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Comedy cleansing drives chronic laughter drought

By Shane Rodgers Do you ever think about what makes you laugh out loud and uncontrollably? These days it might be nothing. But there is something in our weird and

What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums

By Shane Rodgers There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks. They

Fear of posting leaves content dancing in the dark

By Joe McKay For better or worse, LinkedIn is part of Australian life. Around 70 percent of the adult population (over 14m Aussies) have a LinkedIn account. Global

Why the thrill of driving cars is in generational decline

By Shane Rodgers Most of us remember that amazing feeling of independence the first time we drove a car alone. Suddenly we had speed, independence and a sense that we

Concerns raised over proposed ‘sophisticated’ investor changes

By Ben Wood, Adam Kearney and Tegan Raines McCullough Robertson Lawyers A Parliamentary inquiry has begun into proposed increases to the financial threshold limits for

Our housing system is broken

By Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ Just when we think the price of rentals could not get any worse, this week’s Rental Affordability Snapshot by Anglicare has revealed

Giving koalas a fair shot at survival

By Greg Kemp One of Australia’s most iconic animals is under threat, with chlamydial disease decimating koala populations in south-east Queensland. Professor Ken

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Is recreational reading plunging towards a death spiral?

By Shane Rodgers I hate to be the one to have to declare it, but reading for recreation may be in a terminal decline. And the thought terrifies me. There is a quote from

Why future workers will need ‘Hollywood’ agents

By Shane Rodgers For most of the past 200 years the idea of work has revolved around turning up at a factory, worksite or office, putting in the required hours and

Why Sunshine Coast can’t continue to be patient

By Rosanna Natoli Sunshine Coast Mayor As the newly-elected Mayor of the Sunshine Coast and indeed, this Council’s first female Mayor, I am filled with immense pride

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