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The plastic Pacific
Anthony Bergin | August 17, 2022The Albanese government is advancing Australia’s Pacific interests by supporting island nations’ efforts to deal with marine plastics pollution.
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Should Morrison resign from Parliament?
Michelle Grattan | August 17, 2022Liberal frontbencher Karen Andrews isn’t alone among her colleagues in believing Scott Morrison should quit parliament in the wake of the ‘secret minister’ scandal.
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Backyard birds in decline
Open Forum | August 17, 2022The numbers and diversity of birds in our urban spaces is in steep decline as gardens and green spaces are developed for housing.
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One man committee
Michelle Grattan | August 16, 2022Scott Morrison’s secret appointment of himself to a string of government ministries was not illegal, but did flout the conventions of how cabinet government, ministerial accountability and administrative transparency should work.
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Climate action can win back the Pacific
Drew Beacom | August 16, 2022Though Australia’s regional strategy increasingly focuses on the Pacific, regional leaders have grown distrustful of Canberra, but proactive climate policy may win some back.
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Russia’s war renews the push for renewables
Neil Martin | August 16, 2022Europe’s revulsion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have accelerated the global transition to renewable energy.
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Workplace wellbeing
Dougal Sutherland | August 15, 2022In the post-COVID environment, organisations have a duty to understand what a healthy work environment looks like and to provide it for their employees.
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The Pacific Islands Forum can learn from ASEAN
Joanne Wallis | August 15, 2022Pacific Islands Forum members could consider what ARF mechanisms might be usefully adapted to the Pacific context to ensure that Pacific regionalism is an effective buffer and bulwark in the face of strategic competition.
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Sanctions busting
Robert Wihtol | August 15, 2022The West has a long history of imposing economic sanctions on aggressor states, and aggressor states have an equally long history of ignoring them completely.
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The democratic partnership for global development
Cong Pham | August 14, 2022The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment is a new G7 initiative to counter China’s self-serving Belt and Road Initiative and benefit developing and developed countries alike.
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Don’t wake Antarctica’s ‘sleeping giant’
Jesse Hawley | August 14, 2022A new study suggests the worst effects of global warming on Earth’s largest ice sheet can be avoided if the world meets the climate targets outlined in the Paris Agreement – but if we fail, then the melting of the ice sheet will have a drastic impact on sea level rise.
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Will the teals take seats in NSW?
Michelle Grattan | August 14, 2022Although part of the federal teal success was due to “strategic” voting by some Labor supporters, victories for state community candidates in Victoria and NSW would reinforce the message that Liberal supporters are migrating to a new political force.
