by: Rolf Gerritsen, Professorial Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
imageMichael Gunner is the NT's new chief minister following a landslide election win.AAP/Neda Vanovac

Before Saturday’s Northern Territory election Burt, the psychic crocodile in a popular tourist attraction in Darwin, predicted a Country Liberal Party (CLP) victory. The bookmakers' odds shifted slightly, with the price on a CLP victory falling...

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It's not just the economy, stupid; it's whether the economy is fair

  • Written by: Wesley Widmaier, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith University
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Most experts say globalisation spreads wealth, bringing people out of poverty and nations closer together. But right now some politicians and their supporters are arguing it simply increases inequality. What’s really going on? Our Globalisation backlash series offers some answers.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis,...

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Four common claims about education funding and quality that need explaining

  • Written by: Alan Reid, Research Professor, School of Education, University of South Australia
imageIs it fair to say that NAPLAN results have plateaued? Paul Miller/AAP

When the 2016 NAPLAN results were released a couple of weeks ago, a claim from the Education Minister Simon Birmingham attracted a lot of attention.

The minister said that despite a 23% increase in federal education funding over the past three years, NAPLAN results have plateaued.

H...

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  4. Why are professional development standards for new and returning federal MPs so inadequate?
  5. Ticked off: let’s stop our dogs and cats dying of tick paralysis this year
  6. Why Weiner is Wonderful
  7. Albanese warns Labor over clean energy supplement in omnibus bill
  8. The BBC's top 100 21st century films? Give me a break!
  9. (Real) football: the reds buy the Reds?
  10. Labor easily wins NT election
  11. Adrift in a sea of violence: Obama’s legacy, and the prospect of a Trump or Clinton presidency
  12. The Miles Franklin winner: a dark, sorrowful story with moments of light and tenderness
  13. Same-sex marriage plebiscite appears doomed
  14. Is your employer watching you? Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives
  15. Abbott steps into budget debate, saying reform is a precondition for tax cuts
  16. Young people with cancer should have affordable options to preserve their fertility
  17. Australia's stance on nuclear deterrence leaves it on the wrong side of history
  18. EcoCheck: Australia's vast, majestic northern savannas need more care
  19. Telegraph story on research funding does nothing to advance Australian journalism
  20. VET FEE-HELP reforms will merely paper over the cracks of a system prone to abuse
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on budget savings
  22. Two million Aussies are experiencing high financial stress
  23. Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do. So how can we build them to stay up?
  24. Electronic baby simulators could increase, not decrease, teen pregnancy
  25. America is moving to end its use of private prisons – should Australia follow suit?
  26. Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video
  27. Interview: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and inventor of the home computer
  28. Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age
  29. Australia needs to lead again on democratic innovation
  30. Feral animals are running amok on Australia's islands – here's how to stop them
  31. Vital Signs: Jackson Hole could deliver the monetary change Xenophon wants
  32. Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area
  33. Grattan on Friday: Shorten wants to play hardball but can he dodge the 'opportunist' tag?
  34. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
  35. Oil, gas and marine parks really can coexist in our oceans – here's how
  36. Scott Morrison has correctly diagnosed the problem, but needs to be flexible about solutions
  37. Touching, ferocious and poetic, the Miles Franklin shortlist is worthy of your attention
  38. How to manage weight issues with your teenager when you're not meant to talk about weight
  39. Turnbull steps in as promised, but don't expect a swift end to firefighter dispute
  40. Watch your language, Scott Morrison
  41. What you see is not always what you get: how virtual reality can manipulate our minds
  42. Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end
  43. A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat
  44. Why is sexual harassment in the AFP systemic? And can the culture be changed?
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  47. Why obesity is not a 'left versus right' issue
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