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Water is a national security priority
James Mortensen | February 27, 2021It’s time for water management to receive scrutiny and oversight befitting our most pressing national security challenges. We need to catch the moment while the rain is falling, rather than face a hangover when our taps run dry.
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Successful engine test brings Australian space launch capability a step closer
Open Forum | February 27, 2021An Australian research consortium has successfully tested a next generation propulsion system that could enable high-speed flight and space launch services. The team’s rotating detonation engine, or RDE, is a major technical achievement and an Australian first.
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Nurturing the deep roots of democracy
Hilary Gopnik | February 27, 2021The widely accepted story that democracy was a brilliant, even miraculous, invention of 5th-century BCE Athens, and that the West is the heir to that moment in time, has obscured the universal hard work that’s required to make democracy work well.
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Against the odds
Fran Baum | February 26, 2021South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?
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Bushfires could change where and how we live
Open Forum | February 26, 2021Climate change-driven extreme weather events, including devastating Australian bushfires, have created the urgent need for a new approach to planning and building in high fire risk areas and a shift to climate-resilient towns and cities.
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Forced fun is no fun at all
Open Forum | February 26, 2021Zoom dress up parties, tug-of-war, ‘trust falls’ and escape rooms – team building exercises have become the go-to tool for managers trying to increase organisational and team rapport and productivity, but many employees resent compulsory bonding and regard these exercises as the bane of their workplace existence.
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Money doesn’t talk, it swears
Georgina Kenyon | February 25, 2021Australia’s casinos have become a hotspot for global money-laundering operations.
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Night owls don’t give a hoot at work
Open Forum | February 25, 2021‘Night owls’ may be twice as likely as ‘morning larks’ to underperform at work, say Finnish researchers, and additionally run a heightened risk of early retirement due to disability.
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Leading a business with purpose
Victoria Tichá | February 25, 2021Purpose-led leadership helps managers navigate difficult times, and can also help leaders celebrate the things that go well, says UNSW Business School’s Leisa Sargent.
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The revelations of a Prime Minister’s home
Sam Malloy | February 24, 2021The recent purchase of former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s home in Cabramatta, south-west Sydney to create a heritage site will interest Australians who are passionate about politics, leadership and social history.
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Order in the House
Abigail Kaplan | February 24, 2021Order in the House is a new podcast created by four university students from Sydney which aims to inform millennial Australians about political ideologies and events in an engaging and relatable way,
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Government focuses on strategic shaping as DFAT drops soft-power review
Graeme Dobell | February 24, 2021Until the last decade, Australia was the pre-eminent international media voice in the South Pacific, but we’re falling behind our allies and competitors.
