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Lessons Australia could learn from other countries to strengthen peace and stability

  • Written by: John Langmore, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne
imageThe war in Syria has been responsible for many of the high number of deaths in wars in recent years.Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail

There has been an alarming upward trend in the number of deaths in war around the world since 2012.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute concludes that in the first decade of the 21st century, the total number...

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How can our cities match Europe's for finding value in their creative vibe?

  • Written by: Leonie Pearson, Adjunct Associate, University of Canberra
imageEdinburgh is one of the European cities that make the most of their creative and cultural assets.Hamish Irvine/flickr, CC BY-NC

European cultural and creative cities have stronger economic output and more jobs than their Australian counterparts. So why is our urban creative vibrancy associated with city size, not economic performance?

Culture...

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The economics of the money-back guarantee

  • Written by: Yalcin Akcay, Professor of Operations Management, Melbourne Business School
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“Returning the product to Amazon ASAP!” complained one disgruntled Amazon customer as they gave a one-star review for a digital camera on the company’s site. This is despite the same product having an average rating of four-and-a-half stars out of five from 242 other customers.

Companies like Amazon aren’t just ignoring...

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Politics of landscape: the 2017 Wynne Prize finalists

  • Written by: Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW
imageWynne Prize 2017 finalist James Drinkwater, 'Passage to Rungli Rungliot', oil on hardboard, 180x360cm© the artist Photo: Felicity Jenkins, AGNSW

The Wynne Prize is bestowed upon the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or best figure sculpture. This year, over a third of the finalists - 15 out of 42 - are Indigenous artists, and 11...

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  2. Peter Dutton's postal plebiscite 'fraught with conflict': Warren Entsch
  3. Shorten and Turnbull to talk on four-year terms
  4. Victoria may soon have assisted dying laws for terminally ill patients
  5. Weekly Quiz: in which year was the Battle of Dunkirk?
  6. As the Australian cricketers' industrial dispute drags on, here's what we've learnt
  7. Both franchisees and franchisors benefit from company-owned stores
  8. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the home affairs department
  9. How our immune system causes heart disease
  10. The Archibald finalists – and why Tony Albert deserves to win
  11. Spyware merchants: the risks of outsourcing government hacking
  12. Athlete health and fair play: Kristen Worley case puts women’s sport policy in the dock
  13. Friday essay: from the Great Wave to Starry Night, how a blue pigment changed the world
  14. Explainer: how scientists invent new colours
  15. Plonk: a language lover's guide to Australian drinking
  16. Social mix in housing? One size doesn't fit all, as new projects show
  17. Vital Signs: the RBA's still longing for Goldilocks growth
  18. When to send a child to school causes anxiety and confusion for parents
  19. New complementary medicine health claims lack evidence, so why are they even on the table?
  20. In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we're not creating new problems
  21. How 'nudge theory' can help shops avoid a backlash over plastic bag bans
  22. The ACCC threatens to take Telstra and other ISPs to court over misleading NBN speeds
  23. Grattan on Friday: Abbott shapes up in Liberals' fight over their 'internals'
  24. Antidepressants and pregnancy: study didn't find they actually cause autism
  25. Open season for our notion-building pollies
  26. Everyday makers defy populists' false promise to embody 'your voice'
  27. Three ways to help your teenage kids develop a healthier relationship with alcohol
  28. Refuge in a harsh landscape – Australian novels and our changing relationship to the bush
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  33. Australian coworking spaces cater to a more diverse crowd than just young tech entrepreneurs
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  36. Explainer: 'solarpunk', or how to be an optimistic radical
  37. Latest research shows surgery for early stage prostate cancer doesn't save lives
  38. Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years
  39. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
  40. Shame! The 'technical glitches' that hit Game of Thrones could limit other popular live-streamed events
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  42. To the Bone: creating eating disorder awareness or doing harm?
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  45. Two new books show there's still no goodbye to messy climate politics
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