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There's cause for celebration and concern in how Australians are giving to charity

  • Written by: Wendy Scaife, Associate Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
imageRoughly 60% of donors to Australian charities give on the spur of the moment.AAP/Joel Carrett

Australians are a famously giving people, but what are some of the issues surrounding charities in this country? You can see our infographic snapshot here, and follow our series Charities in Australia here.

Some 80.8% of adult Australians – 14.9...

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Parents shouldn't rely on My School data when choosing a school for their child

  • Written by: Stewart Riddle, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
imageThe most reliable way to find the best school for your child is to visit and find out about its philosophy and programs.Shutterstock

Parents are often overwhelmed by the decision about choosing the right school for their children. The My School website, which was updated last week, provides useful information, but should not be used as the sole...

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The future of online advertising is big data and algorithms

  • Written by: Rob Livingstone, Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney
imageThe new world of advertising doesn’t look like mad men.

The tech revolution is coming to advertising. Chatbots are replacing humans, data threatens our privacy, and the blockchain is linking it all together. In our series on tech and advertising, we’re taking a look at how the industry is being reshaped.

The challenge facing advertisers...

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  2. Extinction or survival: how storytellers explore the ethics of colonising other planets
  3. Prisoners are excluded from the NDIS – here's why it matters
  4. Gas crisis? Or glut? Why Japan pays less for Australian LNG than Australians do
  5. Julie Bishop sends sharp message to China about democracy
  6. The Cherry Blossom Uprising: Monitory Democracy in Korea
  7. New skulls from China have scientists and the media in a muddle
  8. Women troll on dating apps just as often as men
  9. Contested spaces: 'virtuous drivers, malicious cyclists' mindset gets us nowhere
  10. Why we're wasting money on medical tests and how behavioural insights can help
  11. One Nation's preference deal in the WA election comes back to bite it
  12. Dr Google probably isn't the worst place to get your health advice
  13. A murky cauldron – modern witchcraft and the spell on Trump
  14. How Facebook and Google changed the advertising game
  15. The decoupling delusion: rethinking growth and sustainability
  16. Turnbull's refusal to rule out preferencing Hanson raises questions about the 'real Malcolm'
  17. The Conversation's FactCheck granted accreditation by International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter
  18. Labor wins WA in a landslide as One Nation fails to land a blow
  19. Labor romps to landslide win in WA election
  20. Labor very likely to win WA election as One Nation slumps
  21. Our gas market hits the red zone , as predicted
  22. Vale Bill Leak: a satirist who played hard and took no prisoners
  23. Banning foreign political donations won't fix all that ails our system
  24. Companies should stick to the standards to avoid misleading investors
  25. New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Western Australian election
  27. Goodbye glamour-puss and rugged hero: smokers lose brand identity with plain cigarette packaging
  28. So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
  29. Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
  30. Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
  31. Not 'all is forgiven' for asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka
  32. Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens
  33. Friday essay: video games, military culture and new narratives of war
  34. Five myths about the new cervical screening program that refuse to die
  35. Young workers expect their older colleagues to get out of the way
  36. Faking it: we should make manipulating algorithms for political purposes a crime
  37. Why 'green-black' alliances are less simple than they seem
  38. Grattan on Friday: One Nation blows WA campaign but will Hanson’s supporters care?
  39. Politics podcast: WA election – Mark McGowan accuses Turnbull of bluffing
  40. Research Check: will using lice products give my children behavioural problems?
  41. Australians' attitudes to vaccination are more complex than a simple 'pro' or 'anti' label
  42. What our backyards can tell us about the world
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  45. Weekly Dose: while the media panic about ice, we should worry about carfentanil
  46. FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?
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