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Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall

  • Written by Roger Wilkins, Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
imageAustralia's wealth tends to be with older people.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare - but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving, and households wealth has remained static, despite rising property prices, according to...

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Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia

  • Written by Jenni Henderson, Assistant Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageA typical street business in Jakarta, Indonesia.Michelle Robinson/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

As Indonesia’s middle class grows, so too does demand for services and products, such as education, health and processed food. Australia is well placed to supply these, however businesses must first tackle layers of regulation and bureaucracy.

There are signs...

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Blockchain really only does one thing well

  • Written by Stephen Wilson, PhD Candidate, UNSW Australia
imageBlockchain doesn’t magically make entries on a distributed ledger trustworthy.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

No new technology since the dawn of the internet has captured the imagination like blockchain.

Designed to run unregulated electronic currency, the blockchain is promoted by many as having far broader potential in government,...

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  1. Bed-wetting in older children and young adults is common and treatable
  2. Australian foreign policy needs a broader conception of our national interest
  3. When bad ideas refuse to die: the denial of human individuality
  4. For lovers of graffiti, Pokémon Go is old hat
  5. Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
  6. Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
  7. Australia expands Iraq role to training law enforcement authorities
  8. Liberals deride quotas for women MPs but how are they going to make targets work?
  9. Under a single minister, will energy and the environment be friends or foes?
  10. Remind me again, how close are we to a cure for HIV?
  11. Australia's reputation for fine wines is under threat
  12. Is the new Senate vote capture system as risky as electronic voting?
  13. Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power
  14. City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future
  15. Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
  16. Nightmares and night terrors in kids: when do they stop being normal?
  17. Mums and dads of very preterm babies more likely to be depressed
  18. Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?
  19. We need to talk about the bad science being funded
  20. A realistic strategy for federal budget repair
  21. 'If you don't have a beer you're not a man' – rural workplaces made more dangerous by drugs and alcohol
  22. Whimsy, intimacy and a few bum notes in Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
  23. It’s not easy being green, especially when affordable help is so hard to find
  24. Three ways to reform research that won’t break the budget
  25. Brendan Nelson declares Kevin Rudd is 'tailor made' for United Nations secretary-general job
  26. All you need for quantum computing at room temperature is some mothballs
  27. Turnbull's reshuffle: Pyne, Nationals winners; conservatives get little
  28. The off-topic Conversation #102
  29. Philip Morris speaks at and promotes an obscure lung disease conference
  30. Health Check: why do we get dry skin in winter?
  31. High-speed rail? At $200 billion we'd better get it right
  32. FactCheck Q A: how unusual is compulsory voting, and do 90% of New Zealanders vote without it?
  33. Memo Steve Price: how 'hysteria' has been used to degrade and control women
  34. Overconfidence is responsible for a lot of mistakes, here's how to avoid it
  35. Pokémon Go puts pressure on when technology meets the law
  36. Internet of Things data will help us predict the future
  37. A snapshot of children's health in Australia
  38. Do kids grow out of childhood asthma?
  39. GPs unlikely to pick up certain cancers right away because it's not the most likely diagnosis
  40. What's next for asylum seekers under a re-elected Turnbull government?
  41. How a little mathematics can help create some beautiful music
  42. A labour dump is unlikely under the China Australia free trade agreement
  43. Blockchain technology could be a game changer for developing communities
  44. How the Indian diaspora is shaping the battle for yoga's soul
  45. What lies beneath Antarctica's ice? Lakes, life and the grandest of canyons
  46. New Evidence for BPA and Obesity? Not so fast!
  47. Peak Pokémon: Despite its success, Pokémon Go's decline is already under way
  48. Capitalism and Democracy [part one]
  49. Nice attack brings a difficult question into sharp focus: why France?
  50. Why the health scheme for coal workers is inadequate to detect black lung
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