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The Murray Goulburn dilemma – co-operatives are dying out but they're still needed

  • Written by: Michael Duffy, Lecturer and Researcher, Monash Business School, Monash University
imageThere are a number of examples of what were once co-operatives restructuring into, or being taken over by, listed companies.Tim Green/Flckr, CC BY-SA

Canadian diary company Saputo’s bid for Murray Goulburn is just the latest example of how co-operatives are disappearing in the Australian business landscape. But despite this pressure for...

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Rethinking Harry Potter twenty years on

  • Written by: Michelle Smith, Senior lecturer in Literary Studies, Deakin University
imageThe Harry Potter series on display in Windsor, England.Anton Ivanov/Shuttershock.com

The twentieth anniversary celebrations of the highest-selling book series of all time are now coming to a close. 2017 has been a milestone year for Harry Potter fans in their twenties and thirties, who spent much of their youth in anticipation of the release of...

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Fremantle's High Tide festival: wonder and illusion as artists turn streets into stages

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
imageZora Kreuzer, Arcade (2017) Liebler Facade, Fremantle James Whineray

Fremantle proudly proclaims itself a “city for artists”, and while that has been a somewhat hollow boast in recent years, there is evidence of its former cultural vibrancy returning. The Fremantle Arts Centre, ArtSource and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre have held the...

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Trust Me, I'm An Expert: Competition

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
imageSibling competition may have played a bigger role in human evolution than you thought.Flickr/Dmitry Boyarin, CC BY-SA

Did you fight with a brother or sister when you were little? Do you still?

According to Rob Brooks, professor of evolutionary ecology at UNSW, sibling competition has played a more important role in human evolution than many of us...

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  2. Pre-emptive policing is harmful and oppressive, and requires independent scrutiny
  3. Financial motives drive some doctors' decisions to offer IVF
  4. Five steps Australia can take to build an effective space agency
  5. Social media study points to a close result in the same-sex marriage vote
  6. Understanding the triggers for filicide will help prevent it
  7. Why the RBA would want to create a digital Australian dollar
  8. Five common myths about palliative care and what the science really says
  9. Higher density in a flood zone? Here's a way to do it and reduce the risks
  10. Extreme weather leads to public health crises – so health and climate experts must work together
  11. Parry's exit triggers Liberal-National fight over Senate presidency
  12. Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women
  13. Grief rituals: what Australia can learn from the Day of the Dead
  14. Diaries, petticoats and copious research: a rare glimpse into Mirka Mora's artistic process
  15. Why do shark bites seem to be more deadly in Australia than elsewhere?
  16. The backlash against Black Lives Matter is just more evidence of injustice
  17. Three charts on: job prospects for refugees in Australia
  18. Indigenous lives, the 'cult of forgetfulness' and the Australian Dictionary of Biography
  19. When it comes to redress for child sexual abuse, all victims should be equal
  20. Looking after a dying loved one at home? Here's what you need to know
  21. Strength training can have unique health benefits, and it doesn't have to happen in a gym
  22. Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?
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  24. Citizen scientists count nearly 2 million birds and reveal a possible kookaburra decline
  25. Curious Kids: Do worms have tongues?
  26. Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings slide further. If Parry DQ'd, a Green may be unelected
  27. New citizenship bombshell – Senate President Stephen Parry may be British
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  30. Stranger Things 2 is darker and weirder, tempered with grief
  31. Do vitamin supplements prevent macular degeneration?
  32. Oral testimony of an Aboriginal massacre now supported by scientific evidence
  33. Australia's hidden history of slavery: the government divides to conquer
  34. Women can be psychopaths too, in ways more subtle but just as dangerous
  35. A Tale of Performance Testing
  36. Three reasons why the decisions of Joyce and Nash may be difficult to challenge
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  38. Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
  39. Business Briefing: questioning the economics of prison
  40. Revisiting the Reformation: how passions sparked a religious revolution 500 years ago
  41. Palliative care for children often involves treating the whole family
  42. Higher education cuts will be felt in the classroom, not the lab
  43. Galapagos species are threatened by the very tourists who flock to see them
  44. What should governments be doing about the rise of Artificial Intelligence?
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  46. Politics podcast: Kevin Rudd on avoiding Donald Trump
  47. Manus detention centre closure sparks safety fears for refugees
  48. Response from the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) for a FactCheck Q A on gun buybacks and gun deaths
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