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Russia's humiliating ban from the Winter Olympics is the right move to protect integrity in sport

  • Written by: Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
imageThe Russian flag will not fly at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.EPA/Hannibal Hanschke

As the result of a state-sponsored doping regime in the lead-up to and during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned Russia from participating at next year’s games.

Bans from the Olympics are not...

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International study shows many Australian children are still struggling with reading

  • Written by: Jennifer Buckingham, Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Independent Studies; Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University
imageDespite improvements in the national average score, the 2016 PIRLS report confirms many Australian children continue to be left behind.wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock

The results of an international study into the reading skills of Year 4 students offer reason for optimism for Australian children.

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy...

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Bali's Mt Agung eruption shows how businesses should and shouldn't react to uncontrollable events

  • Written by: Russel PJ Kingshott, Senior Lecturer in Retailing, School of Marketing, Curtin Business School, Curtin University

There’s nothing like an erupting volcano to reveal who does and doesn’t have their crisis management plans sorted out.

Sudden uncontrollable events are an inevitable part of any tourism operation. Businesses worth their salt should at least in principle have the capacity to remedy situations that go wrong, as part of their modus...

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My favourite album: Miles Davis’s A Tribute to Jack Johnson

  • Written by: Dean Biron, PhD in Cultural Studies; teaches in criminology and justice studies, Griffith University
imageMiles Davis circa 1970.Winston Vargas/flickr, CC BY-NC

Great records do not necessarily arise out of historical ruptures. Nonetheless, Miles Davis’s A Tribute to Jack Johnson is significant in jazz and rock history if only for having the audacity to disrupt both so radically. It is perhaps Davis’s best album from an early 1970s period...

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  2. Near enough may not be good enough as parliament's dual citizenship crisis deepens
  3. A new approach to regional higher education is essential to our economic future
  4. How the excuse of 'pure fantasy' works in online child sex abuse cases
  5. Green groups and charities could be collateral damage in government's foreign donation ban
  6. People love parklets, and businesses can help make them happen
  7. What makes us sign up to subscription boxes
  8. From Oregon to Belgium to Victoria – the different ways suffering patients are allowed to die
  9. China’s growing footprint on the globe threatens to trample the natural world
  10. Still counting: why the visual arts must do better on gender equality
  11. Curious Kids: Where does the oxygen come from in the International Space Station, and why don’t they run out of air?
  12. Ten things Australia can do to be a human rights hero
  13. Speaking with: Emrys Westacott on the virtue of frugal living
  14. New blow for Labor as David Feeney hits citizenship hurdle
  15. What consumers need from the ACCC inquiry into Google and Facebook
  16. Sydney's stadiums debate shows sport might not be the political winner it once was
  17. How Australia can help reform higher education in India
  18. Pinchgut's Poppea plays hedonism, violence and passion to the hilt
  19. Amazon's track record may signal a change in Australian industrial relations
  20. Thinking of taking opioids for low back pain? Here's what you need to know
  21. The off-topic Conversation #143
  22. You should never drive into floodwater – some roads are more deadly than others
  23. Yes, SA's battery is a massive battery, but it can do much more besides
  24. The horror and pleasure of misused words: from mispronunciation to malapropisms
  25. How the law responds when emoji are the weapon of choice
  26. In whose best interests? Sam Dastyari and the politics of public intelligence
  27. Government guarantee opens investment highway to affordable housing
  28. Why coaching, not gadgets, is key to getting the most out of employees
  29. 'No, I don't wanna... wahhhh!' A parent's guide to managing tantrums
  30. Shadow minister Katy Gallagher was British when she nominated for 2016 election
  31. Newspoll and Ipsos give Labor a 53-47 lead as Barnaby Joyce wins convincingly in New England
  32. Young people still find it hard to get a job, despite using the same tactics as older job seekers
  33. How social enterprises are building a more inclusive Australian economy
  34. Blocks are still the best present you can buy children for Christmas
  35. Explainer: what is inflammation and how does it cause disease?
  36. Sustainable Shopping: the eco-friendly guide to online Christmas shopping
  37. Radical rethink of Closing the Gap required, despite some progress
  38. Australia isn't dominated by big businesses that gouge customers: Grattan report
  39. It's not just women at the top who are paid less than men
  40. With the right tools, we can mine cities
  41. Social media, the 'bikini bridge' and the viral contagion of body ideals
  42. It's time to talk about who can access your digital genomic data
  43. STEM education in primary schools will fall flat unless serious issues are addressed
  44. Viagra to be supplied without prescription in the UK: should Australia do the same?
  45. Coalition behind in two new polls as triumphant Joyce heads back to Canberra
  46. Barnaby Joyce storms home in New England byelection victory
  47. Proposed poultry standards leave Australia trailing behind other industrialised countries
  48. People with disability have a lot to offer employers
  49. Go now: NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro's blunt message to Turnbull
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's backflip on the banking royal commission

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