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Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprises

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprisesAs uncertain as 2019-20 is, The Conversation's team of 20 leading economists are in broad agreement that the outlook isn't good. Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will also have to deal with the unexpected.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

During the election we were promised jobs and growth. But in 2019-20 The Conversation’s...

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a winter deciduous Australian tree

  • Written by: Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne
a winter deciduous Australian treeScamperdale/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au.

White cedar (Melia azedarach) grows naturally across Queensland and northern New South Wales, but is widely planted as an ornamental tree all over Australia. It also grows across much of Asia, and...

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Michelle Grattan on Australians' attitudes to China, the G20 summit and the Israel Folau saga

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan on Australians' attitudes to China, the G20 summit and the Israel Folau sagaThe Israel Folau saga continues to divide the nation.AAP/Jan Touzeau

Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deep Saini about the week in politics, including the poll this week showing Australians’ souring feelings towards China, and that President Trump is considered untrustworthy by the...

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After defamation ruling, it's time Facebook provided better moderation tools

  • Written by: Fiona R Martin, Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
After defamation ruling, it's time Facebook provided better moderation toolsOnline community managers are well-educated and mostly women. Shutterstock

After a NSW Supreme court judge ruled this week that Australian publishers are liable for defamatory comments on their Facebook sites, it’s clear that page owners need to get serious about social media management.

The ruling suggests that operators of commercial...

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  11. Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up
  12. Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass
  13. Turnbull slams Porter for "nonsense" advice
  14. what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
  15. Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary
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