• Australia’s chip crisis

    Flavio Macau     |      January 31, 2023

    Computer chips were in short supply during the pandemic, now actual chips are an endangered species.

  • Get out

    Open Forum     |      January 28, 2023

    Flight, fight or freeze? UNSW Sydney expert Dr Milad Haghani’s research shows people should urgently rush away from the scene of an emergency such as a mass shooting event, to improve potential outcomes for everyone in the area.

  • Planet polycrisis

    Michael Murray Lawrence     |      December 19, 2022

    ‘Permacrisis’ is Collins Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year, but polycrisis is a more accurate term to describe the world’s ongoing crises and how they’re interacting with one another.

  • Strengthening sovereign arms manufacturing

    William Leben     |      December 9, 2022

    Russia’s calamitous invasion of Ukraine has brought renewed focus on questions of munitions stockpiling and production capacity, given the vast quantities of munitions consumed in a prolonged conflict.

  • Staying philosophical

    Jonathan Mitchell     |      November 20, 2022

    Taking a more philosophical attitude to failure in life, rather than seeing it as an inevitable stepping stone to success, can help us develop as people.

  • It never rains but it pours

    Andrew Henderson     |      November 19, 2022

    The cumulative effect of problems from bushfires and floods to the pandemic and economic woes is eroding our ability to respond and exhausting our emergency management response systems.

  • Building personal resilience

    Lowri Dowthwaite-Walsh     |      November 16, 2022

    Everyone experiences failure in their lives, but simple techniques to build mental resilience may help you overcome it in the future.

  • The business of failure

    Christian Harrison     |      November 14, 2022

    There will always be change and turbulence for entrepreneurs, but those who “fail forward” and learn from their mistakes are more likely to prove successful.

  • Australian maritime resilience

    Gillian Savage     |      November 14, 2022

    Australia needs a framework that encourages a mix of coastal and international trading ships to ensure logistics resilience and supply chains in the future.

  • Fail better

    Stephen Langston     |      November 13, 2022

    Lots of people fail in their early creative careers only to find success later on, although we never hear about the vast numbers who never make it.

  • Magnesium chains can’t take the strain

    John Coyne     |      October 7, 2022

    Globalisation in one form or another is no doubt here to stay, but the age of predictable, reliable supply chains is over.

  • After the flood

    Veronica Matthews     |      October 4, 2022

    Flood preparedness and recovery plans should be developed in partnership with health and emergency services, disability organisations and community groups to ensure best practice is combined with local knowledge.