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The budget can help young workers
Craig Donaldson | May 5, 2021Labour market scarring can have a lifelong effect on people’s earnings and their ability to climb the employment ladder, says UNSW Business School’s Richard Holden.
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Double your chances
David Carroll | May 4, 2021Research shows that studying for a double degree at University can greatly improve new graduates’ prospects of finding full-time work.
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Australia’s once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a better future
Open Forum | May 4, 2021Australia has a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to create a healthy, sustainable, equitable and prosperous future by taking bold action to build back better, fairer and greener after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Refuge of the roads
Graciela Metternicht | May 4, 2021A plan to use swappable batteries in long-haul electric trucks highlights how freight is starting to move away from fossil fuels.
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UNSW startup to launch camera into space
Yolande Hutchinson | May 4, 2021HEO Robotics is teaming up with Space Machines Company to launch an on-orbit inspection camera into space.
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Can positive psychology change the world?
Diane Nazaroff | May 3, 2021An open mind, an open heart and clear thinking are three core capabilities that underlie wise action and can help people and groups change the world for the better.
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A big spending budget ahead
Richard Holden | May 2, 2021Low inflation and interest rates as well as booming mining royalties give the Morrison government scope to ignore the “deficit daleks” in the next Federal budget.
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China’s actions, not Australia’s words, are the problem
Michael Shoebridge | May 2, 2021Naming the problem is a prerequisite to finding a solution and so a ‘country agnostic’ approach to the causes of regional insecurity is not credible and distorts public debate.
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COVID-19 won’t rattle East Asian supply chains
Fukunari Kimura | May 1, 2021Many observers argued the pandemic would mark the end of global supply chains, with a massive ‘reshoring’ of production to developed countries, but this seems unlikely to happen.
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A clear agenda to save the WTO
Inu Manak | May 1, 2021The fate of the World Trade Organization (WTO) hangs in the balance after four years of assault by the Trump administration. But things are not as dismal as they appear. Turning the corner in 2021, the WTO has an opportunity to usher in a new era of trade cooperation.
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A new approach to consciousness
Open Forum | May 1, 2021A new research centre will bring together philosophers, psychologists and scientists to unravel the mysteries of the human mind.
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Koala come back
Open Forum | May 1, 2021Koala translocations are controversial, but they could be used to aid the recovery of bushfire-affected populations, according to new Southern Cross University research.