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Sporting codes' deals with gambling companies force them into a Faustian bargain

  • Written by: Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
imageSports betting has become a high-profile part of the rugby league's income and branding.Karl Monaghan, CC BY-NC-SA

In 2014-15, Australians gambled nearly A$7.2 billion on sports betting (not including racing), in the process losing around $815 million. Sports betting is certainly a growth market in Australia.

Most professional sporting codes have...

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Friday essay: reading Germaine Greer's mail

  • Written by: Lachlan Glanville, Assistant Archivist, Germaine Greer Archive, University of Melbourne
imagePenny Gulliver wrote to Germaine Greer several times over two decadesUniversity of Melbourne Archives, Germaine Greer Archive, 2014.0042.00350, Correspondence with Penny Gulliver

Between 1968 and 1969, ensconced in London’s legendary bohemian flophouse The Pheasantry, Germaine Greer wrote a book that would change thousands of womens’...

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Capital gains tax concession is too generous: economists poll

  • Written by: Maria Yanotti, Lecturer of Economics and Finance Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, University of Tasmania

As the federal budget approaches, the government is grappling with ways to enhance housing affordability, including reforming the current 50% capital gains tax (CGT) deduction on property investment.

The Economics Society of Australia (ESA) Monash Forum polled economists on this proposition:

Capital gains tax deductions for housing investment should...

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What languages should children be learning to get ahead?

  • Written by: Warren Midgley, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Southern Queensland
imageThe languages children learn in school might not be the most useful for their future. from www.shutterstock.com

There are 7,099 known languages in the world today. Choosing which of these to teach our children as a second language is an important decision, but one that may be based more on feelings than facts.

There are several different ways of...

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