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add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding

  • Written by: Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney
add bars to the window dressing and make them legally bindingTo protect bank customers, the law could mandate behaviour defined in a code of conduct to be strictly liable, and breaches criminal.Shutterstock

Banks don’t need 10 commandments to do the right thing, but just six, says the head of the banking royal commission.

The first of those commandments set out by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne is to...

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Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital

  • Written by: Zoltan Szabo, Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney
Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recitalAndrás Schiff performing: his utmost focus is on effectuating his singularly unique sense of musical style.Yutaka Suzuki

Review: András Schiff, Sydney


On top of its usual, high quality series of chamber music concerts, Musica Viva presented its audiences with a special event this week. After an absence of more than 20 years, pianist...

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launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook

  • Written by: Debbie Dickinson, Head of communication and engagement, The Conversation
launch of The Conversation 2018 YearbookJoin us in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth. Clockwise starting L: Bill Hare, Jonti Horner, Misha Ketchell, Michelle Grattan, Sunanda Creagh

Our latest book – The Conversation Yearbook 2018, 50 standout articles from Australia’s top thinkers – is about to hit bookshops. And you’re invited it help us launch it....

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  1. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  2. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  3. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
  4. how to spot and suggest a fact check
  5. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  6. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  7. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  8. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  9. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  10. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  11. foreign donations and political influence
  12. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
  13. Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
  14. The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth
  15. the myth that obscures the real problem
  16. New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivals
  17. What is 'quality' in aged care? Here's what studies (and our readers) say
  18. Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?
  19. Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive
  20. We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself
  21. Scott Morrison eases refugee policy while talking tough
  22. Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
  23. As children are airlifted from Nauru, a cruel and inhumane policy may finally be ending
  24. 'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
  25. The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
  26. A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works
  27. Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool
  28. Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma
  29. How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness
  30. Blood type, Pioppi, gluten-free and Mediterranean – which popular diets are fads?
  31. Australian literature’s legacies of cultural appropriation
  32. Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition
  33. Chocolate Labradors die earlier than yellow or black, and have more disease
  34. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini's opera, Otello
  35. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
  36. how much physical activity is enough in older age?
  37. Why do flies vomit on their food?
  38. The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently
  39. The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why
  40. is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?
  41. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  42. Nauru's life on the frontlines
  43. Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
  44. Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
  45. Wentworth mightn't be typical but it's the shrill canary in the mine
  46. Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day
  47. what is a hung parliament and how would it affect the passage of legislation?
  48. Wentworth byelection called too early for Phelps as Liberals recover in late counting
  49. Australia's native rhododendrons hide in the high mountain forests
  50. Liberals trounced in huge Wentworth swing, bringing a hung parliament

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