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  • The budget can help young workers

    Craig Donaldson     |      May 5, 2021

    Labour 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.

  • Double your chances

    David Carroll     |      May 4, 2021

    Research shows that studying for a double degree at University can greatly improve new graduates’ prospects of finding full-time work.

  • Australia’s once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a better future

    Open Forum     |      May 4, 2021

    Australia 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.

  • Refuge of the roads

    Graciela Metternicht     |      May 4, 2021

    A plan to use swappable batteries in long-haul electric trucks highlights how freight is starting to move away from fossil fuels.

  • UNSW startup to launch camera into space

    Yolande Hutchinson     |      May 4, 2021

    HEO Robotics is teaming up with Space Machines Company to launch an on-orbit inspection camera into space.

  • Can positive psychology change the world?

    Diane Nazaroff     |      May 3, 2021

    An 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.

  • A big spending budget ahead

    Richard Holden     |      May 2, 2021

    Low 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.

  • China’s actions, not Australia’s words, are the problem

    Michael Shoebridge     |      May 2, 2021

    Naming 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.

  • COVID-19 won’t rattle East Asian supply chains

    Fukunari Kimura     |      May 1, 2021

    Many 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.

  • A clear agenda to save the WTO

    Inu Manak     |      May 1, 2021

    The 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.

  • A new approach to consciousness

    Open Forum     |      May 1, 2021

    A new research centre will bring together philosophers, psychologists and scientists to unravel the mysteries of the human mind.

  • Koala come back

    Open Forum     |      May 1, 2021

    Koala translocations are controversial, but they could be used to aid the recovery of bushfire-affected populations, according to new Southern Cross University research.