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Russia not so much a (re)rising superpower as a skilled strategic spoiler

  • Written by: Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University
Russia not so much a (re)rising superpower as a skilled strategic spoilerMuch of the interest in Russia centres around its experienced and skilled political leader in Vladimir Putin, speaking here with Donald Trump.Reuters

Russia keeps posing a massive intelligence puzzle to the West: it is never as weak as we may want it to be, nor is it as strong as we fear it may be.

So, how can we classify Russia as an international...

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We should learn to work with robots and not worry about them taking our jobs

  • Written by: David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and SocioTechnical Studies, School of ICT., Griffith University
We should learn to work with robots and not worry about them taking our jobsHumans and robots can work together to create jobs for the future.Shutterstock/Gennady Danilkin

We have all heard the dire predictions about robots coming to steal our jobs. Some would even have us believe these silicon bogeymen are coming to kill us. It plays straight into people’s darkest fears about technology.

When futurists talk about...

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Voters tell Barnaby Joyce to quit as leader - Newspoll

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Barnaby Joyce is coming under fresh pressure to stand down with 65% of voters saying he should quit as Nationals leader, in a Newspoll that shows the scandal hitting the government and Malcolm Turnbull.

The two-party vote has the Coalition trailing Labor 47-53%, compared with 48-52% a fortnight ago, halting the improvement the government had at the...

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Customer service staff need to be problem solving not apologising

  • Written by: Jagdip Singh, Professor of Marketing, Case Western Reserve University
Customer service staff need to be problem solving not apologisingThe study examined more than 100 interactions and found that when airline staff were effusive in their apologies it actually diminished their ability to be efficient problem solvers. Mark Hodson/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Customers are good at troubleshooting the small stuff and research shows when they come to customer service staff they expect complex...

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  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on sex, scandals and strained relationships in the government
  6. Banning workplace romances won't solve the problem of sexual misconduct in the office
  7. What makes a winning snowboard cross athlete like Jarryd Hughes?
  8. Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere
  9. Hospital staff – don't hide when something goes wrong, listen to patients and ask what they need
  10. Utopia or nightmare? The answer lies in how we embrace self-driving, electric and shared vehicles
  11. Airbnb is blamed for Tasmania's housing affordability problems, but it's actually helping small businesses
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  13. Essays On Air: When did Australia’s human history begin?
  14. Abuse in care versus not in care: we need to tackle potential bias in a national redress scheme
  15. States' dummy-spit over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan clouds the real facts
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  17. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's excoriation of Joyce has changed the game, but how?
  18. Turnbull announces sex ban – and signals Joyce should consider his position
  19. When galaxies collide, size matters if you want to know the fate of our Milky Way
  20. Barnaby Joyce dumped as acting prime minister next week
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  30. How the new mozzie emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
  31. The dystopian mash-up Altered Carbon is peak Anthropocene TV
  32. Neighbourhood living rooms – we can learn a lot from European town squares
  33. Three ways East Asia can avoid a North Korean refugee 'crisis'
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  35. Nationals rally behind Joyce's leadership but he is on notice
  36. Liberals gain a Tasmanian long Senate term due to citizenship saga, while polling on Adani is mixed
  37. Explainer: how Winter Olympic athletes cope with the cold
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