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Boards must do more to stamp out wrongdoing that damages trust in charities

  • Written by: Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Founding Director, The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
imageThe vast majority of donations Australians make are on the spur of the moment.shutterstock

When you put $20 in the charity collector’s can at the traffic lights, you trust that it goes to the people the charity was set up to help. But how do you know if this is actually the case?

The vast majority of donations Australians make are on the spur...

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Planet or dwarf planet: all worlds are worth investigating

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imagePluto is a dwarf planet but that doesn't make it any less worthy of our attention.NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Pluto’s status as a “dwarf planet” is once again stirring debate. This comes as some planetary scientists are trying to have Pluto reclassified as a planet – a wish that’s not likely to come true.

Pluto has been known as...

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Women are dropping out of economics, which means men are running our economy

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Fellow, Australian Perspectives, Grattan Institute

If I ask you to picture an economist, what’s the first image that comes to your mind? I’m guessing it’s a man, probably with grey hair, a suit and a certain air of authority. And that’s not surprising: that is pretty much the public face of economics in Australia.

Very few women have reached the most senior ranks of the...

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