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Our needlessly-precise definition of a recession is causing us needless trouble

  • Written by: John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Later today we’ll know what the bushfires and the coronavirus did to the economy in the three months to March: whether gross domestic product grew (as is usual) or whether it shrank (as is rare, and heralds a recession).

Gross domestic product (GDP) is an imperfect measure of everything that’s produced in the three...

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only urgent intervention can save New Zealand's media

  • Written by: Wayne Hope, Professor of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology
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How many media analysts predicted it? In 2018 Australia’s Nine Entertainment absorbed Fairfax Media and its New Zealand subsidiary Stuff. Just under two years later chief executive Sinead Boucher bought Stuff from Nine for a dollar.

The bold move saved New Zealand’s largest newspaper publisher and online news site...

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what Australian universities can do to recover from the loss of international student fees

  • Written by: Ian Marshman, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
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Most of Australia’s universities have adequate cash and investment reserves to deal with the immediate impact of a downturn in international student revenue in 2020. But the longer term prospects are grim.

We modelled the impact of the loss of international student fee income resulting from COVID-19. We used 2018 data and...

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  2. Plates, cups and takeaway containers shape what (and how) we eat
  3. Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they'll need trust as well as tech
  4. could the world stop using fossils fuels today?
  5. this nutrient-stealing marine worm is the oldest known parasite
  6. Can you socially distance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Australia and New Zealand? How to protest in a coronavirus pandemic
  7. 'I can't breathe!' Australia must look in the mirror to see our own deaths in custody
  8. Is your super money safe? Here's how you can dodge cyber fraud
  9. Scott Morrison intervenes over Washington police assault of Australian TV crew
  10. Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it's probably got a lot to do with their mental health
  11. Media companies can now be held responsible for your dodgy comments on social media
  12. The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard
  13. Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible
  14. we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place
  15. The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality
  16. How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics
  17. As coronavirus restrictions ease, here's how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible
  18. Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us
  19. The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia
  20. SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly
  21. In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was
  22. Money for social housing, not home buyers grants, is the key to construction stimulus
  23. a film of anti-apartheid nostalgia for apartheid
  24. The coronavirus crisis shows why New Zealand urgently needs a commissioner for older people
  25. What Australian birds can teach us about choosing a partner and making it last
  26. Pregnant in a pandemic? If you're stressed, there's help
  27. could new opioid restrictions stop leftover medicines causing harm?
  28. A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
  29. Australia's first service sector recession will be unlike those that have gone before it
  30. 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife
  31. Lab experiments in the pandemic moved online or mailed home to uni students
  32. 3 ways plus a potted history
  33. Forget ‘murder hornets’, European wasps in Australia decapitate flies and bully dingoes
  34. As Minneapolis burns, Trump's presidency is sinking deeper into crisis. And yet, he may still be re-elected
  35. Digital-only local newspapers will struggle to serve the communities that need them most
  36. Scott Morrison strengthens his policy power, enshrining national cabinet and giving it "laser-like" focus on jobs
  37. Trump’s Twitter tantrum may wreck the internet
  38. Government to repay 470,000 unlawful robodebts in what might be Australia's biggest-ever financial backdown
  39. High Court ruling on 'Palace letters' case paves way to learn more about The Dismissal
  40. 10 reasons why renewable energy is the future
  41. Michelle Grattan on JobKeeper, JobMaker, and Eden-Monaro
  42. Whoever invents a coronavirus vaccine will control the patent – and, importantly, who gets to use it
  43. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on saving Australia's tourism and construction industries
  44. The coronavirus pandemic is boosting the big tech transformation to warp speed
  45. There is no specific crime of catfishing. But is it illegal?
  46. Could taking hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus be more harmful than helpful?
  47. why suicide modelling is so difficult
  48. Why is there so much furore over China's Belt and Road Initiative?
  49. Morrison's industrial relations peace gambit is worth a shot. Even if it fails, it's shrewd politics
  50. a time to reflect on strong Indigenous leadership and resiliency in the face of a pandemic

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