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Why the sharing economy could have a hard landing in Australia

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe road ahead could be gloomy for some in the sharing economy.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Last year Deloitte Access Economics reported the sharing economy contributes about A$504 million a year to the New South Wales economy, with about 45,000 people earning an income from the different platforms like Lyft and Uber for ride sharing, and...

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Grattan on Friday: Bowen is outshining Morrison in the tax hurdle race

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Politics has its own purgatory, as Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott might have reflected when they sat on the same table at the Howard government’s 20th anniversary dinner on Wednesday. After a day when their animosity had been on shocking display, here they were together, unable to escape.

Among the speakers during this nostalgia night was...

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Wake up sleepy head: why we fall asleep when we don’t want to

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThis has been you in meetings.from www.shutterstock.com.au

During my first lecture to third-year psychology students, I noticed one of the students was asleep for the whole hour-long lecture. I immediately thought – is the lecture boring? Am I speaking in a monotone voice? Is the content uninteresting?

The following week, and every week for...

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