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It's the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goods

  • Written by: Reza Tajaddini, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Swinburne University of Technology
It's the luxuries that give it away. To fight corruption, follow the goodsFor individuals engaged in corruption, the luxury sector is an attractive vessel to launder illicit funds.Shutterstock.com

There is disquiet about the French owners of the luxury brands Luis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Gucci giving a whopping €300 million to the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral. Such largesse, critics say, could be...

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why do we have a QWERTY keyboard instead of putting the letters in alphabetical order?

  • Written by: Geoff Cumming, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
why do we have a QWERTY keyboard instead of putting the letters in alphabetical order?Many other key arrangements have been tried. Some are claimed to be easier to learn or faster to use than QWERTY. But none has proved good enough to beat QWERTY.Flickr/Jeff Eaton, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also...

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Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopia

  • Written by: Jason Thompson, Senior Research Fellow, Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) Research Hub, University of Melbourne
Nothing to fear? How humans (and other intelligent animals) might ruin the autonomous vehicle utopiaPeople expect drivers to stop for them at pedestrian crossings, but what if they know autonomous vehicles will stop any time someone chooses to step in front of them?Varavin88/Shutterstock

Globally, road crashes kill 1.3 million people a year and injure nearly 50 million more. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been identified as a potential solution...

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parents, children, and educators stand to benefit, but questions remain

  • Written by: Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
parents, children, and educators stand to benefit, but questions remainHundreds of thousands of Australians parents would be in work if childcare was more affordable.from shutterstock.com

Labor’s proposed A$4 billion reform to the childcare subsidy on Sunday confirms that early childhood is a key policy issue this election. This is on top of Labor’s previous announcement of 15 hours of funded preschool for...

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  2. Three weeks of early voting has a significant effect on democracy. Here's why
  3. How many species on Earth? Why that's a simple question but hard to answer
  4. 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio
  5. a new book examines #MeToo in Australia
  6. Public schools actually outperform private schools, and with less money
  7. Election tightens in Newspoll – Labor lead narrows to 51-49%
  8. Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families
  9. Morrison brings immigration centre stage with freeze on refugee intake
  10. Palmer flypaper sticky for both sides
  11. It's not worth wiping out a species for the Yeelirrie uranium mine
  12. Michelle Grattan on week two of the campaign #AusVotes
  13. Palmer's preference deal and watergate woes
  14. Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy
  15. Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers
  16. New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around
  17. Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign
  18. What's the school cleaner's name? How kids, not just cleaners, are paying the price of outsourcing
  19. Vital signs. Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can, on Tuesday week
  20. how Western attitudes towards Islam have changed
  21. Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years
  22. Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong
  23. Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent
  24. 'you’re always commenting on power'
  25. you have the chance to stop fuelling devastation in the Amazon
  26. All is forgiven in the Liberal embrace of Palmer
  27. Bat and bird poo can tell you a lot about ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia
  28. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack. Here's what that means
  29. Palmer's party has good support in Newspoll seat polls, but is it realistic?
  30. Endgame exploits time travel and quantum mechanics as it tries to restore the universe
  31. Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
  32. capturing the reverberations of loss
  33. Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won't
  34. Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19
  35. What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII
  36. Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war
  37. Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable
  38. House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come
  39. Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it
  40. how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia
  41. Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
  42. The government and tech companies can't prevent 'fake news' during the election – only the public can
  43. Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming
  44. Get set for take-off in electric aircraft, the next transport disruption
  45. Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election
  46. here's what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks
  47. Never know what to write in your mother’s day card? You need to read this!
  48. Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded
  49. Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS
  50. Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers

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