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When globalisation meets entrepreneurship it can be a force for good

  • Written by: Shameen Prashantham, Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy, China Europe International Business School
imageGlobalisation facilitates technology entrepreneurshipImage sourced from shutterstock.com

Entrepreneurship, the pursuit of opportunities despite lacking the necessary resources at the outset, is often celebrated as a hero of the global economy.

Globalisation, on the other hand, is often criticised as a villain contributing to rising inequality.

The...

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Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?

  • Written by: Jonathon Sargeant, Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Classroom Management, Australian Catholic University
imageSchools increasingly use expulsion as a way to tackle bad behaviour.from www.shutterstock.com

School expulsions in Victoria have increased significantly – by more than 25% in the past year – resulting in an ombudsman investigation.

These latest findings show vulnerable children are significantly over-represented, and families are...

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Friday essay: science fiction's women problem

  • Written by: Bronwyn Lovell, PhD Candidate in Creative Writing, Flinders University
imageWe need women to participate equally in science fiction's conversations about humanity's futureMsSaraKelly, CC BY-SA

Since 1953, the Hugo Awards have been one of science fiction’s most prestigious honours – past winners include Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clark and Ursula Le Guin. The 2016 results were recently announced, and women and...

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Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Assistant Professor in Criminology, Bond University
imageQueensland's new anti-bikie laws propose to ban the wearing of all gang colours in public.AAP/Dan Peled

The Queensland government has revealed proposed new laws to combat bikies. This is in response to Labor’s election promise to review the former Newman government’s anti-bikie laws. The new legislation proposes to ban the wearing of all...

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  1. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  2. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  3. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  4. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  5. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  6. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  7. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  8. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  9. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  10. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
  11. Why Australians should say 'Yes' to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  12. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, August 2016
  13. Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives
  14. When process becomes product – repacking science communication
  15. NHMRC fluoride paper: relax, Australian citizens, your pineal glands are safe
  16. After Tasmania's year of disasters, bushfire tops the state's growing list of natural hazards
  17. Race to the White House – Episode One
  18. Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
  19. FactCheck: Have eight of Australia's 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years?
  20. Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
  21. Media owners steer government away from reform in the public interest
  22. Why are Aboriginal children still dying from rheumatic heart disease?
  23. Shadow banking increases the risk of another global financial crisis
  24. Here’s looking at: John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country, 1962
  25. What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
  26. Squandering riches: can Perth realise the value of its biodiversity?
  27. Into the spotlight: media coverage of the Paralympic Games has come a long way
  28. Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
  29. Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target
  30. Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing
  31. Senator, You're No Socrates
  32. Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry
  33. Shorten shoots down plebiscite
  34. To get young people into work, we first need to understand how the workplace is changing
  35. Despite the funding cut, ARENA's glass is still half full – here's how to spend the money
  36. Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?
  37. Explainer: why Hanjin's ships are stranded around the globe
  38. A day for turning parking spaces into pop-up parks
  39. How Game of Thrones' Emmy-award-winning battle scene was made
  40. Going bankrupt is a life changing decision – so why is the process to do it so easy?
  41. Yes, education funding has increased – but not everyone benefits
  42. Politics podcast: Don Watson on the rise of Trump
  43. Explainer: the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  44. Section 18C is an important part of a civilised society and no threat to free speech
  45. Why is the advertising industry still promoting violence against women?
  46. Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago?
  47. Business Briefing: trusting an algorithm with investment decisions
  48. First person: how the Paralympics changed my life
  49. We have a moral obligation to allow drug analysis at music festivals
  50. Australia is locking up too many women but the UK offers a blueprint for a radical new approach

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