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The off-topic Conversation #86

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Now We Are Five

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Five years ago we launched in Australia a new public-good journalism project. We aimed to replace the increasingly vapid media offerings with a rich new service. Our editors worked to turn the university into a giant Newsroom full of experts who would write with authority borne of deep research and understanding.

Able to explain better and make...

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How unions are changing in a bid for relevance – and survival

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imageStruggling to get new members, unions are looking at new recruitment methods and options to bolster their numbers.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. As Australian unions face increasingly urgent challenges to their legitimacy and influence, it comes as no surprise they are busy rethinking how best to...

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New mosquito threats shift risks from our swamps to our suburbs

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The outbreak of Zika virus has refocused the attention of health authorities on mosquito-borne disease. The virus has now been reported from almost 40 countries and the list is growing with imported cases of the disease popping up across the globe, from Norway to north Queensland.

Notwithstanding the millions of cases of disease predicted to occur...

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