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The BHP rebrand might be a success even if it doesn't drive sales

  • Written by: Chris Baumann, Associate Professor in Business, Macquarie University

Mining giant BHP Billiton has finally launched its rebrand - dropping “Billiton”, removing the “four-blobs” from its logo; leaving only an upper-case “BHP” behind. Research shows that rebrands rarely improve profitability.

But the rebrand could still be a success if it improves the company’s image among...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's budget sales job

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageAAP/David Mariuz

The University of Canberra’s vice-chancellor and president, Deep Saini, and professorial fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics, including the post-budget polls, how the banks will cope with the budget, Standard and Poor’s Global reaffirmation of a negative outlook, and how the issues with Donald...

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With its 2017 budget the government is still discouraging women

  • Written by: Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
imageRecent figures show that women are adversely effected by the 2017 federal budget.AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy

The 2017 federal budget was pitched as a fair budget, but much depends on your definition of fairness. Reviewing the policies through a gender lens, there is little to address the entrenched economic disadvantage experienced by women.

Austra...

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Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel

  • Written by: Nick Florin, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

The federal government recently announced that it is giving recycling company ResourceCo a loan of A$30 million to build two waste-to-fuel plants producing “solid waste fuel”.

Waste-to-energy is an important part of the waste industry in Europe. Significant demand for heat means efficient and tightly controlled waste incinerators are...

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  1. Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyle
  2. The Victorian firefighter dispute comes to a resolution, but for how long?
  3. Weekly quiz: which US president was impeached by the House?
  4. Full response from the AiGroup for a FactCheck on how Australia's top tax rates compare internationally
  5. FactCheck Q A: does Australia have one of the highest progressive tax rates in the developed world?
  6. We should not commit combat troops to the Afghanistan conflict – here's why
  7. There are jobs in journalism, just not traditional ones
  8. Vital Signs: dismal wages growth makes a joke of budget forecasts
  9. Friday essay: the feminist picture book revolution
  10. Explainer: what is a special counsel and what will he investigate in the Trump administration?
  11. Maybe we can, but should we? Deciding whether to bring back extinct species
  12. Australians don't loiter in public space – the legacy of colonial control by design
  13. Climate Council: climate, health and economics are against Carmichael mine
  14. Study confirms 'flushing' blocked fallopian tubes can improve fertility and reduce need for IVF
  15. Few Australians trust social media with personal information but do little about it
  16. Grattan on Friday: Budget-making is undermined by the continuous election campaign
  17. Politics podcast: Dennis Richardson on telling it like it is
  18. Shinzo Abe pushes ahead on constitutional reform amid heated debate within Japan
  19. Four ways junk food brands befriend kids online
  20. $89b shipbuilding plan is a major step forward – but sovereignty remains a problem
  21. Challenges persist for multiple legal actions regarding MH17
  22. The - Roger - Stone Age Man
  23. We don't have a gas shortfall worth worrying about
  24. Anti-Chinese and anti-Christian sentiment is not new in Indonesia
  25. Programs that prepare students for university study may no longer be free
  26. FactCheck: do Australian banks have double the return on equity of banks in other developed economies?
  27. Health Check: why can you feel groggy days after an operation?
  28. Australian fashion is thriving, so where are the policies to take it to the world?
  29. I'm not a racist, but: how we monitor discrimination
  30. What comes first: the free-range chicken or the free-range egg?
  31. Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need
  32. Get used to your commute: data confirms houses near jobs are too expensive
  33. The lengthy childhood of endangered orangutans is written in their teeth
  34. New Zealand's Alpine Fault reveals extreme underground heat and fluid pressure
  35. Writing the WA wheatbelt, a place of radical environmental change
  36. Beyond Brexit: ‘Global Britain’ looks to the emerging Anglosphere for new opportunities
  37. Science or Snake oil: do Band-Aids really 'heal cuts twice as fast'?
  38. Guilt-free online shopping: can parcel deliveries ever be truly carbon-neutral?
  39. Expert culture has killed the innovator in workplaces
  40. Ratings agency S P keeps Australia's AAA rating but doubtful about government's surplus timetable
  41. Physicists use Einstein's 'spooky' entanglement to invent super-sensitive gravitational wave detector
  42. This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit
  43. White House under siege as scandal follows scandal – and it won't end any time soon
  44. The ABC's Ask the Doctor sends mixed messages about obesity
  45. Guy Ritchie's King Arthur – a triumph of modern spectacle
  46. Scrounging for money: how the world's great writers made a living
  47. Research shows the banks will pass the bank levy on to customers
  48. Biophilic urbanism: how rooftop gardening soothes souls
  49. The Belt and Road Initiative: China's vision for globalisation, Beijing-style
  50. Violence against nurses is on the rise, but protections remain weak

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