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Narrabri gas fields approval may increase energy prices
Open Forum | September 29, 2020Australian gas consumers are likely to see higher, rather than lower gas prices if Santos’ Narrabri gas fields are approved due to the distance the gas must travel to reach consumers and the infrastructure that will need to be built.
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The potential of the ‘token’ woman
Andrew Yu | September 29, 2020Recognising the value of ‘token’ individuals within the workplace can broaden perspectives and improve the performance of teams.
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US–China rivalry ramps up pressure on the Pacific islands
Denghua Zhang | September 29, 2020When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. As the US–China geostrategic competition intensifies, Pacific island countries find themselves caught in the middle.
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Police, PSOs, and the problems with preventative detention powers
Maria O Sullivan | September 29, 2020New Victorian measures to protect the community by detaining people deemed likely to breach COVID-19 restrictions should be carefully considered to protect human rights.
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A political divide, not moral equivalence
Michael Shoebridge | September 28, 2020Let’s not have our tails twisted by Beijing-created narratives characterising how we operate as in any way a mirror of, or an excuse for, the actions of the CCP’s own nasty security apparatus.
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COVID-19 control rests with human behaviour
Open Forum | September 28, 2020As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed cases exceed 30M, QUT behavioural researchers say the key to containment rests in understanding human behaviour and how our personalities may influence better cooperation for the global good.
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A roadmap for renewables
Open Forum | September 28, 2020Despite the Federal government’s fondness for gas, renewables can still play an important role in Australia’s energy plans for the future.
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Refreshing defence innovation
Thom Dixon | September 27, 2020Unless Australia scales up its own DARPA-like investment vehicles and introduces well-endowed talent-retention schemes, or other policy initiatives unique to the Australian context, our defence innovation enterprise is headed for rocky times.
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The government, rather than Google, could subsidise good journalism
Richard Holden | September 27, 2020Google and Facebook could soon be forced to pay local commercial media organisations for sharing their content on digital platforms. Making these massive digital platforms pay Australian news publishers might be good politics, but it is odd economics.
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Bilbies return to Sturt National Park
Isabelle Dubach | September 27, 2020An iconic nocturnal marsupial has been reintroduced into a feral-free area created by a UNSW-led project. Bilbies create a whole range of habitats by digging for insects, seeds and plant roots, and helping water and carbon infiltrate the soil.
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Something or nothing
Craig Jeffrey | September 26, 2020People have been suspicious of ‘nothing’ going back all the way to the mathematical idea of “zero.” Yet there is real value in “nothing” and we need to appreciate it more.
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A zebra among horses
Open Forum | September 26, 2020Netflix is often criticised as a Hollywood-style entertainment behemoth crushing all competition and diminishing local content but a QUT academic says that’s a simplistic view.
