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Dick Smith couldn't compete and that is why it failed

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imageDick Smith's future hangs in the balance. AAP/Julian Smith

Troubled electronics retailer Dick Smith’s shock receivership leaves investors and customers on tenterhooks.

All those shoppers who bought gift cards during the Christmas retail rush will be outraged to discover they are now “unsecured creditors”, while investors who bought...

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Our democracy can learn from China's meritocracy

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imagePresident Xi Jinping and the rest of the Chinese leadership do not get to positions of national leadership without undergoing decades of trials to demonstrate their capacity to run a country.Reuters/Carlos Barria

For several years now, polls by organisations like the Lowy Institute have been telling us that Australians aren’t particularly...

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