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In a glass clearly: Singapore and Australia compared

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageSingapore and Australia have a lot in common. Shutterstock

You can drive across Singapore (population 5.5 million) in 45 minutes – roughly the same time it takes to reach Gawler from the Adelaide CBD. As an equatorial island, the climate is warm all the year round, and as a value-adding trading hub the commercial atmosphere is all-pervasive.

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Morrison flags opposition to nominating Rudd for UN post

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

Treasurer Scott Morrison has set himself in apparent opposition to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop over Australia’s nomination of Kevin Rudd as a candidate for secretary-general of the United Nations.

Cabinet is about to consider Rudd’s request for Australia to nominate him. Unless it does, he cannot run for the position, which he would...

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Land carbon storage swelled in the Little Ice Age, which bodes ill for the future

  • Written by: Peter Rayner, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageForests and other land-based carbon stores held onto more carbon during colder historical climates.Miguel.v/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The dip in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels during the Little Ice Age wasn’t caused by New World pioneers cutting a swathe through native American agriculture, as had been previously thought.

Instead, our new...

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Can a corpulent Woolies discard its history and fight off Aldi?

  • Written by: John Rice, Professor of Management, University of New England

Woolworths’ shareholders have endured a bumpy ride these last few years. From its peak close to $40 in mid-2014, the share price has been flirting with $20 most of this year before yesterday’s rather unconvincing spike.

Woolworths’ travails of recent years have been well documented. Most notable has been the disastrous Masters...

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