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Why digital apps can be good gifts for young family members

  • Written by: Kevin Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, Griffith University
imageApps can be digital toys used by children to design, create, build, investigate and imagine. Shutterstock

With Christmas approaching, many of us with preschool children or grandchildren will be considering the purchase of apps for our devices.

We are often portrayed in the media as “bad parents or grandparents” for purchasing apps for...

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Explainer: how lending startups like Afterpay make their money

  • Written by: Saurav Dutta, Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University

Startups like Afterpay that allow consumers to “instantly” borrow money for purchases are using a business model that has been around for centuries

It’s called “factoring” of accounts receivables. This is when a company sells its accounts receivables (money owed for a good or service that has already been delivered) to...

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Politics podcast: John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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The government’s new foreign interference laws propose broad changes to political donations, counter-surveillance, and lobbying in Australia.

ANU professor John Blaxland has some real concerns about the unintended consequences of the legislation for academic debate. He says there’s a real chance that good people engaging...

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Would you buy a theatre ticket for someone who can't afford it? Now you can

  • Written by: Meg Elkins, Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
imageA scene from The Cocoa Butter Club: Midsumma Special, a special cabaret performance that will make its Arts Centre Melbourne debut on Friday, January 19 2018. It uses a NOTAFLOF ticketing system. Author provided

A new ticketing system that allows people to buy tickets for others who may not be able to afford them is gaining traction in the...

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  1. Nationals elect Bridget McKenzie as new deputy
  2. A new species of marsupial lion tells us about Australia's past
  3. New foreign interference laws will compound risks to whistleblowers and journalists
  4. Drought on the Murray River harms ocean life too
  5. What happened to the price of Bitcoin? The truth behind big bubbles and crashes
  6. Ban on foreign political donations is both too broad and too narrow, and won't fix our system
  7. Travelling these holidays? Follow tips the Socceroos use to conquer jet lag
  8. They know where you go: dockless bike sharing looms as the next disruptor – if key concerns are fixed
  9. From 'demented' to 'person with dementia': how and why the language of disability changed
  10. Children have strokes too and doctors often miss them. New guidelines will help
  11. Out of character: how acting puts a mental strain on performers
  12. High Court to rule on two Labor MPs, but partisan row protects others
  13. Russia's humiliating ban from the Winter Olympics is the right move to protect integrity in sport
  14. International study shows many Australian children are still struggling with reading
  15. Bali's Mt Agung eruption shows how businesses should and shouldn't react to uncontrollable events
  16. My favourite album: Miles Davis’s A Tribute to Jack Johnson
  17. I've got varicose veins. What can I do about them?
  18. Near enough may not be good enough as parliament's dual citizenship crisis deepens
  19. A new approach to regional higher education is essential to our economic future
  20. How the excuse of 'pure fantasy' works in online child sex abuse cases
  21. Green groups and charities could be collateral damage in government's foreign donation ban
  22. People love parklets, and businesses can help make them happen
  23. What makes us sign up to subscription boxes
  24. From Oregon to Belgium to Victoria – the different ways suffering patients are allowed to die
  25. China’s growing footprint on the globe threatens to trample the natural world
  26. Still counting: why the visual arts must do better on gender equality
  27. Curious Kids: Where does the oxygen come from in the International Space Station, and why don’t they run out of air?
  28. Ten things Australia can do to be a human rights hero
  29. Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living
  30. New blow for Labor as David Feeney hits citizenship hurdle
  31. What consumers need from the ACCC inquiry into Google and Facebook
  32. Sydney's stadiums debate shows sport might not be the political winner it once was
  33. How Australia can help reform higher education in India
  34. Pinchgut's Poppea plays hedonism, violence and passion to the hilt
  35. Amazon's track record may signal a change in Australian industrial relations
  36. Thinking of taking opioids for low back pain? Here's what you need to know
  37. The off-topic Conversation #143
  38. You should never drive into floodwater – some roads are more deadly than others
  39. Yes, SA's battery is a massive battery, but it can do much more besides
  40. The horror and pleasure of misused words: from mispronunciation to malapropisms
  41. How the law responds when emoji are the weapon of choice
  42. In whose best interests? Sam Dastyari and the politics of public intelligence
  43. Government guarantee opens investment highway to affordable housing
  44. Why coaching, not gadgets, is key to getting the most out of employees
  45. 'No, I don't wanna... wahhhh!' A parent's guide to managing tantrums
  46. Shadow minister Katy Gallagher was British when she nominated for 2016 election
  47. Newspoll and Ipsos give Labor a 53-47 lead as Barnaby Joyce wins convincingly in New England
  48. Young people still find it hard to get a job, despite using the same tactics as older job seekers
  49. How social enterprises are building a more inclusive Australian economy
  50. Blocks are still the best present you can buy children for Christmas

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