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Small business at the front line of cyber-security
Alison Howe | August 7, 2020The Federal government’s new cybersecurity strategy includes welcome enhancements to the recognition of the vulnerability of the SME sector and a range of new initiatives.
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Was Sweden right to eschew COVID lockdowns?
Andreas Ortmann | August 7, 2020A full accounting of how Sweden’s non-lockdown approach to COVID-19 has fared compared to other country’s will take time, and will involve trading off health, economic, educational and other outcomes.
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How social media bots seed social discord
Elise Thomas | August 7, 2020The widespread proliferation of low-quality, unsophisticated but persistent disinformation and political influence efforts on social media can crowd out genuine information.
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#Turn off the gas
Lucy Watt | August 6, 2020Australia should adopt the WHO manifesto for a healthy recovery from Covid-19 to ensure we protect nature, ensure access to clean water, and make the transition to clean energy.
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The dog’s breakfast of strata pet laws
Ebony Stansfield | August 6, 2020NSW pet tenancy laws do not reflect the needs of society, with strata by-laws impacting the vulnerable, say UNSW experts.
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5 design trends reshaping healthcare institutions
Derek Lotts | August 6, 2020Health care institutions are being forced to adapt to the current pandemic, but are also looking to improve their services in terms of institutional design as well as the delivery of care.
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‘Building back better’: Post-COVID opportunities for older workers
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | August 5, 2020Australia cannot afford to waste the human and economic potential of its senior citizens when the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Internet of junk
Ben Knight | August 5, 20205G could force greater product obsolescence as non-compatible devices get left behind, but there are ways to stem the e-waste avalanche.
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Another bloody century
Mohan Malik | August 5, 2020The triple crises of geopolitical power shifts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic disasters that flow from it will shape global politics, restructure global supply chains and bring an end to unregulated globalisation.
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Won’t somebody think of the skills?
Benjamin Blackshaw | August 4, 2020The Federal government’s new plans for higher education may erode, rather than enhance, the broad skills required for innovation and economic growth in the future.
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Why Melbourne’s business restrictions should work
Philip Russo | August 4, 2020By clamping down on personal interactions, the sweeping new business restrictions in Melbourne should reduce the number of community infections to more manageable numbers within the next few weeks.
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China’s third revolution
Anastasia Kapetas | August 4, 2020On the brink of a new cold war, China has more instruments of power than it has ever had, but its challenges and missteps mean that the world’s democratic countries still have the upper hand – at least for the moment.
