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Australia’s slow march towards a National Energy Guarantee is gathering pace

  • Written by: David Blowers, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
Australia’s slow march towards a National Energy Guarantee is gathering paceIs the long journey towards a bipartisan emissions policy nearing its end?Wongm/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The finer policy details of the of the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG) have begun to leak onto newspaper front pages and websites, ahead of Friday’s crucial meeting of federal and state energy ministers.

The good news is that...

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From 'opening the kimono' to 'incentivizing', the war against corporate buzzwords rages on

  • Written by: Roslyn Petelin, Associate Professor in Writing, The University of Queensland
From 'opening the kimono' to 'incentivizing', the war against corporate buzzwords rages onMai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

Buzzword bingo arrived in the contemporary workplace in the early ’90s, as a way of ridiculing the prevalence of management-speak. To play it, employees prepare cards containing some of the more dreaded terms, then tick them off when their colleagues use them, which tends to be in meetings.

From 'opening the kimono' to 'incentivizing', the war against corporate buzzwords rages onAuthor /...

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Why do sea otters clap?

  • Written by: David Hocking, Research associate, Monash University
Why do sea otters clap?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!


Why do sea otters clap? Is it fun? – Alex, age 5, Melbourne.

Hi Alex. Those are some great...

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how urban planning has failed women

  • Written by: Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
how urban planning has failed womenTorre Glòries in Barcelona is an obvious example of statement architecture, but much of the gender bias built into cities is more insidious and pervasive. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

We need to have a conversation about sexism and the city. Gender affects all other “vulnerable group” considerations in the cities, where nearly 90%...

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