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Brussels attacks: why Europe?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageReuters/Charles Platiau

What goes on in the mind of a suicide bomber? What motivates someone to spend their last day on the planet blowing up complete strangers? Bad enough, perhaps, if the strangers in question are soldiers, police, or other representatives of the state. But holidaymakers and commuters?

It takes a special sort of alienation,...

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Who is right in the Abbott-versus-Turnbull policy wars?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

“It’s very easy for me to campaign for the election of the Turnbull government,” Tony Abbott declared on Monday, because “fundamentally the Turnbull government is seeking election on the record of the Abbott government”.

It was the latest provocative shot – delivered in a Sky interview from London – in the...

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Hospitals don't need increased funding, they need to make better use of what they've got

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe health sector can learn from other industries that turn to operations research to fix everyday challenges.Anna Jurkovska/Shutterstock

The Australian hospital sector is facing growing pressure, not least around funding. The states are struggling to come up with the funds to fill the gap left by the Commonwealth’s 2014 budget announcement th...

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  13. Lithium: Australia needs to recycle and lease to be part of the boom
  14. Corporate resilience training works – but what are we being asked to bear?
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