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Melbourne Airport outpacing Sydney in aviation's Asian century

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Looking at the arrival and departure boards at any of our international airports it’s clear to see that Asian destinations, and Asian carriers (including some new carriers) tend to dominate. In fact, the corridor northwards to the cities of Asia now accounts for more than half the movement of international passengers into and out of...

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A proposed new flag that everyone’s talking about … but what do Aboriginal people think about it?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Like a lot of people, I’m embarrassed to be living in an advanced industrialised OECD nation where our national flag includes that of a foreign nation. I just want us to grow up. Canada, a significant Commonwealth nation, got rid of the Union Jack in 1965. New Zealand is in the process of voting on a change, which leaves Australia and a handf...

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Labor's struggle to remain 'the education party'

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imageBill Shorten sees a fresh opportunity to re-assert Labor as the Gonski saviour. Joel Carrett/ AAP

Bill Shorten is playing perfectly to the Labor campaign script.

Find a school in a suburban growth area, get the cameras rolling while you sit and laugh with kids, stand against a wall replete with colourful paintings and promise billions of dollars to...

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