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in Denmark it is a term of affection

  • Written by: Andrew Scott, Professor of Politics and Policy, Deakin University
in Denmark it is a term of affectionSkat was the name of the Danish tax agency. It's also a term of affection.Shutterstock

In Denmark, you might walk in the door and call out for your “skat” or your “treasure” as a greeting to your family.

This is common according to Denmark’s Ambassador to Australia, who launched the Nordic Policy Centre last month, a...

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Don't worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today's students

  • Written by: Elizabeth Tait, Lecturer in Information Management, RMIT University
Don't worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today's studentsSchool libraries are no longer just places where books are stored.from shutterstock.com

A recent article about a new approach to a school library sparked vigorous discussion on social media. Many worried the school had completely abolished traditional library services. The article describes how a Melbourne school changed its library to a...

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Government's population plan is more about maximising 'win-wins' than cutting numbers

  • Written by: Nick Parr, Professor and Demographer, Macquarie University

The Morrison government’s new population plan will have little effect on Australian population growth. Appropriately, it looks to reduce the concentration of this growth in our biggest cities and to raise the benefit-to-cost ratio of population change more broadly.

Australia’s population is growing at five times the average rate for...

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TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets

  • Written by: Xu Chen, PhD candidate; sessional academic, Queensland University of Technology
TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global marketsTikTok is a music and video sharing app – and it's huge. Denys Prykhodov/Shutterstock

If Twitter is the revolutionary version of blogging, TikTok might be the revolutionary version of YouTube. Both Twitter and TikTok encourage their users to post shorter, more fragmented content than their precursors.

TikTok, owned by the Chinese tech giant...

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