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

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
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

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
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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  3. FactCheck: does Australia run one of the most generous student loan schemes in the world?
  4. Australia’s climate in 2015: cool to start with a hot finish
  5. Female doctors in Australia are hitting glass ceilings – why?
  6. Vested interest the safest bet as online gambling review's release looms
  7. Explainer: what does the 'male gaze' mean, and what about a female gaze?
  8. Just another bad day in the office for China's lonely stock traders
  9. Crisis facing Indian higher education – and how Australian universities can help
  10. New ways your smartwatch (and phone) may be spying on you. How worried should you be?
  11. The race to find even more new elements to add to the periodic table
  12. The game is changing, baby: Chris Gayle and sexism in cricket
  13. Whistleblower law needs more bite to fight greyhound cruelty and corporate fraud
  14. Families shouldn't be allowed to veto organ donation
  15. What it feels like for a girl: Dutton and Briggs remind us of politics' endemic sexism
  16. Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
  17. Mandatory sentencing leads to unjust, unfair outcomes – it doesn't make us safe
  18. Do you really need a detox?
  19. Why now is the best time to go on a diet, or the science of post-holiday weight loss
  20. Measuring up: this year, aim for fitness over fat loss for long-term success
  21. Guide to the classics: Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville
  22. Buzz, buzz, slap! Why flies can be so annoying
  23. Togs or swimmers? Why Australians use different words to describe the same things
  24. Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)
  25. The Consolations of Philosophy: An Open Letter To Jamie Briggs
  26. Saudi executions: business as usual in a post-Arab Spring world
  27. Health Check: what's the best time of the day to exercise?
  28. The off-topic Conversation #74
  29. Four psychological tricks to help stick to your New Year's resolutions
  30. The great bathroom debate: paper towel or hand dryer?
  31. Joking your way to the top: why laughter is the best medicine for stressed executives
  32. We swear by it, but we're hardly world leaders in getting to grips with the F-word
  33. Debunking common myths about raising bilingual children
  34. No, Donald Trump is not a fascist …
  35. Blockchain – A Regulatory Unicorn?
  36. Against accommodationism: How science undermines religion
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  40. Cabinet papers 1990: déjà vu? We're having the same debate about climate as we were then
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  42. Busted myths: what spiders, chewing gum and haemorrhoids have in common
  43. 5 Things We Learned about our Past in 2015
  44. Senator’s call for return of cracker night ... and burns, amputations and blindings?
  45. Time for a reset? How to make your New Year's resolutions work
  46. Are Women People? Alice Duer Miller's message still rings true 100 years on
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