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How professional sport handicaps youth sporting culture

  • Written by: Steve Georgakis, Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
imageAustralia's junior community sport system has been heavily professionalised and commercialised.Shutterstock

The recent spate of incidents and reports of doping, match-fixing and wall-to-wall TV coverage of betting, alcohol and junk food advertisements has stimulated considerable debate about the impact of commercialised sport on Australian youth.

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What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
imageASX took a wrong bet with Blockchain.www.shutterstock.com

What a difference a year makes.

In January 2016, ASX was bathing in the warm glow of having been acclaimed by Blythe Masters, an American super saleswoman and head of a Blockchain start-up called Digital Asset

“The work we have done with ASX to date indicates that Australia has a...

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FactCheck: what are the facts on rising child care prices?

  • Written by: Ben Phillips, Associate professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM), Australian National University

We’ve already had great success in terms of reducing the rate of price growth. We saw during the Rudd-Gillard years price spikes of up to 14% over a 12 month period. Under the Coalition, that’s been brought down to around 6% on average. So we actually have much lower growth in relation to child care costs, but to achieve the real...

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Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China's opening up has slowed

  • Written by: James Laurenceson, Deputy Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney

When it comes to offering global economic leadership, the divergence in narrative and optics coming from the US and China could hardly be starker.

On Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to attend a meet of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he also delivered a keynote address warning against protectionism....

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  3. Ways to spend spare time online
  4. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
  5. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  6. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further
  7. Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell's floating planetoid skull
  8. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  9. Why learn spelling or maths if there's an app for that?
  10. Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
  11. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
  12. When politicians become pundits
  13. When the pressure is on, some riders breach the whip rules in horse racing
  14. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  15. Let's kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all
  16. Sit on hands or take a stand: why athletes have always been political players
  17. Elevated lead levels in Sydney backyards: here's what you can do
  18. When care becomes control - financial abuse cuts across cultures
  19. What's the point of sex? It's good for your physical, social and mental health
  20. Who was Mary? And how plausible is Colm Tóibín's reconstruction of her?
  21. Explainer: what is phonics and why is it important?
  22. A new twist on fusion power could help bring limitless clean energy
  23. What we can all learn from the VW emissions saga
  24. Scents, sensibility and the smell of a city
  25. ASIC needs a win in 2017, but it's not likely to come from the banks
  26. How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open-air gyms
  27. Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?
  28. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway
  29. Heed Hawke's call – Australian federalism is an idea whose time has ended
  30. The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity
  31. What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level
  32. Game, set and match-fix: what more can be done to stop corruption in tennis?
  33. What can the medieval King Roger teach us about tolerance?
  34. Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider
  35. Australia must make the environment integral to economic decision-making
  36. Why did US President Obama seek to punish female Russian hacker Alisa Shevchenko?
  37. WA ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor, but One Nation at 10.8%
  38. Ley goes, and Turnbull's reforms pave way for fewer expenses scandals
  39. Centrelink data-matching problems show the need for a government blockchain
  40. Should over 50’s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
  41. Trump, Putin and the new international order
  42. Indonesia’s Minangkabau culture promotes empowered Muslim women
  43. 9 ways 'won’t-power' is better than 'willpower' for resisting temptation and helping you eat better
  44. What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
  45. How the insights of the Large Hadron Collider are being made open to everyone
  46. Is FIFA expanding the football World Cup for the good of the game?
  47. Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
  48. For gangs with a social media presence like Apex, there’s no such thing as bad publicity
  49. Myuran Sukumaran's voice in his first exhibition is raw, premature and unsettling
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The Business Case for Choosing Australian Fabricators Over Imported Alternatives

For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...

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Australian organisations are relying on business continuity plans built for a far more predictable world

Tariff escalations, supply chain fragility, geopolitical events, and the ongoing threat of cyber disruption have reshaped the risk environment facing Australian organisations. The problem is that ma...

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

Starting out as an Uber driver in Melbourne is not as complicated as it sounds but getting the vehicle right is where most new drivers get stuck. Uber has strict requirements around vehicle age, condi...

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When Should You Speak to a Lawyer About a Legal Issue?

Legal issues can begin with a simple question, then become harder to manage once formal steps are involved. Many people wait until a matter feels urgent before seeking guidance, even though earlier ...

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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

As Australian healthcare providers grapple with unprecedented operational bottlenecks, a new nearshore model is quietly transforming patient care delivery. Forward-thinking organisations,  including...

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

In today’s competitive logistics and supply chain industry, businesses are constantly looking for ways to reduce operational costs without compromising efficiency and reliability. One of the most prac...

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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