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Xi Jinping unveils China’s new leadership team

  • Written by: Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney

China’s 19th Party Congress has elected a new leadership team that promises to bring continuity in the country’s gradual domestic reform and stronger focus on internationalism.

Proving many political observers wrong, the new leadership line-up is an A-team in terms of economic and international credentials.

New leadership team

President...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on calls for Michaelia Cash's resignation

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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The University of Canberra’s Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics, including the opposition’s call for Employment Minister Michaelia Cash’s resignation after her staffer quit over media tip-offs, the fear of a politicised police force, the issues with the Nation Broadband Network, and the...

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Politics podcast: Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott on a national energy plan

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government’s long-awaited energy plan rejected Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s clean energy target, which focused on subsidies for renewables, in favour of a National Energy Guarantee.

The government has promised affordability and reliability, as well as compliance with Australia’s international climate obligations.

Energy...

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Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids

  • Written by: Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Technology and Learning, Western Sydney University
imageHow often do you take away your kid's phone?RoongsaK/Shutterstock

Do you take away your teenager’s phone to manage their behaviour? Maybe when they arrive home late from a party or receive a bad report card?

Confiscating, time-limiting or permitting additional access to technology has become a popular parenting strategy. Surveys show that 65%...

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  1. The off-topic Conversation #140
  2. Why we can’t rely on corporations to save us from climate change
  3. For bankers, acountability does not start at home
  4. The case of Michaelia Cash and her leaking adviser illustrates a failure of ministerial responsibility
  5. Students will suffer if Australia and New Zealand change tertiary fee agreement
  6. 'They shot my two daughters in front of me': Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss and forced migration
  7. Five claims about coconut oil debunked
  8. The behavioural economics of an A$1,800 iPhone
  9. Friday essay: journey through the apocalypse
  10. Last of the Millers Point and Sirius tenants hang on as the money now pours in
  11. Australia still lags behind in vehicle emissions testing
  12. South Korea's public broadcasters are in an impossible political position
  13. Turnbull government says no to Indigenous Voice to Parliament
  14. Grattan on Friday: Cash takes a hit in the government's pursuit of Shorten
  15. George Michael: Freedom documents a star at war with fame
  16. Did Westpac just mansplain gender diversity to its competitors?
  17. We cannot deny the violence of White supremacy any more
  18. In for the long-haul: the challenge to fly non-stop from Australia to anywhere in the world
  19. I've always wondered: what's behind the belly button?
  20. Gluten free diets aren't easy, but if you slip up a dietary supplement could help
  21. Government spending on Indigenous people is rising, so why do so many still live in poverty?
  22. The Australian Federal Police needs to be free to do its job without political interference
  23. Why hot weather records continue to tumble worldwide
  24. Becoming more urban: attitudes to medium-density living are changing in Sydney and Melbourne
  25. Drop, bears: chronic stress and habitat loss are flooring koalas
  26. How climate change affects the building blocks for health
  27. Unemployment is falling, but who’s getting left behind?
  28. Teaching kids about maths using money can set them up for financial security
  29. With a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Australia must fix its record on Indigenous rights
  30. Thor: Ragnarok pitches superheroes against science (and how does Hulk keep his pants on?)
  31. Imagining a better world: the art of degrowth
  32. Five ways to help parents cope with the trauma of stillbirth
  33. Cash staff member quits over media tip offs as AWU affair backfires
  34. China's ambition burns bright – with Xi Jinping firmly in charge
  35. Hanging out with the boys: how bromance often steals the spotlight in The Bachelorette
  36. Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching
  37. Replacing pharmacists with robots isn't the answer to better productivity
  38. Nothing but truthiness: Adani and Co's post-truth push for the Carmichael mine
  39. Why the ‘Hands Off’ campaign targeting sexual harassment on public transport misses the mark
  40. Zippers make a jump for science and technology
  41. Let's be honest, there's more wrong with the NDIS than just 'teething problems'
  42. 5G will be a convenient but expensive alternative to the NBN
  43. There are serious problems with the concept of 'financial literacy'
  44. Census data shows just how bad we've been at closing inequality gaps
  45. What is behind the rising price of butter?
  46. Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors: the NZ convicts sent to Australia
  47. We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying
  48. 'Bang, bang, bang!': the shock of a boy playing with a gun on a suburban street
  49. Victoria's plastic bag ban: a good start, but we can do more
  50. What makes a good university? Academics and students have different ideas

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