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our secret weapon to fight corruption

  • Written by: Tony Ward, Fellow in Historical Studies, University of Melbourne
our secret weapon to fight corruptionCorruption isn't always illegal. Transparency International defines it as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.Shutterstock

“We look after our mates,” Australia’s new prime minister, Scott Morrison, has declared. He’s said it on several occasions, in fact. So it must be a value he thinks important. Meanwhile the man...

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Australia's obsession with opinion polls is eroding political leadership

  • Written by: Ian Cook, Senior Lecturer of Australian Politics, Murdoch University
Australia's obsession with opinion polls is eroding political leadershipMalcolm Turnbull's days were numbered as the Newspoll losses continued to mount. Lukas Coch/AAP

In its early days, political opinion polling’s leading advocate, George Gallup, sold it as an essential tool for democracy. He believed polling made for better representation because it allowed politicians to take the people’s...

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City + Empire contains wonderful objects but elides the bloody cost of imperialism

  • Written by: Caillan Davenport, Senior Lecturer in Roman History, Macquarie University
City + Empire contains wonderful objects but elides the bloody cost of imperialismCoins from the Hoxne Treasure, Hoxne, England, late 4th – early 5th century CE silver 1994,0401.299.1-20 © Trustees of the British Museum © Trustees of the British Museum, 2018. All rights reserved

“What have the Romans ever done for us?” asks Reg from the People’s Front of Judaea in Monty Python’s comedy...

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The vocational education sector needs a plan and action, not more talk

  • Written by: Ruth Schubert, Senior Fellow, LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne
The vocational education sector needs a plan and action, not more talkThere is already a substantial list of research reports, reviews and inquiries into issues in the vocational education sector which could be used to build an action plan.www.shutterstock.com

This article is part of a series on the Future of VET exploring issues within the sector and how to improve the decline in enrolments and shortages of...

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  1. Affordable home-ownership scheme offers a pathway out of social housing
  2. Facebook hack reveals the perils of using a single account to log in to other services
  3. Would a better tsunami warning system have saved lives in Sulawesi?
  4. Explainer: what is Helicobacter pylori?
  5. Spirals and circles, snakes and ladders. Why women's super is complex
  6. How two 1990s discoveries have led to (some) cured cancers, and a Nobel Prize
  7. Ten photos that changed how we see human rights
  8. Relax. The divide between the taxed and the 'taxed-nots' isn't new and doesn't buy elections
  9. Labor to hold its own 'hearings' for bank victims
  10. Why a national apology and redress for discharged LGBT service members matters
  11. Our fast-growing cities and their people are proving to be remarkably adaptable
  12. rivers were the highways of Australia's colonial history
  13. The NDIS hasn't made much difference to carers' opportunities for paid work
  14. A new national set of priorities for VET would make great social and economic sense
  15. Satellite measurements of slow ground movements may provide a better tool for earthquake forecasting
  16. Why the media needs to be more responsible for how it links Islam and Islamist terrorism
  17. Three simple steps to fix our banks
  18. Retraction of a journal article doesn't make its findings false
  19. Hayne holds fire, but the banks' day of reckoning is coming
  20. The NDIS is delivering 'reasonable and necessary' supports for some, but others are missing out
  21. Women’s surfing riding wave towards gender equity
  22. what is Pentecostalism, and how might it influence Scott Morrison's politics?
  23. Trust has to be as important as profit if banks and their boards are to regain their corporate legitimacy
  24. The planned national waste policy won't deliver a truly circular economy
  25. Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream
  26. why did mammals go the fur route, rather than developing feathers?
  27. The problem isn't dockless share bikes. It's the lack of bike parking
  28. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: Australia's extreme weather
  29. The problem with Australia's banks is one of too much law and too little enforcement
  30. Royal Commission shows banks have behaved appallingly, but we've helped them do it
  31. the importance of pilot checklists
  32. Speaking out about sexual violence on social media may not challenge gendered power relations
  33. 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help'
  34. 'The worst kind of pain you can imagine' – what it's like to be stung by a stinging tree
  35. Michelle Grattan on ABC turmoil, the federal budget and the controversy over Australia Day
  36. How the laws of ancient Rome could help victims of sexual harassment in Australia
  37. SharkSpotter combines AI and drone technology to spot sharks and aid swimmers on Australian beaches
  38. let's take a ride across Australia
  39. a linguistic 'shirtfronting' for lovers and haters of sports alike
  40. How teachers can help support children during their parents’ divorce
  41. how the moral panic over 'sexual sadists' silenced their victims
  42. Four lessons for Australia from England's system of rating its aged care homes
  43. Ten lessons from cities that have risen to the affordable housing challenge
  44. Will 2018 be the year of climate action? Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewer crisis might tell us
  45. for all its worth, the banking royal commission could hurt a generation of battlers
  46. Health care is getting cheaper (unless you need a specialist, or a dentist)
  47. ABC's challenge is to 'keep calm and carry on'
  48. With Justin Milne gone, how does the ABC go about restoring its crucial independence?
  49. Bring on the royal commission, but we have a plan to act on aged care right now
  50. We need to talk about the mental health of content moderators

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