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Ready for lift-off?
Malcolm Davis | July 10, 2020The release last week of Australia’s defence strategic update, and its accompanying force structure plan, gives this nation the opportunity to align its defence space policy with that of the US.
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Australia’s new defence paradigm
Geoffrey Barker | July 9, 2020Prompted by China’s increasingly coercive international behaviour, Australia’s revised defence policy looks to protect Australian interests and support global resistance to Beijing’s rising brutality.
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The business risk of climate change
Ebony Stansfield | July 9, 2020The cost of not reducing greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be ignored by business, and in this landscape, all asset owners and investors should be planning now for the ongoing viability of their portfolios.
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Meet your new robot health coach
Nicole Robinson | July 9, 2020New research shows “social robots” can help people lose weight by delivering multiple sessions of advice and support without the need for human intervention.
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5 ways oil and gas firms are embracing sustainability
Derek Lotts | July 8, 2020The world needs more long-term strategies that focus on sustainability rather than profit. With such an approach, even today’s oil and gas giants can stand the test of time, manage to reduce their carbon footprint, and enable growth.
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How COVID-19 exposed the flaws in aged care
Tracey Bruce | July 8, 2020There are many critical lessons arising out of COVID 19 for all sectors but governments, policy makers and bureaucrats need to pay particular attention to the deficiencies it has underlined in Australia’s aged care sector.
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Science needs to look inward to move forward
Andrew Trounson | July 8, 2020Robust science depends on encouraging and incentivising more open and transparent practices in research – now, metascientists are looking at what works and what doesn’t.
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Social support and mental wellbeing in retirement
Life Course Centre | July 8, 2020While retirement is a significant life event, there has been little research on whether and how social support may evolve around retirement.
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Ethics in business – A call for systems change and frameworks for wicked problems
Sophie Mayo | July 7, 2020As Semester 1 of her Masters of Commerce draws to a close, GAP research assistant Sophie Mayo reflects on findings from her studies of Ethics in International Business, highlighting some of the moral challenges facing business and the role ethical frameworks can play in sparking systemic change.
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The states should get their own tax in order
Neil Warren | July 7, 2020Proposals to boost the GST and swap land tax for stamp duty regularly make the headlines, but somehow they never seem to happen.
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Happy retirement?
Life Course Centre | July 7, 2020A new Life Course Centre Working Paper explores the impact of retirement on different domains of life satisfaction, wellbeing and happiness.
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Tough choices on COVID-19 in the Pacific
Tess Newton Cain | July 6, 2020Many Pacific island countries are COVID-19-free thanks to the swift and decisive actions of governments in closing borders early and keeping them firmly shut but the danger is not over yet so there is no room for complacency.
