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Tougher environmental policies can create economic winners
Ou Yang | June 4, 2021There seems to be a working assumption that if Australia adopts tougher environmental policies, then economic growth will be undermined but new research finds the opposite is true.
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Carpe diem
Diane Nazaroff | June 4, 2021The recent one in 100 flood event may deal a blow to European carp eradication efforts in the Murray-Darling basin.
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Mapping bio-diversity brings economic benefits
Open Forum | June 3, 2021A new report by Deloitte Access Economics has found every $1 invested in discovering all remaining Australian species will bring up to $35 of economic benefits to the nation.
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Climate cooperation between China and the West may be a mirage
David Uren | June 3, 2021Climate change has emerged as a rare zone of cooperation and civility between China and the West this year, but it remains to be seen if this will last through to, or beyond, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.
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Houston, we have a problem
Cecilia Duong | June 3, 2021Just like we have on Earth, humans have left an absolute mess in space and nobody wants to clean it up.
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Daniel Kahneman on ‘noise’
Ben Newell | June 2, 2021Daniel Kahneman’s new book presents several compelling cases from business, medicine, and criminal justice in which judgments appear to vary for no “good” reason.
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May cause side effects
Diane Nazaroff | June 2, 2021A UNSW researcher says a positive social media campaign could help to counter misinformation and fears about COVID vaccine side effects and boost vaccination uptake.
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A different fortress Australia
Rochelle Jones | June 1, 2021While Australians debate ongoing border closures and the concept of a ‘hermit’ nation, another version of fortress Australia has been simmering behind the scenes.
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The more you know, the less you need
Alan Stevenson | June 1, 2021Indigenous traditions of food cultivation highlight the different approaches of European and indigenous people to environmental knowledge and land management.
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Remember the seasonal flu?
Clive Williams | June 1, 2021While COVID has dominated the headlines since the start of last year, seasonal flu and other viruses will continue to kill Australians long after Covid-19 has been contained around the world.
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Time to make cyber security compulsory
Richard Oloruntoba | May 31, 2021A cyber security compliance program would be financially costly, but would be a worthwhile investment to protect our infrastructure given the societal impact of cyber attacks.
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Home is where the heart is
Open Forum | May 31, 2021The number of Medicare-subsidised palliative care services received by Australians in their own home almost doubled between 2015–16 and 2019–20, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
