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Microplastic major problem
Open Forum | March 18, 2025Australian researchers have found that compost is full of microplastics, with every kilogram of compost containing between 1,500 to 16,000 microplastic particles.
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The independent election?
Mark Kenny | March 17, 2025Opinion polls suggest neither major party block can be confident of winning the 76 seats required for a simple majority, opening the prospect of independent and crossbench MPs holding the balance of power.
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Balancing your ‘hope budget’
Grant Blashki | March 17, 2025Maintaining hope in the face of endless bad news isn’t about ignoring reality – it’s about facing it strategically and staying engaged without succumbing to apathy or drowning in despair.
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Don’t point the finger
Katharina Esau | March 17, 2025Australian voters are being targeted by divisive ‘them vs us’ strategies that overshadow policy debate but there are some ways to move past the soundbites.
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Sleeping at the office
Gill Armstrong | March 16, 2025There’s an underutilised resource sitting in virtually every Australian town and city that might offer at least part of the solution to the nation’s housing shortage.
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Propaganda in the Pacific
Anouk Ride | March 16, 2025Disinformation from hostile foreign states aims to influence opinions foreign policy in the Pacific, and there are signs it is working.
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A tale of two leaders
Debra McDougall | March 16, 2025The contrast between the leadership styles and personal values of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump could not be more stark.
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Miles Franklin’s other brilliant career
Kerrie Davies | March 15, 2025Miles Franklin is famous for her book ‘My Brilliant Career’, but what is less well-known is the fact she went undercover for a year as a domestic servant to investigate the working and living conditions of domestic staff.
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Waste land
John West | March 15, 2025Robert Kaplan’s new book Waste Land explores the world’s current state of ‘permacrisis’ in which a deadly mix of authoritarianism, war, climate change, great power rivalry, rapid technological advancement and countless other dangers cast an ever darkening pall.
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Building disaster resilience
Courtney Hansen | March 15, 2025As we head into a federal election, there’s a risk that disaster resilience becomes just another political football—but it shouldn’t be as the escalating costs of disasters affect all Australians, regardless of who is in power.
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The worries of young Australians
Open Forum | March 14, 2025A new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has revealed that young Australians are feeling the squeeze from financial pressures, worsening mental health and declining trust in political institutions, with concerns about the cost of living now topping their list of priorities.
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Manufacturing security
Bronte Munro | March 14, 2025As the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, Australia must be able to sustain itself and contribute advanced capabilities by improving its much-reduced industrial capability.
