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The next chapter, how to be productive, a personal story
Joan Hughes | March 10, 2021The President of COTA NSW reflects on the lessons she’s learned during her long career and offers tips for staying fit, active and socially involved for older Australians.
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Everyday ‘hacks’ to counter gender inequality
Open Forum | March 9, 2021Whatever our age or gender, we all have a responsibility to challenge gender inequality. Yet, despite women comprising 50 per cent of the population, gender inequality remains a systemic problem, infiltrating every aspect of our society.
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Australia needs a Magnitsky Act
Teagan Westendorf | March 9, 2021The arrest of accused drug lord Tse Chi Lop and allegations of large-scale money laundering in Australian casinos have exposed to the public the deep economic connections transnational and organised crime syndicates have established here, and the scale of the threat we face.
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Medical workforce data shortage hampering access to care
Open Forum | March 9, 2021Challenges with data collection and infrastructure are affecting medical workforce research and access to medical care, particularly in rural and regional Australia, according to Australian experts.
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Budget rules erode Australian government’s capacity to embrace technology
Lesley Seebeck | March 9, 2021Digital technology is intrinsic to government operations and service delivery and the government’s interactions with citizens. The government has to learn to be a smart and savvy manager of technology in a world of accelerating technological competition while overcoming its own fragility and emaciation.
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Smart sovereignty is the key to Australia’s future
Innes Willox | March 8, 2021Australian businesses back ‘smart sovereignty’, in which we do better with what we have and add value to supply chains but maintain strong trading relationships abroad.
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Sexual harassment allegations are an urgent test for government
Cathy Humphreys | March 8, 2021The latest sexual assault allegations to consume Australia’s parliament is a reminder that a roadmap for legislative reform has been ‘left on the shelf’.
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Understanding COVID conspiracy theorists
Open Forum | March 8, 2021COVID-19 conspiracy theorists are more concerned about their own health and less concerned about the health of others, according to a study led by University of Queensland researchers.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – Human history versus human cultural evolution
Mark Nicol | March 8, 2021Western academies of social scientists have comprehensively failed to produce rational accounts of moral or philosophical perspective in response to the ecological crisis facing the world today.
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The long winter ahead
Andrew Carr | March 7, 2021The recent freeze in relations between Australia and China seems set to continue, with uncertain results for this country.
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Food for thought
Open Forum | March 7, 2021From Frog cakes to Fruchocs, famous local foods can attract valuable tourist dollars to Australian states hit hard by restrictions on international travel.
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What are words worth?
Annabelle Lukin | March 7, 2021Can Scott Morrison’s bluff rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger about the mistreatment of women in Parliament House?
