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Why your vote matters
Intifar Chowdhury | May 15, 2022Australian citizens have to vote whether they like it or not, but just as little drops make a mighty ocean, every individual vote contributes a stronger democracy.
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Exile on Main Street at fifty
Dean Biron | May 15, 2022The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street half a century ago, and, as anyone who’s listened to the radio over the last 10 years will attest, it still blows the competition away.
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David v Goliath – How Ukraine has held off Russia
Liam Collins | May 14, 2022Having refused to arm or fight for Ukraine, or allow it to join the EU and NATO, the West expected Ukraine to fold quickly to a Russian invasion, but inspired leadership, incredible courage, modern western weapons and a willingness to learn from past mistakes have humiliated Vladimir Putin and his lumbering hordes.
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Seven sustainable solutions for aged care
Victoria Tichá | May 14, 2022A balance between public and private financing is needed to achieve sustainable aged care funding models, says UNSW Business School’s Michael Sherris.
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Multiverse madness
Ben Knight | May 14, 2022Fans of Michael Moorcock are well acquainted with the concept of a ‘multiverse’, but a quantum mechanics interpretation can help the less literary inclined comprehend the hypothetical existence of many worlds.
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Paper tigers on parade
Frank Ledwidge | May 13, 2022The problems dogging Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine are rooted in its disfunctional society as much as the technical shortcomings of weapons which look better on paper than they work in the field.
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Tackling Australia’s extinction crisis
Euan Ritchie | May 13, 2022Despite its sunny, unspoiled international promotion, Australia has one of the worst conservation records in the world and the new government must take action to reverse the damage before it’s too late.
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Using blockchain to secure Asian supply chains
Yingli Wang | May 13, 2022Blockchain can ensure transparency, traceability and trust for international trade in fishing mining and other industries, helping organisations cope with increasing disruptions by ensuring resilient and agile supply chains.
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Naval lessons from the Black Sea
Malcolm Davis | May 12, 2022The sinking of Russia’s flagship and the ongoing humiliation of its navy in the Black Sea by Ukrainian drones and missiles offers lessons for navies in the Pacific, not least in offering clues to counter China’s naval aggression.
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Of human blindness
Warren Brown | May 12, 2022Innumerable species have been driven to extinction by the spread of mankind over the planet, but such is our rapacious and thoughtless exploitation of the world’s resources that humanity itself is putting itself at risk.
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How Ukraine won the propaganda war
Paul Baines | May 12, 2022Russia’s army of internet trolls and official propagandists have fared about as well as their ill-fated tanks on the battlefield in their war against the intelligent, agile and creative defenders of Ukraine.
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Monitoring labour exploitation in the Asia-Pacific
Sallie Yea | May 12, 2022The exploitation of workers is at an all-time high. However, traditional concepts of slavery combined with gendered expectations means that many victims of labour exploitation will not receive the support they need.
