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Cricket Australia's culture problem is it still doesn't think fans are stakeholders in the game

  • Written by: David R. Gallagher, Malcolm Broomhead Chair in Finance, The University of Queensland

The most telling part of the long-awaited review into the rotten culture of elite Australian cricket is what it doesn’t say. Or more correctly, what it does say, but what the establishment that owns and controls professional cricket won’t let us read.

Even a chunk of the executive summary of the report is redacted, like state secrets...

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Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rights

  • Written by: Bronwyn Bate, PhD Candidate, Urban Research Program, Western Sydney University
Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rightsPeople should be able to feel at home regardless of whether they own the place they live in.Halfpoint/Shutterstock

In Australia, when we think of home, we think of ownership. This normalisation of home ownership is reflected in the “Great Australian Dream”, the belief that it’s the best way to achieve financial security. This...

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State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success

  • Written by: Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute

This week we’re exploring the state of nine different policy areas across Australia’s states, as detailed in Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018. Read the other articles in the series here.

Energy policy in Australia is a major failure. The federal government has been unable to forge an effective policy to ensure...

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Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in itHuman poo is a concoction made up mostly of water with a sprinkling of the solid stuff.from www.shutterstock.com

If you’ve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again. Most of it is alive, teeming with billions of microbes. Here’s what studies in healthy adults reveal makes up our poo.

Water

Our faeces is largely...

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  2. What teeth can tell about the lives and environments of ancient humans and Neanderthals
  3. Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
  4. the protest songs of New Caledonia's independence referendum
  5. While I Was Waiting captures the tragedy of the Syrian civil war in Damascus
  6. what any country can and can't do in Antarctica, in the name of science
  7. Traditional culture may help Indigenous households manage money better
  8. Food fraud, the centuries-old problem that won't go away
  9. I have an exam tomorrow but don't feel prepared – what should I do?
  10. National interest test for research grants could further erode pure research
  11. which human uses are OK for protected areas?
  12. To make housing more affordable this is what state governments need to do
  13. If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?
  14. We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done
  15. How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the world
  16. 'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online
  17. Russia is a rising military power in the Asia-Pacific, and Australia needs to take it seriously
  18. India unveils the world's tallest statue, celebrating development at the cost of the environment
  19. the many meanings of monsters
  20. How to watch a scary movie with your child
  21. Forget bouncing back, balance is the healthiest way to manage weight post-pregnancy
  22. No state has all the answers in school education
  23. Protecting the 'right to be forgotten' in the age of blockchain
  24. When you're not PM but behave like you are
  25. The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift, but other countries are still streets ahead
  26. Satirist Jonathan Biggins on sending up the pollies
  27. Labor is making big promises for a Pacific development bank, but questions remain
  28. a literary hero with bite
  29. why Australia’s hospitals and health care is failing
  30. The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home
  31. Australian cricket's wake-up call on a culture that has cost it dearly
  32. How to pitch to The Conversation
  33. Five questions (and answers) about casual employment
  34. The Conversation wins a UN Day Media Award
  35. how political donations could be reformed to reduce potential influence
  36. Indian diaspora in New Zealand and Australia
  37. If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignored
  38. Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views on race
  39. Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengths
  40. How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks
  41. Infrastructure splurge ignores smarter ways to keep growing cities moving
  42. It's clear why coal struggles for finance – and the government can't change that
  43. how to tell the difference between hay fever and the common cold
  44. Some questions for Simon Birmingham, from two researchers whose ARC grant he quashed
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  46. Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion
  47. Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early voting
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