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20 May 2013 | Australia has a big culture of taking a punt. Life Matters spoke to researchers and a number of professed problem gamblers to find out why we do it.

Giles Parkinson | Inside Story
18 May 2013 | The electricity generation industry is waking up to the fact that its business model is broken. With consumption down, can it refit for the green economy?

18 May 2013 | The mobile phone turned forty this month. Three recent books examine the worlds it has created

18 May 2013 | Tim Rowse’s new book shows the strengths of an evidence-based approach to Indigenous policy

16 May 2013 | The skill of being able to sort reliable information from unreliable information on the internet is essential, particularly for people engaged in learning.

14 May 2013 | Wayne Swan has delivered a budget with a A$19.4 billion deficit this financial year, writes Michelle Grattan in The Conversation.

14 May 2013 | Australia must develop a sufficient broadband infrastructure plan to accommodate for today's television technology, writes Nick Ross in The Drum.

13 May 2013 | In technology, business and government circles there’s much hype about the potential that may come from harvesting huge amounts of online data.

11 May 2013 | Rather than concentrating on theories of leadership that address quality or style, this essay asks a more basic question.

10 May 2013 | An interview with Helen Clark about the experience of being a woman in politics, and about moving from national to global policy.

09 May 2013 | The NT government’s abolition of the Banned Drinkers Register has divided opinion in Central Australia, writes Eleanor Hogan in Inside Story.

09 May 2013 | Considerable debate continues about the benefits of integrating digital technologies and digital media into school learning programs. 

07 May 2013 | Mike Smith has produced a major new account of Australia’s desert archaeology

Clar Ni Chonghaile | Inside Story
07 May 2013 | The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories

05 May 2013 | Animal welfare and scientific members on key ethics committees are at loggerheads over the use of animals in scientific experiments.

03 May 2013 | It’s a debate that’s been raging for decades and dominates academic and popular urban planning discourse: urban sprawl versus urban densification.

02 May 2013 | Integrating the use of digital technologies with pre-service teacher education in order to improve teaching practice is not well established in universities.

01 May 2013 | By the end of the year, Australia’s cinema industry will no longer be a film industry. What does this mean for storytelling on the big screen?

01 May 2013 | The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice. Now it’s time for government to act.

30 April 2013 | Culling and dispersing bats won't actually make us safer.

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