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Stumbling into the future: living with the legacy of the great infrastructure sell-off

  • Written by: Phillip O'Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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This is the fourth article in our series Making Cities Work. It considers the problems of providing critical infrastructure and how we might produce the innovations and reforms needed to meet 21st-century needs and challenges.

The privatisation of urban infrastructure in Australia is an ironic story. The vehicles of urban infrastructure – the...

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Diversity and inclusion are the heroes in Overwatch, a runaway commercial gaming success

  • Written by: Sam Hinton, Assistant Professor in Digital Media, University of Canberra
imageGaming audiences are no longer predominantly white, male zones. 94565827@N05/flickr , CC BY-NC-SA

Last year saw the release of Overwatch, a big budget title by Activision Blizzard, one of the world’s largest videogame developers and producers. A title whose “most basic goal” was:

[…] to be this bright, positive universe,...

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Beyond the gloomy headlines, this global index suggests manufacturing is in good shape

  • Written by: Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin Graduate School of Business, Curtin University
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Economic data released this week has provided some good news for the global economy. The Purchasing Manager Indexes (PMI) from around the world show manufacturing is at above long term averages or at multi-year highs.

The data suggests that economic growth will follow. Buoyed by low interest rates, and the prospects of government stimulus, firms...

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People who shoot risk unhealthy levels of lead exposure

  • Written by: Mark A.S. Laidlaw, Vice Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University

A gun is a dangerous weapon for obvious reasons. But there are less obvious risks to those who use them. New research shows people who shoot, for work or leisure, risk lead poisoning.

Our just published review shows how exposure to lead from bullets, airborne particles in shooting ranges and other sources shows up in shooters’ blood at levels...

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  1. Liberal director Tony Nutt quits
  2. Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything
  3. Labor gains in Newspoll to move to 53-47 lead
  4. ATNIX: Debbie misses Twitter
  5. Squeezed by gravity: how tides affect the groundwater under our feet
  6. Explainer: why the High Court ruled Bob Day's election to the Senate invalid
  7. There are many ways to treat jellyfish stings – peeing on them isn't one
  8. Print your own masterpieces and digital pens -- the brave new world of the museum
  9. Tropical Cyclone Debbie has blown a hole in the winter vegetable supply
  10. How one family used pokies and politics to extract a fortune from Tasmanians
  11. How do we restore the public's faith in transport planning?
  12. Paradoxes of probability and other statistical strangeness
  13. Whole body vibration: a genuine therapy or just another 'weight loss' fad?
  14. Gogglebox and what it tells us about English in Australia
  15. How to split the good from the bad in online reviews and ratings
  16. Turnbull delays London appointment
  17. If you haven't got the numbers, Scott, could you please just get them?
  18. Outreach - why reach out?
  19. 8 diet myths - busted!
  20. A Rock Roll Writers Festival brings a much-needed spark to Australia's literary scene
  21. Stargazing citizens and scientists share the hunger to find Planet 9
  22. Turkey on the verge of democide as referendum looms
  23. Governments are trapped in a vicious cycle of housing policies and prices
  24. Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood
  25. Separation and single parenting: the tribulations of Henry Lawson's wife
  26. Ice age art and 'jewellery' found in an Indonesian cave reveal an ancient symbolic culture
  27. Why do schools want all students to look the same?
  28. Health-care spending has only a modest effect on lifespan and premature death
  29. Alt-unionism: why businesses may be better with the devil they know
  30. Banksy's Bethlehem hotel is an example of how tourism can be political
  31. How do we stop volunteer emergency service workers quitting?
  32. Learning to live with a nuclear North Korea?
  33. Three charts on: the incredible shrinking renewable energy job market
  34. The government's company tax cut win a triumph of politics over economics
  35. From Smart Cities 1.0 to 2.0: it's not (only) about the tech
  36. Health Check: what are 'coffee naps' and can they help you power through the day?
  37. Tackling the kraken: unique dolphin strategy delivers dangerous octopus for dinner
  38. The tragedy of Mosul: battle against Islamic State is leading to all-too-familiar consequences
  39. The off-topic Conversation #119
  40. Evolving Agile practices to support a distributed team
  41. What economics has to say about housing bubbles
  42. What's critical about critical infrastructure?
  43. The periodic table: from its classic design to use in popular culture
  44. Should university funding be tied to student performance?
  45. After 25 years of trying, why aren’t we environmentally sustainable yet?
  46. Explainer: what's cytomegalovirus and why do pregnant women need to know about it?
  47. Guide to the classics: Neil Gaiman's American Gods
  48. Andrew Jaspan resigns as Editor and Executive Director of The Conversation
  49. The False Feminism of Kendrick Lamar's Humble
  50. Successful tips to a positive career change

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