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Why BP is getting into bed with David Jones. The promising marriage of petrol and gourmet food

  • Written by: Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
Why BP is getting into bed with David Jones. The promising marriage of petrol and gourmet foodIt's unlikely, but for both David Jones and BP, gourmet food with petrol is the next logical step.David Jones

“Fill ’er up?”

That was the immediate greeting from the driveway attendant when pulling into the service station in the days before self-serve pumps.

Yes, once there was someone to pump your fuel and check your oil and...

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Twenty years after independence, Timor-Leste continues its epic struggle

  • Written by: Sara Niner, Lecturer and Researcher, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
Twenty years after independence, Timor-Leste continues its epic struggleoriginalAAP/Antonio Dasiparu

On August 30, Timor-Leste will celebrate the referendum that gave it independence from Indonesia. For the people of this small island, it has been a long battle – one that continues today. You can read our companion story on the island nation’s vexed relationship with Australia here.

Indigenous myth...

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how emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon future

  • Written by: Catherine Leining, Policy Fellow, Climate Change, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
how emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon futurePutting a price on greenhouse gas emissions forces us to face at least some of the environmental cost of what we produce and consume.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDhow emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon futureCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

If you have a...

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Would you buy a new apartment? Building confidence depends on ending the blame game

  • Written by: Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW

“What we need to do is rebuild confidence in Australia’s building and construction sector,” said federal minister Karen Andrews after the July 2019 meeting of the Building Ministers’ Forum).

This has been a recurring theme since the federal, state and territory ministers commissioned Peter Shergold and Bronwyn Weir in...

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  1. Guide to the classics: The Great Gatsby
  2. Trauma, racism and unrealistic expectations mean African refugees are less likely to get into Australian unis
  3. Lachlan Murdoch and scores of other business chiefs want to put people before profits? Really?
  4. How New York’s Union Square helped shape free speech in the US
  5. Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple
  6. Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks
  7. How can a 17-year-old place gain heritage status? What this means for Melbourne's Fed Square
  8. it's time to change that
  9. Legal and welfare checks should be extended to save Aboriginal lives in custody
  10. Albanese one step closer in long march towards John Setka's expulsion
  11. Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Yang Hengjun is not Australian spy
  12. What Tim Fischer's cancer tells us about the impact of Agent Orange on other Vietnam veterans
  13. Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?
  14. G7 throws up plenty of controversy and debate, but little compromise
  15. why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forward
  16. Explainer: the ideas of Foucault
  17. Fall in ageing Australians' home-ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policy
  18. Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate change
  19. Children can be exposed to sexual predators online, so how can parents teach them to be safe?
  20. why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?
  21. How often should I get my teeth cleaned?
  22. 'Back yourself' Treasurer Frydenberg tells business. But it's not that simple
  23. Martin Parkinson declares 'entrenched disadvantage' in Australia a disgrace
  24. PM’s advisor Christine Morgan on tackling Australia’s rising suicide rates
  25. A weight loss app may be a risky way to address obesity in children
  26. why we urgently need a water audit
  27. Lunch with bankers. Even they're unimpressed with their new Banking Code of Conduct
  28. here's how to get our top students to become teachers
  29. How doctors convinced the world the planet was worth fighting for
  30. Does anyone have a pad? TV is finally dismantling the period taboo
  31. the cyber version of humanity's quest for immortality
  32. Voter turnout at New Zealand local elections keeps falling, but paying people to vote could backfire
  33. After 2 festival deaths, the NSW government rushed through a new drug homicide crime. But it may do more harm than good
  34. Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartments
  35. The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know
  36. It's not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answer
  37. Australia's energy woes will not be solved by reinforcing a monopoly
  38. Tim Fischer had his blind spots, but he was an unsung champion of an Asian-facing Australia
  39. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Tim Fischer's legacy
  40. Catastrophic Queensland floods killed 600,000 cattle and devastated native species
  41. Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap
  42. Australia wants to install military technology in Antarctica – here's why that's allowed
  43. Why some feminists oppose allowing people to choose their sex on birth certificates
  44. Unlawful strip searches are on the rise in NSW and police aren’t being held accountable
  45. how a Bengali book in Broken Hill sheds new light on Australian history
  46. 'What is wrong with me? I'm never happy and I hate school'
  47. economically, Australia is at risk of becoming Germany, and not in a good way
  48. Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm
  49. to ban or not to ban? That's not the question
  50. How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)

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Choosing a football may seem straightforward, but the right option depends on who will be using it a...