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Retraction: why we removed an article about Chinese donations

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Managing Editor, The Conversation

On Friday we removed an article called “A Chinese company gave $3.6 million to Labor while bidding for government work – and it’s totally legal” after becoming aware of a significant factual error that undermined some of the article’s key arguments.

The article claimed Chinese company Shanghai Zhongfu Group gave more...

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Phew! New Urban Agenda clears last hurdle before Habitat III

  • Written by: Brendan Barrett, Research Fellow/Research Coordinator, UN Global Compact Cities Programme, RMIT University

Having run the diplomatic equivalent of a cross-country marathon, there was concern that negotiations on the New Urban Agenda might trip at the final hurdle. Three days of talks were needed, with negotiations continuing long into the night before agreement was reached on Saturday night in New York.

The agenda is a non-binding international...

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Are refugee and migrant diasporas the missing piece of the development puzzle?

  • Written by: Melissa Phillips, Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageHumanitarian crises across the globe are often in unreachable and volatile places.Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

There are more displaced people in the world than ever before. And humanitarian crises across the globe are often in unreachable and volatile places. For example, the United Nations estimates more than 5.47 million internally displaced Syrians...

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Soft power and the institutionalisation of influence

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
imageEPA/Wang Zhao

There are some rather remarkable aspects of the increasingly heated debate about China’s influence in Australia.

First, the idea that China actually has any “soft power” to exert is actually rather surprising. Soft power, after all, is something that has generally been associated with our cousins in the US, not in...

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  2. Free speech and the media are too often in a marriage of convenience
  3. Explainer: what is free speech?
  4. A history of failed reform: why Australia needs a banking royal commission
  5. To really tackle corporate tax evasion we need a public register
  6. Here’s looking at: Mike Parr’s Jackson Pollock the Female
  7. How does ice use affect families and what can they do?
  8. Ancient life in Greenland and the search for life on Mars
  9. Do arts teachers have to be artists?
  10. The fossil fuel divestment game is getting bigger, thanks to the smaller players
  11. What we have in common with corals and their unexplored microbial world
  12. Boyer Lectures: Episode 2 – Give every child the best start
  13. Why Australia needs a Chief Artist
  14. The tragedy of Eaten Fish, the award-winning cartoonist on Manus Island
  15. It's not easy keeping the Paralympics a level playing field, but the current system is the best there is
  16. One in five tattoo inks in Australia contain carcinogenic chemicals
  17. What are the attributes needed to be a successful sporting leader?
  18. Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems
  19. Company results wrap: weighing up the risks behind the profits of Australia's big four banks
  20. Dastyari dilemma – the attraction of strangers bearing gifts
  21. A US$24b summit about a staircase: lessons for Germany and the 2017 G20 leaders
  22. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's first year in office
  23. He may have insulted Obama, but Duterte held up a long-hidden looking glass to the US
  24. Could Islamic State's new threats against Australia show its bark is now worse than its bite?
  25. Viewpoints: do foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia than in almost any other country?
  26. Vital Signs: scrape below the surface and the economy doesn't look so good
  27. Friday essay: Svetlana Alexeviech didn't make it to the Royal Commission
  28. Ex-ice users lecturing school kids isn't the answer to preventing drug use
  29. Let's measure the value of Australia's medal success. No, not at the Olympics
  30. Teaching maths – what does the evidence say actually works?
  31. EcoCheck: the Grampians are struggling with drought and deluge
  32. Grattan on Friday: A year in, we don't yet know what Turnbull wants to do with the job
  33. The limit of labels: ethical food is more than consumer choice
  34. The US has banned antibacterial handwashes – here's why Australia should too
  35. Apple is losing the innovation game, it can't trap users anymore
  36. Renewables are getting cheaper all the time – here's why
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  39. Urban food systems may be just a 'side dish' at Habitat III
  40. Indulge me this: how not to read Daniel Dennett’s comments on philosophy and self-indulgence
  41. Will the real gender pay gap please stand up?
  42. Just how great a tennis player is Serena Williams?
  43. To improve their relationship, Australia and Indonesia should focus on shared geopolitical interests
  44. Apple's new devices confirm we are at peak mobile . It is the software that counts
  45. Why the 'Miracle on the Hudson' in the new movie Sully was no crash landing
  46. Racist kitsch begs a deeper question – can Jews really be part of Poland?
  47. Redressing, not exacerbating, inequality is the real moral challenge for this government
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