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Rebuilding Australia after COVID-19
David Lee | June 18, 2020There is a case to be made for a new Commonwealth agency to lead the recovery effort, built on the model of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction after the Second World War.
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Whither Australia-China trade?
Tony Makin | June 18, 2020The Australia-China trade relationship is currently under significant strain. In the long run, increased protectionism would not improve Australia’s economic welfare.
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Taking child therapy online
Sherry Landow | June 17, 2020A real-world trial has tested the effectiveness – and revealed the challenges – of adapting behavioural therapy to the online world.
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Education in extreme times
David Browning | June 17, 2020While the desire for a return to business-as-usual – or curriculum-as-usual – is understandable, COVID-19 is an opportunity for educators to re-think the relationship between school and life.
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Why business leaders must invest in people
Ebony Stansfield | June 17, 2020Reskilling the workforce for the future labour market could be one solution to the current job crisis. Indeed, investing in your employees post-coronavirus could be the smartest business decision you can make.
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Facing up to our past
Sharman Stone | June 16, 2020Australia’s history is complex and confronting, and needs to be known, and owned today to restore social harmony.
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“One health” for the world
Saba Sinai | June 16, 2020A “One Health” approach which combine animal, human, and environmental measures could help prevent another devastating pandemic and support a more holistic definition of security.
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Is it the end of ‘Big Australia’?
Open Forum | June 16, 2020COVID-19 has ended the immigration boom. In Australia, the tide of overseas workers and students that has contributed to 25 years of economic growth has stopped dead in its tracks.
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From #BlackLivesMatter to real workplace change
Michelle Evans | June 15, 2020Some may be sceptical of the business responses to the Black Lives Matter movement, but corporate activism can make a strong statement of support for social justice causes.
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China plays the race card against Australia
John Fitzgerald | June 15, 2020China’s latest travel and education warnings over Australian racism don’t stand up to scrutiny because they don’t have to. Our problem is not racism, it is Xi.
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Why ‘the marketplace for ideas’ can fail
Richard Holden | June 15, 2020Competition in the marketplace for ideas is different to competition in the market for ordinary goods and services and bad ideas don’t necessarily get left by the wayside.
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Brand activism v slacktivism
Ebony Stansfield | June 14, 2020Corporate brands need to do more than support fashionable causes to heighten their own profile. They need to take concrete action if they really aim to enable social change.