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The west must stand up for Ukraine
Marko Pavlyshyn | January 27, 2022The West needs to stand up against Putin’s bullying of Ukraine and show determination, unity, and a serious commitment to uphold international legal norms and defend freedom and democracy against Russia’s authoritarian and neo-imperial designs.
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Cutting the toll of migrant beach drownings
Lachlan Gilbert | January 27, 2022Beach safety education needs to be better targeted at multi-cultural Australian migrant communities if drownings at the nation’s beaches are to be reduced.
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AUKUS empowers a wider regional role
Chris Wooding | January 27, 2022The AUKUS agreement could encourage Australia to review its ‘middle power’ mentality and step up as a regional leader to help its Pacific neighbours thwart the pervasive threat of grey-zone warfare.
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Welcome developments in data protection, but are they enough?
Malcolm Crompton | January 26, 2022The blurring lines between conversations about privacy, data sovereignty, AI, anti-trust and even democracy create fertile conditions for innovation in protecting personal data.
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Measuring social inclusion for mental health
Open Forum | January 26, 2022An award-winning Orygen researcher’s unique measure of social inclusion is set to deliver significant benefits for people living with mental ill-health.
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Bedtime is the best time
Open Forum | January 26, 2022Late night movies, gaming marathons and impromptu sleepovers may have featured over the holidays, but as we near a new school term, UniSA sleep experts say it’s time to settle kids back into a regular sleep routine.
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Patient data can help prevent overdiagnosis
Simon Coghlan | January 25, 2022The increasing use of digital technologies in medical screening may lead to a rise in overdiagnosis that could be prevented by a new focus on patient data.
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Understanding Putin’s threat to Ukraine
Open Forum | January 25, 2022Vladimir Putin’s military build-up on the Ukraine border threatens to plunge Europe into a wider war, and appeasement or acquiescence will only bolster his dreams of restoring the Soviet empire.
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Soil regeneration lags behind revegetation
Open Forum | January 25, 2022The restoration of cleared and degraded Australian landscapes takes time and patience, but the extent of residual soil deficiencies surprised researchers studying the results of a six-year native planting project in South Australia.
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Helping kids catch up in the pandemic recovery
Open Forum | January 24, 2022Researchers have warned that children and adolescents must not be left behind in Australia’s COVID-19 recovery plans given the negative indirect impacts of the pandemic on this age group detailed in a new brief and research review by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
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Remembering two giants of Australian art
Catherine Speck | January 24, 2022Australia lost two important artworld figures in the last ten days – both were senior artists working in Adelaide but with a reach extending far beyond the city or the nation.
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Reforming Australia’s medical billing
Open Forum | January 24, 2022New research reveals GPs and specialists are ill-equipped to manage their Medicare compliance obligations, and have trouble accessing accurate advice and education, which can lead to billing errors. It finds that structural reforms are urgently needed to address the problem.
