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The off-topic Conversation #168

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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The shocking truth about insurance. We pick bad policies even with good information

  • Written by: Justin Malbon, Professor of Law, Monash University
The shocking truth about insurance. We pick bad policies even with good informationEven with a simple choice between an obviously good product and an obviously bad one, many people choose wrong.Shutterstock

The Financial Services Royal Commission has highlighted the astonishment and anger of some customers who’ve had their insurance claims rejected.

Some assumed wrongly their policy covered them for losses from their heart...

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The Australian war film Jirga is a lesson in Afghan forgiveness

  • Written by: Ehsan Azari Stanizai, Lecturer in literary studies, National Institute of Dramatic Art
The Australian war film Jirga is a lesson in Afghan forgivenessMike Wheeler (Sam Smith) and his taxi driver (Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad) in Jirga.

Review: Jirga


It is cathartic when a war movie takes us far beyond the horror of bullets, bomb and blood into the other side of the battlefield — the emotional impact on individuals.

The Australian production Jirga mines the depth of the heartache and guilt...

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how our leaders work hard at being 'ordinary'

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
how our leaders work hard at being 'ordinary'Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Is it sufficiently dignified to call a prime minister, as distinct from an immigration minister or treasurer, ScoMo? Is this part of Scott Morrison’s “ordinary bloke” persona? It does sound a bit like Joe Shmoe, which Wikipedia tells me means “no one in particular” and “is...

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