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Indonesia needs more than hashtags to defy terror

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageIf people really want to create a social movement to counter terrorism, we should expand our reach offline.Reuters/Darren Whiteside

People were commenting on social media within moments of the terrorist bombings and shooting on Thursday in Jakarta by attackers linked to Islamic State (IS).

Two popular hashtags emerged on Twitter and Facebook:...

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Masters was spoiled from the start, now Woolworths must go back to basics

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageOr not.AS 1979/Flickr, CC BY

Masters, of Woolworths, has died at the age of five after a long illness. Its passing was a surprise to few. It will live on in the memory and superannuation accounts of Woolworths investors and, it is hoped, in the boardrooms of Australia forever.

Masters was a surprise offspring of the well-matured Woolworths family....

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Why Australia needs drug consumption rooms

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWhile Sydney's medically supervised injecting centre has had positive results, we need drug consumption rooms all over the country. AAP/Paul Miller

As senior law enforcement officials line up to say Australia cannot arrest its way out of our illicit drug problems, some politicians have expressed opposing views about drug consumption rooms. This...

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