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Sharing to social media: Sensationalism or social good?
Rachel Gray | August 12, 2020People should consider the implications of posting images and footage of tragic events online, says UNSW’s Alyce McGovern.
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Grim findings to come in war crimes investigation
Brendan Nicholson | August 12, 2020Australians will be dismayed by the findings of an investigation into allegations that their special forces in Afghanistan committed war crimes, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has warned.
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Populists in a pandemic
ANU Editorial Board | August 12, 2020No amount of rhetorical smoke-and-mirrors can outweigh voters’ lived experiences of losing economic security or losing loved ones as a result of COVID-19 — as populist leaders the world over are now quickly learning.
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Business and social change
Andrew Gaines | August 11, 2020Solving the environmental problems faced by society today will require a new order of collaboration between business, government, and civil society which transcends traditional politics.
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Supporting STEM skills amid COVID-19
Cathy Foley | August 11, 2020We can’t let our future STEM skills become a casualty of COVID-19, or we will pay for it in decades to come.
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A return to the wild for better immune systems
Open Forum | August 11, 2020A research team led by the University of Adelaide has found that revegetation of green spaces within cities can improve soil microbiota diversity towards a more natural, biodiverse state, which has been linked to human health benefits.
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The emotional toll of COVID-19 among early childhood educators
Melissa Barnes | August 10, 2020Despite growing concerns over school teachers’ mental health as they tackled remote learning, little attention has been given to the experiences of ECEC educators.
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A golden opportunity to repurpose old mines
Mohan Yellishetty | August 10, 2020Abandoned mines litter Australia, but these sites can be turned from environmental problems into new opportunities for water storage, landfill and other useful purposes.
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Diplomacy at a distance
Melissa Conley Tyler | August 10, 2020Australia’s diplomats are doing important work during the COVID-19 pandemic in the face of department cuts, as they help to ensure the safety and security of many Australians.
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Global value chains in the post-COVID economy
Satoshi Inomata | August 9, 2020COVID-19 is likely to accelerate the move toward ‘peer value chains’ among countries with similar institutional arrangements.
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Contrasting Australian and German public policy
Dawn Lo | August 9, 2020The average Australian household is wealthier yet more indebted than the average German household, partly due to tax and retirement income policies.
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Is COVID changing our personalities?
Open Forum | August 9, 2020Our personalities have been known to change during unusually distressing times, such as a global pandemic locking us all away in our homes, but researchers from the US say that so far the COVID-19 pandemic has had very little effect on the “Big Five” personality traits.
