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Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right

  • Written by: George Rennie, Lecturer in American Politics and Lobbying Strategies, University of Melbourne
imageAustralia can learn much for Canada's lobbying regulations.Reuters/Chris Wattie

Lobbying is a necessary component of representative democracy, yet poses one of its greatest threats.

Interest groups must be free to have a say. But the disproportionate influence of a few over many serves to seriously undermine democratic ideals, and comes at great...

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Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?

  • Written by: Cris Brack, Assoc Professor Forest measurement & management, Australian National University
imageOnce the coat around the seed is moistened, the embryo cells expand and burst out in a process called germination.shutterstock/NUM LPPHOTO

This is an article from Curious Kids, a new series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or...

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Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageDonald Trump's poor popularity has affected the level of trust Australians have in the U.S but not their level of faith in the alliance.Michael Reynolds/EPA

Fewer Australians are trusting the United States to act responsibly in the world, and they have scant regard for Donald Trump, but this is not translating into people losing faith in the...

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  1. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  2. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  3. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  4. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  5. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  6. Are China and the US destined for war?
  7. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  8. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  9. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  10. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  11. We need our country; our country needs us
  12. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  13. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  14. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  15. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  16. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  17. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  18. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  19. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  20. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  21. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  22. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
  23. Science can be beautiful, but please don't call it basic
  24. Monitoring Build Times: Maintaining our Fast feedback Loop
  25. Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be
  26. Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it
  27. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Macron's party wins French lower house elections
  28. Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers
  29. Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence
  30. A national amnesty will not rid Australia of violent gun crime
  31. The off-topic Conversation #125
  32. 'The way they manipulate people is really saddening': study shows the trade-offs in gig work
  33. Mixed media: how Australia's newspapers became locked in a war of left versus right
  34. Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city
  35. A quarter of kidney donors are living: what you need to know to be a donor
  36. At home with Emily Dickinson
  37. Your guide to solving the next online viral maths problem
  38. Only a mother could love 'em: why cockroaches and termites are great parents
  39. Fewer students are going to public secondary schools in Australia
  40. Will the Greens let the teachers' union bully them over schools funding?
  41. Twenty years after the handover, Hong Kong proves itself a headache for China
  42. Turnbull's Trump riff won't please The Donald but it could be a hit at home
  43. Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why
  44. Weekly Quiz: how did Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey?
  45. There are ways to reduce injuries in kids that don't involve wrapping them in cotton wool
  46. With the rise of subscription and online TV, we need to rethink local content rules
  47. Vital Signs: Australia is facing an interest rates dilemma
  48. As Trump ups the ante, executive powers should worry Australians too
  49. Surfing the 3D printing wave: the changing face of surfboard fin production
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Finkel feedback

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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