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Uncomfortable comparisons. Why Rod Sims broke the ACCC record

  • Written by: Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry released its interim report last month.

This month Rod Sims was re-appointed as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The reappointment, the second by a Coalition government after the then Labor treasurer, Wayne Swan,...

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Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion

  • Written by: William Peterson, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University
Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion'The biggest disco on the planet since 1979': Dancing Grandmothers take the stage in Adelaide. Josang Young Mo Choe

Review: Dancing Grandmothers, Adelaide


“Age and grow fat; dance and grow fat.” This phrase, which appears on a screen midway through Dancing Grandmothers, suggests that we can have our cake and eat it too, that whatever is...

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Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early voting

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early votingIt took six months for Malcolm Turnbull to receive his first negative Newspoll net approval as PM; it has taken Scott Morrison just two months.AAP/Joel Carrett

This week’s Newspoll, conducted October 25-28 from a sample of 1,650, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since last fortnight. Primary votes were 39% Labor (up one),...

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  1. Is there anything hotter than the Sun?
  2. Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development
  3. State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's why
  4. Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wisely
  5. Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
  6. Why car sharing had a slow start in Australia
  7. How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed
  8. Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
  9. The ancient origins of werewolves
  10. Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
  11. The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
  12. Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please
  13. Michelle Grattan on the Wentworth washup
  14. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
  15. Heart attacks more frequent in colder weather
  16. Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
  17. Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels
  18. More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia's suffragists is yet to be won
  19. Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside
  20. can you cut your cancer risk by eating organic?
  21. Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
  22. Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment; pushing up interest rates would be wrong
  23. Please, not another super scheme, Mr Keating. It's what the pension is for
  24. Ancient fish evolved in shallow seas – the very places humans threaten today
  25. a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him
  26. Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
  27. Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
  28. We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longer
  29. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
  30. Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
  31. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  32. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  33. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  34. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  35. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  36. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  37. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  38. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  39. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
  40. how to spot and suggest a fact check
  41. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  42. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  43. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  44. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  45. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  46. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  47. foreign donations and political influence
  48. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
  49. Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
  50. The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth

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