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Young people, not employers, should choose super fund: Productivity Commission

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Young people entering the workforce should choose their own superannuation fund, rather than the present system of their employer selecting the fund for them, according to a Productivity Commission report released on Tuesday.

It recommends that these workers should be given a “best in show” shortlist set by a “competitive and...

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is it a white thing?

  • Written by: Siobhan McHugh, Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong
is it a white thing?Artist Nyapanyapa Yunipingu is assisted by art centre worker Jeremy Cloake at Buku-Larrnngay Art Centre,Yirrkala.Siobhan McHugh

“Aboriginal Art – it’s a white thing” … so Brisbane Aboriginal artist Richard Bell declared in 2002. Bell’s accusation that a white industry controls all aspects of Aboriginal art, even...

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will the universe expand forever, or contract in a big crunch?

  • Written by: Tamara Davis, Professor, The University of Queensland
will the universe expand forever, or contract in a big crunch?About a century ago, we didn’t even know that galaxies existed.Mai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


What’s more likely -...

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how globalisation spreads infectious diseases

  • Written by: Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
how globalisation spreads infectious diseasesAn increasingly mobile global population is making it easier for infectious diseases to spread.www.shutterstock.com

This article is part of a four-part package exploring immunity and infectious diseases around the world.


These days we can get from most remote villages anywhere to home in 36 hours. And migrating humans can certainly carry microbial...

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  14. Why CEOs need to embrace fear
  15. why infectious diseases are so much more harmful to isolated peoples
  16. why reducing the number of subjects isn't the answer
  17. The IOC thinks eSports are too violent for the Olympics, but traditional sports are violent too
  18. Summit on, then off, now on again? The seemingly endless game-playing of US-North Korea relations
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  23. Why some migrants in abusive relationships don't receive help, and are deported
  24. why, and what can we do about it?
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  26. Dugong and sea turtle poo sheds new light on the Great Barrier Reef's seagrass meadows
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