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Anatomy of a fall
Open Forum | January 13, 2025Fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually according to a new study by the University of Queensland study.
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Flow state
Maria Skyllas-Kazacos | January 13, 2025Flow batteries are a cross between a conventional battery and a fuel cell and can store energy generated by wind or solar power back to the grid for up to 12 hours – two or three times longer than their lithium-ion peers.
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Gradually, then suddenly
Michael Pezzullo | January 11, 2025Ernest Hemingway observed in The Sun Also Rises that bankruptcy occurs gradually and then suddenly, and this should also be treated as a rule of geopolitical affairs.
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Pacific security in 2025
Blake Johnson | January 11, 20252025 will be a big year for Pacific security as Pacific island nations grapple with upcoming elections, disaster recovery, watching the situation in New Caledonia and navigating geopolitical tensions.
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Albanese hits the campaign trail
Gregory Melleuish | January 10, 2025Anthony Albanese has hit the campaign trail ahead of the forthcoming Federal election, although the election date has not been announced and no sitting Prime Minister has won re-election since John Howard.
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China’s ‘airborne cruiser’
Bill Sweetman | January 10, 2025China’s new large strike aircraft may be the first of a new class of plane which extends its threat across Asia and the Pacific.
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AI in the workplace
Talitakuum Ekandjo | January 9, 2025AI “assistants” promise to increase worker productivity by handling repetitive tasks, but what do people think about them in practice?
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Battling the blob
Maria Pia Dunne | January 9, 2025The internet is overrun by bots designed to spam and imitate us and it’s time to fight back.
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The golden age of the gaffe
Frank Bongiorno | January 8, 2025Though trivial in themselves, a politician’s “gaffe” can hint at much greater political failings, but the media’s eagerness to pounce on missteps rather than analyse policy substance may be a bigger problem.
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Tales of Taiwan
John West | January 8, 2025Taiwan has evolved from its autocratic origins to rank as the most democratic nation in Asia, as well as the most economically dynamic, but these attributes have increased China’s determination to crush the former and absorb the latter, the same motivations as Russia’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine.
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You make your own luck
ANU Editorial Board | January 7, 2025If it is to avoid having its luck run out, Australia needs a reform agenda suited to the structure of the Australian economy and its new position in the world.
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Water world
Open Forum | January 7, 20252024 was another year of record-breaking temperatures, driving the global water cycle to new climate extremes and contributing to ferocious floods and crippling droughts, according to a new report led by The Australian National University.
