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Can New Zealand's new prime minister Bill English get used to playing the lead?

  • Written by Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
imageBill English has been endorsed by his colleagues to become New Zealand's next prime minister.Reuters

John Key surprised everyone when he announced his resignation as New Zealand’s prime minister, which came despite his government doing very well in opinion polls. In the same speech last Monday he endorsed his deputy, Finance Minister Bill...

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The empire strikes back

  • Written by Brian McNair, Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
imageEPA

Just five short years after (literally) eating humble pie live on national TV for presiding over the most corrupt, criminally minded, bin-raking, sleaze-mongering crowd of press hacks ever to spread their poison in the English-speaking world, Rupert Murdoch is back at the door of Sky in the UK, huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf of yore....

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Why secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for age pensioners

  • Written by Alan Morris, Chair Professor, University of Technology Sydney
imageThe growing numbers of pensioners in private rental accommodation use much of their income to pay for housing.Alan Porritt/AAP

The average housing costs of older (65-plus) outright homeowners in lone-person households were A$38 a week in 2013-14, the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated, compared to $103 for older social housing tenants and...

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Australia is ripe for shareholder activism

  • Written by Shams Pathan, Senior Lecturer, Finance, The University of Queensland
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Compared to other developed financial markets, Australia’s conditions favour shareholders when it comes to engaging with the companies they invest in. This is not only because of the rules in Australia’s Corporations Act of 2001, but also because of the large and growing pool of superannuation savings.

Like many other countries,...

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  1. How HIV's evasion tactics could help fight the flu
  2. Review: the fine art of scorn from Twain to Trump
  3. Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its deceptive tactics in a post-truth world
  4. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 8
  5. Australia's harness racing leads the world in banning the whip on horses
  6. New evidence gives supporters of chiropractic a headache
  7. Disgruntlement on show after COAG meeting
  8. To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading
  9. Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
  10. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 7
  11. Fifty years on, Pine Gap should reform to better serve Australia
  12. The latest Productivity Commission report isn't strong enough on improving consumer protection
  13. What Conversation articles had the biggest impact on you in 2016?
  14. Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change
  15. The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans
  16. Kidman sale finally gets green light
  17. Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
  18. Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
  19. Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
  20. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's carbon emissions policy
  21. Time scarcity is a slippery slope to inactivity
  22. Friday essay: what is it about Versailles?
  23. You say 'elite media', I say real journalism. And now more than ever we must fight to keep it
  24. Law to be strengthened on family violence
  25. How to prevent injury from sport and exercise
  26. How we can change our body shape with exercise
  27. Why capital is fleeing China and what it means for Australia
  28. To pay solar households fairly, we need to understand the true value of solar
  29. Not just nets: how to stop shark attacks without killing sharks
  30. Kitchen Science: the chemistry behind amazing meringue and perfect cappuccino
  31. Grattan on Friday: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return?
  32. The great Australian plays: The Torrents, the Doll and the critical mass of Australian drama
  33. How to grow an evolutionary tree
  34. Behind Singapore’s PISA rankings success – and why other countries may not want to join the race
  35. Our drugs policies have failed. It's time to reinvent them based on what actually works
  36. Why the Iran nuclear agreement is a deal worth honouring
  37. Trumpian deswampification
  38. Why iron is such an important part of your diet
  39. Climate shenanigans at the ends of the Earth: why has sea ice gone haywire?
  40. Density threatens liveability if we miss the big picture of how a city works
  41. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 6
  42. Uncertainty over US-China relations under President Trump may be made clearer at Davos
  43. Business Briefing: what super is doing to banking and finance
  44. Seven essential tips to breaking up with sugar
  45. Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health
  46. Exercise: motivation gets you started, but routine keeps you going
  47. What you need to know to understand risk estimates
  48. By framing secular society as a Christian creation, Hanson's revival goes beyond simple racism
  49. Guide to the classics: the Arthurian legend
  50. Why artificial intelligence has not revolutionised healthcare... yet
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