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Politics podcast: James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence

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

The election has plunged Australia into uncertainty and placed a possible question mark over the country for companies looking to invest. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO James Pearson tells Michelle Grattan that businesses are disappointed there isn’t a clear result and that policies that are pro-business will now be harder...

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In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?

  • Written by: Remy Davison, Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University
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The world still needs the central banks to bail us out of trouble but the impact of monetary policy is complicated in a world of zero or near-zero interest-rate policy (ZIRP) and negative interest-rate policy (NIRP).

Money presents us with three alternatives: we can spend it, save it or invest it. Most households and governments do the first;...

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In rare cases, a dog's lick can carry more than just love

  • Written by: Marta Skrabacz, Editor, The Conversation

It’s common knowledge a dog bite might warrant a trip to the doctor, but could a friendly puppy lick be dangerous too?

It’s possible – but rare – for close contact with the family pooch to transmit bacteria that can cause dangerous blood poisoning, according to a new case study published in the British Medical...

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More Articles …

  1. Caught short: we need to talk about public toilets
  2. Companies may be misleading investors by not openly assessing the true value of assets
  3. Playing politics with your future: what a hung parliament could mean for super
  4. Maggie's Plan: screwball comedy meets witty academic satire
  5. A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home
  6. Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging
  7. Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length
  8. Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting
  9. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  10. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  11. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  12. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  13. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  14. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  15. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  16. The off-topic Conversation #100
  17. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  18. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  19. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  20. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
  21. Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registered
  22. Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
  23. Labor leadership talk a bit of mischievous arson
  24. Turnbull stands solid against returning Abbott to frontbench
  25. Enigmatic Turnbull creates his own misfortune and will be forever diminished by it
  26. An uncertain election result may lead to stagnant financial markets
  27. Economic policy challenges will swamp our election outcome, no matter who ends up winning
  28. The myth of public opinion
  29. Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
  30. Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?
  31. After messy night, Coalition more likely to form government – but Pauline Hanson is in the Senate
  32. Malcolm Turnbull sounded tone deaf to election message
  33. Major rebuff to Malcolm Turnbull as poll result hovers on knife edge
  34. Infographic: what we know so far about the results of Election 2016
  35. Final polls have Coalition favoured
  36. Gina Rinehart, Weight Loss and Women Under the Microscope
  37. #ausvotes: a final update from the social media hustings
  38. Overcharged for hearing aids? Australia's audiology industry isn't rogue, but needs improvement
  39. Brexit is done, now what about accounting?
  40. Just how safe are Australia's airports?
  41. Brexit harms startups but it may not be fatal
  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the campaign's final week
  43. Higher education pays for itself many times over
  44. Crossing the line: why the royal commission examined initiation rituals and defence abuse
  45. Malcolm Turnbull: a prime minister on probation in search of a mandate
  46. Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory
  47. Black market jobs cost Australia billions and youth are at the coalface
  48. Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief
  49. Explainer: what are women's options for giving birth?
  50. Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN

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