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Two leaders with the right stuff
Ian Munro | July 14, 2020Gladys Berejiklian and Sally Capp, the winners of the 2019 McKinnon Political Prize for Political Leadership, have successfully mixed strength with empathy in recent years.
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Cutting food waste – through social media
Open Forum | July 14, 2020Australians who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 are doing it tough. The bills keep coming in and the family still needs to be fed. Yet the average Australian family continues to waste around $3,000 per year on food that isn’t being eaten.
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Saving Melbourne’s small businesses
John Vaz | July 14, 2020Six more weeks of lockdown for Melbourne’s five million residents will kill off many small and medium-sized businesses unless there are critical changes to federal and state government assistance policies.
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When childcare meets aged care
Open Forum | July 13, 2020While our oldest and youngest generations may seem worlds apart, a new ageing well initiative will bring them together in an innovative intergenerational education and development program.
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The 20 minute neighbourhood
Ben Knight | July 13, 2020Allowing people to work, live and play within 20 minutes’ reach of their own homes is the new gold standard for urban planning.
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Millennial bugs?
Steven Roberts | July 13, 2020Blaming millennials for spreading COVID-19 fails to see the bigger picture.
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Is cancel culture stifling open debate?
Hugh Breakey | July 12, 2020150 high-profile authors, commentators and scholars have signed an open letter in Harper’s magazine claiming that “open debate and toleration of differences” are under attack.by a new ‘cancel culture’ dominated by dogma, coercion and ideological conformity.
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China is busy making enemies
Michael Shoebridge | July 12, 2020From the warm waters of the South China Sea, to the snows of the Himalayas and the streets of Hong Kong, China’s relentless bullying of its neighbours is turning the international community against it.
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Australia’s SMEs need a national cyber resilience strategy
Alison Howe | July 12, 2020Improving the cyber resilience of thousands of small businesses would help strengthen the nation against serious cyber threats.
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Arvanitakis on American politics: How changing demographics are reshaping American politics
James Arvanitakis | July 11, 2020After one of the most traumatic years in American political history, less heralded, but still highly significant shifts in the demographic make-up of the United States are set to have a crucial influence on the outcome of November’s election.
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Does Australia need an elimination strategy?
Michelle Grattan | July 11, 2020A number of states have essentially eliminated COVID-19 through tough border policies, should Australia as a nation do the same?
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In praise of vitamin K
Doug Fenwick | July 11, 2020How many of you can “plank” for over an hour? Octogenarian Doug Fenwick can, and he puts his recovery from serious illness and current remarkable fitness down to Vitamin K.
