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Fighting the virus – and the President
Emi Berry | April 17, 2021During the inaugural David Cooper Lecture, Dr Anthony Fauci shared fascinating insights into the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s, the global response to COVID-19 and the politics of anti-vaxxers.
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Scroogled
Katharine Kemp | April 17, 2021The current review of the Federal Privacy Act could be the beginning of a process to obtain fairer privacy practices for consumers, but any reforms from this review will be a long time coming.
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Diving into the past
Diane Nazaroff | April 17, 2021Divers in Sydney and the NSW North Coast are being asked to contribute their old and new diving photos, videos, observations and knowledge to a new UNSW Sydney research project.
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Is the cure worse than the disease?
Max Thomas | April 16, 2021The dangers of lead in the environment are well understood, but unleaded petrol can cause problems of its own.
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Defence needs to rethink its disaster-relief strategy
Matthew Page | April 15, 2021If the 2019–20 bushfire and cyclone seasons and Covid-19 are anything to go by, the Australian Defence Force is going to be central to many, if not all, of the government’s national disaster response and resilience policies.
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No excuse for child abuse
Open Forum | April 15, 2021A national survey began this week to find out for the first time how many Australians have experienced child abuse.
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The security implications of climate change
Cheryl Durrant | April 14, 2021A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government has overlooked the national security threats of climate change.
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National Careers Institute: Helping to shape future careers
National Careers Institute | April 14, 2021This week’s guest blogger is the team at the National Careers Institute, which formally commenced in June 2020 as Australia’s front door to careers information and support.
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Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear
David McInnis | April 14, 2021A new book explores the hundreds of plays known to Shakespeare’s original audiences that are now lost to us, and their value to early modern drama.
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ADHD or not ADHD, that is the question
Luise Kazda | April 14, 2021More and more children are diagnosed as suffering from ADHD, but the medicalisation of a range of normal behaviours does nobody, least of all our children, any good.
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Keyboard crusaders
Open Forum | April 13, 2021In an attention economy, the loudest voice isn’t always the most impactful. At a time when supporters of various causes are shouting louder than ever, Monash experts are finding new ways of getting important, accurate information to the community using a different tactic.
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The complexities of predicting the effects of climate change
Ary Hoffmann | April 13, 2021Some of Australia’s iconic ecosystems are collapsing, which is likely exacerbated by climate change. But we must understand the dynamics of our ecosystems in order to protect them.
