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Lockerbie experience is no model for the effective prosecution of MH17 bombers

  • Written by Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Newcastle
imageDemands for justice for the victims of Flight MH17, including war crimes prosecutions for those responsible, persist.AAP/Lloyd Jones

An investigative team, comprising authorities from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine, recently concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a BUK missile on July 17, 2014. The...

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Banks make millions in delaying interest rate cuts

  • Written by Abbas Valadkhani, Professor of Economics, Swinburne University of Technology

When Australia’s central bank moves interest rates as part of its monetary policy, it’s not just politicians who stand to lose if banks don’t follow suit.

Retail lending markets form an integral part of the monetary policy transmission mechanism. If interest rate rises are passed on at a different rate to cuts it can adversely...

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Business Briefing: Trusting business to take care of your data

  • Written by Jenni Henderson, Melbourne Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageBusinesses need to consult customers to work out what is reasonable when it comes to using and securing their data.www.shutterstock.com

Former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel is calling on businesses to take a closer look at their data management practices in a bid to increase public trust in their ability to handle it. Samuel says if they don’t...

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Trimming the excess: how cutting down on junk food could help save the environment

  • Written by Michalis Hadjikakou, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Sustainability, UNSW Australia
imageBad for you, bad for the environment. Junk food image from www.shutterstock.com

Looking for a new reason to cut down on “junk” food? Besides the obvious health-related benefits, I showed in a recent study that discretionary or junk foods make up a significant proportion of food-related environmental impacts.

For an average Australian...

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  1. Lessons from South Australia's blackout: we need to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change
  2. Philanthropic foundations cost taxpayers – and so should be made accountable
  3. US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?
  4. Mellow yellow? The mood and cognitive effects of curcumin from turmeric
  5. Opening doors and minds: the Open House phenomenon
  6. New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers
  7. Bank inquiry won't take royal commission off the political agenda
  8. AFL and NRL grand final TV ratings show codes still rely on their traditional heartlands
  9. Big four bank chiefs face parliamentary committee: experts react
  10. The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale
  11. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  12. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  13. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  14. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  15. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  16. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  17. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  18. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  19. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  20. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  21. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  22. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  23. Why health implants should have open source code
  24. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  25. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
  26. Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts
  27. How to Think About 1.5 Degrees
  28. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  29. The Conversation working with The ABC
  30. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  31. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
  32. Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why
  33. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
  34. Volatility, thy name is Trump
  35. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  36. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  37. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  38. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
  39. The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity
  40. The story behind Australia's marine reserves, and how we should change them
  41. The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings
  42. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
  43. Cities in the sky: how do we decide where this urban journey is taking us?
  44. It's never been more important to keep an eye on space weather
  45. Trump, the media, and the populist politics of the pogrom
  46. The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue
  47. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the South Australia blackout
  48. SA blackout politics overshadow the real issues on power generation
  49. What's happening when our joints crack and is it bad?
  50. Why do we need 'Pokie-Leaks'? We already know how pokies work
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