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Farming carbon
Rachel Standish | November 24, 2023Farmers have cleared much of Australia’s natural vegetation over the last two hundred years, and while carbon credits have been exploited for private gain rather than public good, replanting schemes can help restore our land and atmosphere to a more sustainable balance.
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Vale, Ted Hopkins
Max Thomas | November 23, 2023Open Forum regular Max Thomas bids farewell to a former Australian Rules team-mate who graced the field for Carlton before pursuing a varied career in business, publishing and writing. He also founded Champion Data, a pioneering AFL statistics platform which continues to thrive today.
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Stand with Ukraine
Matthew Sussex | November 23, 2023Violence in the Middle East has overshadowed Ukraine’s triumph in crossing the mighty Dnipro river to liberate areas occupied by Russian invaders for a year and a half. This is not the time for the West to get bored or distracted, or, even worse, re-elect the unspeakably awful Putin supporting Donald Trump.
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Moral fights
Alan Stevenson | November 23, 2023Our commitments to moral values can hamper rather than motivate progress towards basic humanitarian goals, indeed, moral motivations frequently exacerbate rather than relieve suffering, injustice and hatred.
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America in the Pacific
Richard Clark | November 22, 2023The USA emphasised a ‘whole-of-government effort’ in engaging with the Pacific at the US Institute of Peace’s Interorganizational Global Forum on security cooperation in the Pacific islands in September.
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The keyless key to cyber-security
Open Forum | November 22, 2023A cutting-edge collaboration between tech startup Tide Foundation and RMIT University is translating ground-breaking research into homegrown cybersecurity capability.
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The great energy rip-off
Open Forum | November 22, 2023Australia’s sky-high electricity prices are often blamed on the gradual switch to renewables or global inflationary pressures but the fact remains that network businesses have pocketed supernormal profits of $11 billion – on top of “normal” profits of $16 billion – since 2014.
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The heat is on
Open Forum | November 21, 2023The latest annual Emissions Gap Report from the UNEP has found the world is heading for 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels unless countries step-up action and deliver more than promised in their 2030 pledges under the Paris Agreement.
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Talking together
Mario Peucker | November 21, 2023The fight against misinformation and disinformation must be combined with rebuilding trust in public institutions, parliaments, governments, the courts, the media and the police and create a more cohesive and less polarised society.
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People have the power
Open Forum | November 21, 2023Despite the importance of new technology, people remain at the heart of Australia’s armed forces.
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Australia’s grand strategy
Peter Layton | November 20, 2023The grand strategy methodology is a useful framework with which to consider Australia and its contemporary international policies and activities as a middle power.
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Dark stars
Ryan Keeley | November 20, 2023Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding, but current models cannot explain the speed with which it is taking place.
