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Could Dutton tame Trump?
Open Forum | March 22, 2025Most elections are won and lost on the sitting Government’s domestic record, but the Coalition’s approach to foreign affairs, defence and trade could become an important election issue given the international chaos provoked by American demagogue Donald Trump.
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Australia’s economic (mini) miracle
John Quiggin | March 22, 2025Despite COVID and the current cost of living crisis, the most striking feature of the Australian economy in the 21st century has been the exceptionally long period of fairly steady, though not rapid, economic growth.
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Fraser at 50
Joshua Black | March 22, 2025Fifty years ago, Liberal MPs chose Malcolm Fraser as their leader. Eight months later, he led them into power in extraordinary circumstances. He governed for seven and a half years, and remains Australia’s fourth-longest serving prime minister.
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The AI election
Cory Alpert | March 21, 2025The forthcoming Federal election will offer a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia’s democracy in the future.
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Living livestock
Catie Gressier | March 21, 2025The diversity of livestock breeds has been decimated by the drive to ever greater efficiency, leaving pig, cattle and other stocks vulnerable to disease and inbreeding.
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Back to the drawing board
Open Forum | March 21, 2025Walking upright – and sitting too much – wrecks our backs and despite a plethora of cures and treatments, none of them seem to work.
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The secret childcare scandal
Marianne Fenech | March 20, 2025Childcare is expensive but an ABC report also highlights widespread claims of of abuse, neglect and poor standards, so what is going wrong with childcare in Australia?
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Australia’s energy future
John Quiggin | March 20, 2025The future of energy generation still lies with renewables, rather than legacy coal-fired stations or future nuclear options.
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Lessons in resilience
Daisuke Kageyama | March 20, 2025Sharing disaster lessons plays a crucial role in strengthening resilience across Indo-Pacific countries. It fosters unity and collaboration, promoting international cooperation to enhance regional preparedness and prosperity by investing in human capacity, scaling up traditional knowledge, and leveraging technology.
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The Pacific water shortage
Open Forum | March 19, 2025Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already putting local water supplies at risk.
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Tackling scientific misconduct
Nham Tran | March 19, 2025Over 10,000 scientific papers were retracted around the world last year, and the increasing amount of plagiarism and fabrication – now aided by AI – has revived calls for an Australian oversight body.
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A united front
Henry Campbell | March 19, 2025Australian politicians should establish clearer political boundaries around national security to avoid politicising ongoing security issues and to better manage secondary effects.
