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‘Building back better’: Post-COVID opportunities for older workers
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | August 5, 2020Australia cannot afford to waste the human and economic potential of its senior citizens when the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Internet of junk
Ben Knight | August 5, 20205G could force greater product obsolescence as non-compatible devices get left behind, but there are ways to stem the e-waste avalanche.
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Another bloody century
Mohan Malik | August 5, 2020The triple crises of geopolitical power shifts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic disasters that flow from it will shape global politics, restructure global supply chains and bring an end to unregulated globalisation.
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Won’t somebody think of the skills?
Benjamin Blackshaw | August 4, 2020The Federal government’s new plans for higher education may erode, rather than enhance, the broad skills required for innovation and economic growth in the future.
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Why Melbourne’s business restrictions should work
Philip Russo | August 4, 2020By clamping down on personal interactions, the sweeping new business restrictions in Melbourne should reduce the number of community infections to more manageable numbers within the next few weeks.
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China’s third revolution
Anastasia Kapetas | August 4, 2020On the brink of a new cold war, China has more instruments of power than it has ever had, but its challenges and missteps mean that the world’s democratic countries still have the upper hand – at least for the moment.
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Victoria’s ‘state of disaster’
Adrian Esterman | August 3, 2020Premier Dan Andrews declared a state of disaster from 6pm on Sunday in Victoria, imposing a nightly curfew on Melbourne and giving the government and police extra powers to enforce the new restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Helping school kids cope
Helen Cahill | August 3, 2020In the wake of an emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic, social and emotional learning programs in school can play a vital role in supporting student mental wellbeing.
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A lifeline for Australian media?
Rob Nicholls | August 3, 2020Cash strapped Australian media companies have been thrown a lifeline through a new draft code which allows them to bargain – individually or collectively – with Google and Facebook to be paid for the content they provide.
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Why a learner profile makes more sense than the ATAR
David Geelan | August 2, 2020Broadening the ways we measure and represent the outcomes of the senior years of schooling has the potential to broaden our vision of school itself.
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The tiny plants that hold deserts together
Isabelle Dubach | August 2, 2020Miniscule plants growing on desert soils can help drylands retain water and reduce erosion, UNSW researchers have found, but are threatened by over-grazing.
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Farewell to the jumbo-jet
Nancy Schneider | August 2, 2020With flights grounded and Australia’s borders shut, Qantas has retired its final Boeing 747 several months earlier than initially planned. The jumbo jet was pivotal in reducing Australia’s tyranny of distance.
