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'Network contagion' is key to getting healthier numbers of women on company boards

  • Written by: Michael Gilding, Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of Technology
'Network contagion' is key to getting healthier numbers of women on company boardsWhen women make up 30% of boards that's when it starts having an impact. Marvis Wong, CC BY-SA

Female representation of 30% on a company board is the tipping point at which it stops being tokenistic and begins to make a difference on things like innovation.

Norway, France and Sweden have already achieved this target for companies overall. In...

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Australia falls further in rankings on progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Written by: John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

Australia is performing worse than most other advanced countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the global SDG Index, which compares different nations’ performance on the goals.

According to the SDG Index, released yesterday in New York, Australia is ranked 37th in the world – down from 26th last...

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The rise and rise of Hillsong, and what other Australian churches should learn from them

  • Written by: Riza Casidy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Deakin University
The rise and rise of Hillsong, and what other Australian churches should learn from themHillsong United at Petofi Csarnok, BudapestPixelite/Shutterstock.com

Church attendance in Australia is declining – but Australian megachurches are growing globally. Hillsong, Australia’s largest, known for its sophisticated marketing techniques and popular music is now a powerful brand with 1.4 million Instagram followers and 1.8...

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Warming oceans are changing Australia's fishing industry

  • Written by: Alistair Hobday, Senior Principal Research Scientist - Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
Warming oceans are changing Australia's fishing industryOcean fish are changing where they live due to climate change.Annie spratt/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

A new United Nations report on fisheries and climate change shows that Australian marine systems are undergoing rapid environmental change, with some of the largest climate-driven changes in the Southern Hemisphere.

Reports from around the world have found...

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  1. ABC chairman Milne attacks 'self-serving' commercial critics
  2. Why Australia might be at risk of 'overtourism'
  3. Fixing the shortage of specialist science and maths teachers will be hard, not impossible
  4. Is UNESCO World Heritage status for cultural sites killing the things it loves?
  5. when Australian water goes bad
  6. Happiness helps football players do better, and it could help economies too
  7. Who is US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and where does he stand on abortion?
  8. Informed consent, individual care vital to ensure reproductive rights of transgender Australians
  9. Why does my snot turn green when I have a cold?
  10. Co-working spaces are part of the new economy, so town planners better get with the times
  11. Consumers let down badly by electricity market: ACCC report
  12. Murder investigation to find the source of a second Novichok poisoning
  13. how to reduce the risk of failure for environmental projects
  14. Should white Australian fans rap along to the n-word at a Kendrick Lamar concert?
  15. Why the Human Rights Commission was right to rule employment discrimination in child pornography conviction case
  16. How video assistant referees could undermine on-field referees at the FIFA World Cup
  17. 51-49 to Labor, and time running out for upper house reform
  18. A growing mistrust in democracy is causing extremism and strongman politics to flourish
  19. How Australian universities can get better at cyber security
  20. the Aboriginal names for ten Melbourne suburbs
  21. Protecting your kids from failure isn't helpful. Here's how to build their resilience
  22. Thinking you're 'on a diet' is half the problem – here's how to be a mindful eater
  23. Missing evidence base for big calls on infrastructure costs us all
  24. Drawing inspiration from imaginative planners past
  25. Over 20% of Australian horses race with their tongues tied to their lower jaw
  26. did the Coalition 'deliver more than a million jobs in the last year'?
  27. Mark Latham helps Hanson in robocall attacking Shorten
  28. New research shows NSW teachers working long hours to cope with administrative load
  29. How imagery and media coverage influence our empathy for strangers
  30. Israel moves closer to phasing out Australian live sheep and cattle imports
  31. what causes chilblains and how can I prevent them?
  32. Is Indonesia retreating from democracy?
  33. Where do black holes lead to?
  34. Robots can learn a lot from nature if they want to 'see' the world
  35. Why couples sleep better in more gender-equal societies
  36. The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians
  37. Why we should be slow to point the finger at bankers
  38. What should my heart rate be and what affects it?
  39. We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment
  40. The Royal Commission revealed financial services woes for many Indigenous customers. Here's what can be done
  41. To keep your curious kids happy these school holidays, check out Imagine This
  42. Why the government will be sending more GST funding to Western Australia
  43. Michelle Grattan on Leyonhjelm's incivility and the government's need to appease on GST and energy
  44. Politics Podcast: Katharine Murphy 'On Disruption'
  45. Why roads and trains may be key to bringing peace to the Korean peninsula
  46. How support groups can boost your health and make chronic conditions easier to live with
  47. Why Trump’s liberal demolition job and authoritarian outreach is about China
  48. Circus Oz serves spectacle in garden-inspired Precarious
  49. Want to boost Aboriginal financial capability? Spend time in communities
  50. Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians' epic story was revealed

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