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China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens

  • Written by: Meg Jing Zeng, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology
China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizensChina has introduced the Social Credit System in 12 demonstration cities.Shutterstock

In less than a month, China’s Lunar New Year will bring the country’s annual epic travel rush – the largest human migration on earth.

While many are planning trips to their home towns to attend family reunions, millions more Chinese citizens have...

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Curious Kids: How do scientists work out how old the Earth is?

  • Written by: Alan Collins, Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide
Curious Kids: How do scientists work out how old the Earth is?It turns out that the world is about 4,600,000,000 years old. That's 4.6 billion years. That's pretty old!Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND

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,...

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Companies that pay more tax deliver shareholders better returns: new study

  • Written by: Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology

Treasurer Scott Morrison is quick to spruik the shareholder benefits of cutting corporate tax rates further, as the usual logic goes that if a corporation pays less tax, shareholders should get a greater return.

But in a recent pilot study, we found companies that paid a greater percentage of their sales or revenues as tax, provided shareholders...

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Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the 'fair go' is still most valued

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the 'fair go' is still most valuedSame-sex marriage becoming legal was rated by as the most significant event in their history by the largest proportion of respondents.AAP/Lukas Coch

Every little while, we have a panic about history. We’re having one right now, over Australia Day. A few months back, inspired by an American panic, we had one over statues.

A hardy perennial has...

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