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Shaping the America that Australia needs
Peter Jennings | January 15, 2021Australia will need to court America’s support to resist an ever more aggressive China, and so good relations must be forged with Joe Biden’s new administration.
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Food delivery services need a regulation overhaul
Ebony Stansfield | January 15, 2021Governments are scared of appearing business ‘unfriendly’ if they intervene in the gig economy and big companies are using this to their advantage, say experts at UNSW Sydney.
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China’s COVID origins cover-up
Open Forum | January 15, 2021The Chinese Communist Party continues to resist attempts to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and persecute citizens who told the truth about it, while pushing falsehoods through its worldwide media machine.
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Fight for the future
Open Forum | January 14, 2021A loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades coupled with ignorance and inaction is threatening the survival of all species, including our very own, according to the experts from institutions including Stanford University, UCLA, and Flinders University.
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How weather affects our consumption
Victoria Tichá | January 14, 2021Marketers and business managers benefit from knowing why weather may be associated with increased consumption and how this process may differ between men and women.
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Trump’s Twitter ban and the limits of free speech
Conor McLaughlin | January 14, 2021Trump’s recent suspension from social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook raises questions about the limits of free speech in a functioning democracy. The recent move signals that while online platforms welcome debate, when it is accompanied by violence they must draw a line.
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Long term repercussions of the Capitol incursion
Carla Winston | January 13, 2021The violent mob storming the US Capitol building has been described as a failed ‘coup attempt’ but though Joe Biden has been confirmed as President-Elect, the fallout could have much broader implications.
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One black summer
Open Forum | January 13, 2021The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires were a “wake up call” demonstrating the extreme effects of climate change in Australia, according to a group of experts who’ve published a new study examining the factors that caused the disaster.
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5 New Year’s resolutions for successful career growth
Sophia Smith | January 13, 2021Many of us made New Year resolutions for our personal lives, but adopting some fresh habits in our working lives can also improve our professional lives.
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Housing locational disadvantages in Sydney
Khandakar Al Farid Uddin | January 12, 2021Plans to concentrate new housing in Western Sydney should be revised to ensure adequate additional infrastructure is provided and more diverse and equitable solutions are explored.
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Lead – but not easily
Max Thomas | January 12, 2021The Victorian state planning minister has intervened to approve a secondary lead smelter in the Latrobe Valley following the refusal of the local council to issue a permit, but are environmental objections justified?
