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Lifelong learning for Australia’s future
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | September 18, 2019The upcoming GAP Annual Economic Summit will consider ways to prepare new generations of Australians for a future characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
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What President Trump needs to hear from Prime Minister Morrison
James Curran | September 18, 2019Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s state visit to Washington later this week is a rare honour, and he should make the most of it by telling Mr Trump a few home truths.
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Australia should retain more international students
Jihyun Lee | September 18, 2019Australia’s university sector is one of the most attractive for international students. So why not try to keep them when they graduate rather than lose the talent we’ve helped train and educate?
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Why are the rain forests burning?
Trent Penman | September 17, 2019Forests around the world – from the Amazon to South-East Asia and Australia – are on fire, largely due to the direct and indirect actions of man.
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What’s in store for Facebook Libra?
Ian Tan | September 17, 2019Facebook is working on a cryptocurrency called Libra, which it hopes will be used by millions of Facebook users in developing countries who don’t own a bank account.
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Mr Morrison goes to Washington
Peter Jennings | September 17, 2019There’s no doubting the friendship and shared history of the USA and Australia, but it’s not immediately obvious that their current leaders have a common vision for peace, security and prosperity.
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The human language of AI
Julian Koplin | September 16, 2019Artificial intelligence can be convincingly human-like when it writes news or even poetry, raising ethical issues for the future.
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NSW residents want action to safeguard water supplies
Stuart Snell | September 16, 2019As rainfall dwindles and reserves run dry, residents of NSW are increasingly anxious about the future of domestic fresh water supplies.
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Let’s “think different” about national security
Ewen Levick | September 16, 2019We know what the future of our region looks like, but unless we start thinking about how we think, that knowledge may not be enough to help us cope with it.
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Designing for people
Ben Knight | September 15, 2019From the humble toaster to the popular coffee machine, more goes into designing an appliance or product than we probably think, but focusing on people’s needs should be central to the process.
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Diary of an accidental activist
Dennis Altman | September 15, 2019Denis Altman’s new book, Unrequited Love: Diary of an Accidental Activist, accounts for his time in the US and draws comparisons between the American and Australian political state.
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China sets out its military future
Richard Bitzinger | September 15, 2019China has released a White Paper on defence — its first such report in four years — reiterating three broad strategic goals for the modernisation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the next 30 years.
